BADMINTON India's campaign ends with 1-4 loss to Korea in Sudirman Cup

[Anup Tiwari]

DONGGUAN (China): The Indian
badminton team, led by Saina
Nehwal and K Srikanth, will face
three-time champions Korea in a
must-win clash of Group 1D in the
prestigious Sudirman Cup on
Wednesday.
India, who reached the knockout
stage of the biennial tournament in
2011 edition, lost 2-3 to Malaysia in
their campaign opener yesterday and
another loss will end their chances
of making the quarterfinals.
It will be an uphill task for the
Indian team as Korea are a
formidable side with World No. 5
Wan Ho Son and World No. 7 Sung Ji
Hyun likely to turn up for the men's
and women's singles match
respectively.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

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[Anup Tiwari]

RE: Badminton: Sudirman Cup

DONGGUAN (China): Olympic bronze
medallist Saina Nehwal was the only
bright spot in what turned out to be
a dismal day for the Indian
badminton team as it crashed out of
the prestigious Sudirman Cup after a
1-4 loss to three-time champions
Korea in a Group 1D tie on
Wednesday.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

DONGGUAN (China): China won their
sixth consecutive Sudirman Cup on
Sunday, defeating Japan, which had
reached the badminton
tournament's finals for the first
time.
Thousands welcomed home team
China with horns and drums as they
entered and huddled to chants of
"go China, go", with jeers heard
when the Japanese team arrived on
the court in the southern Chinese
city of Dongguan.
China swept Japan 3-0 in a series of
tightly contested matches during the
final day of the event, with Chinese
superstar Lin Dan winning his men's
single match against Japan's Takuma
Ueda 21-15, 21-13.
China's Li Xuerui, the top seeded
women's singles player, exchanged
leads with her opponent Akane
Yamaguchi in the first game, but
ultimately handed Yamaguchi a
defeat, winning 23-21, 21-14.
"Because it's a big contest, I felt
pressure. The reason why the score
was so close in the first game was
because I made a few mistakes," Li
told reporters after the game.
Yamaguchi told reporters Li handled
the pressure of the match better.
China's Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan
also contributed to the nation's
tenth win at the Sudirman Cup,
which was first held in 1989, winning
21-17, 20-22, 21-17 in a tight men's
doubles against Hiroyuki Endo and
Kenichi Hayakawa.