New Delhi: The Indian campaign in the BWF Sudirman Cup final ended after the defeat of 1-3 in Indonesia in their Group D meeting on Tuesday.
After their earlier loss of 1-4 to Denmark on Sunday, India needed victory to stay in the dispute over the knockout phase. Their upcoming match against England, who are also eliminated, now has no meaning.
Indonesia and Denmark have secured their seats in the phase of the elimination with two consecutive victories.
Denmark confirmed their progress with a victory of 5-0 over England on Tuesday.
India faced a decisive match and required the victory to remain alive in the tournament, but found itself amazed by its opponents with a higher rating.
The ongoing bad performance of their leading singles, prannoy and Sindu players has proven to be expensive for the team.
Both Sindu and Prannoy had previously suffered defeats in their single matches against Denmark.
The Indian team began positively when Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto secured a hard-fighting victory in mixed doubles against Rehan Naofal Kusharjanto and Gloria Emanuelle Widjal 10-21 21-18 21-19 21-19, lasted for an hour and 10 minutes.
In the female singles, the double Olympic medalist Sindhu, currently in 18th place.
With a tie balanced to 1-1, Prannoy faced Jonatan Christie and claimed the first game 21-19. In the following games, however, dominated the world number six Indonesian and won 21-14 21-12 against the Indian 30.
Women’s doubles combination of Priya Connengbam and Shuti Misstra Familyed Decision 10-21 9-21 Lanny Lanna Mayasari and Sitia Silva Ramadhanti.
