HS Pranoy of India. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpkar
HS Paranoy fought bravely, but India on Friday (February 14, 2025) to end their campaign on disappointing notes on the quarter-finals of Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championship to end their campaign on 0-3 for Japan in the quarter-finals of the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championship gone.
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India fought to find his rhythm, facing a wide defeat against Champion Japan, the 2017 version of the 2023 bronze medalist in India, Dubai.
In the initial match, the mixed doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Krasto showed flexibility, but eventually lost to Hiroki Midoricawa and Natsu Sato 13–21, 21-17, 13-21.
PV Sindhu was sidelined due to hamstring injury, India faced a difficult task against Tomoka Miazaki, which has quickly reached world number 8 after his victory at the 2022 World Junior Championship.
Malavika used to battle to match the control and stability of his small opponent, especially in the second game, stepping for the Indus, especially in the second game. Was going, left India behind 0-2. ,
All this came to Paranoy to keep India alive, but despite a fixed attempt, 32 -year -old, returning after a long break and struggling as an initial season, created pressure against World Number 16 Kenta Nishimoto. Could not keep it.
The Japanese star sealed the rubber with a win of 21–14, 15–21, 21-12 in 1 hour and 17 minutes.
India will be disappointed with damage, especially whenever Japan did not keep its full -strength team in the field, in which many top players were absent.
Published – 14 February, 2025 11:58 am IST
