HO CHI MINH (Vietnam): India suffered a 1-4 drubbing at the hands of Korea in their second and final round robin league tie but still advanced to the quarterfinals from Group D at the ROBOT Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships here on Thursday.
Despite today's defeat, India advanced to quarterfinals, having beaten Singapore 4-1 in their opening tie on Wednesday.
Against the Koreans on Thursday, the Indians could win only one match out of the five with HS Prannoy beating Wan Ho Son 24-22 21-9.
India began on the backfoot with
Ashwini Ponnappa and B
Sumeeth Reddy
losing the mixed doubles match 17-21 21-17 17-21 to Yoo Jung Chae and Solgyu Choi. Prannoy brought the tie on level terms in the second match but the Indians lost all the next three.
Satwiksairaj Ranki Reddy and
Chirag Shetty lost to Gi Jung Kim and Yeon Seong Yoo 15-21 26-28 in the men's doubles while Tanvi Lad was also no match to Ji Hyun Sung in her 8-21 15-21 defeat in the women's singles.
In the last match,
Ashwini Ponappa and N
Sikki Reddy were beaten 13-21 19-21 by
Ye Na Chang
and So Hee Lee in women's doubles.
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