India lose 0-3 to Malaysia in 2nd Group C match, knocked out of Sudirman Cup | Badminton News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Star Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu could not perform their best as India meekly surrendered 0-3 to Malaysia in the second Group C match of the mixed team championships in Suzhou, China on Monday.
With this loss, India were knocked out of the prestigious Sudirman Cup badminton tournament. India finished third in the group with Chinese Taipei and Malaysia ending up as the top two teams to qualify for the quarterfinals.
Srikanth was too erratic and lost in straight games in the men’s singles contest while Sindhu fought back hard in the deciding game after squandering an opening game advantage only to go down in the end to world No. 30 Goh Jin Wei.

It was always going to be an uphill task for Dhruv Kapila and Ashwini Ponnappa to tame the world No. 8 pair of Goh Soon Huat and Lai Shevon Jemie and the Indian combination tried their heart out before losing 16-21, 17-21 in 35 minutes.
An error-prone Srikanth then couldn’t get India’s campaign back on track, going down 16-21, 11-21 to world No. 8 Lee Zii Jia in a lop-sided men’s singles contest as the team was 0-2 down after the first two matches.
World No. 12 Sindhu then erased a 2-11 deficit in the third game but couldn’t go the distance, losing 21-14, 10-21, 20-22 to Goh in the women’s singles as India conceded a 0-3 lead to Malaysia in the five-match tie.
(With PTI inputs)