The Indian hopes of achieving the Sudirman Cup, the prestigious Badminton tournament Biennial, hit a great intervention after they lost their introductory link to the Powerhouses Denmark 1-4 on Sunday, April 27. Only a pair of women Tanisha Crasto and Shruti Misra managed to win their match because they added that they were delivered and HS Pannoy.
India, missing their best pair pair – Satwiksairaj Randireddy and Chirag Shetty and Gayatri Gopichand and Tanisha Crasto – because of injuriesThey needed their single stars to intensify. However, this did not happen on the day of the competition in Xiamen China.
India was drawn in a hard C -group, which also includes former Indonesia and England masters.
The tie began with India in the field of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto in mixed doubles, but were comfortably overcome 13-21, 14-21 in just 33 minutes by pairing Jesper Toft and Amalie Magelund.
India then looked at HS prannoy to equalize the tie in the male singles. However, 49 minutes ago, Anders Antonsen was played 15-21, 16-21. The Bronze Medalist from the Asian Games had a heavy beginning of the year and lost eight out of the ten matches in which he represented.
India decided Field prannoy in front of Lakeshya dream, but this step did not pay off.
The young couple Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Kumar were lagging behind by keeping India alive by upsetting Kevin Astrup and Anders Rasmussen. However, the Indian duo was defeated by the team No. 1 7-21, 4-21 in just 21 minutes.
India Dear was missing their stellar pairing Satwik and Chiraga, who would be strong candidates against Kevin and Anders.
PV Sindu loses in a hard battle
Before PV Sindu took the court for women’s singles, India was already 0-3 down. The double Olympic medalist, who fought for form and consistency in 2025, lost to the world line 16 Kjaersfeldt.
Sindhu, currently in 18th place, looked sharper and more aggressive, but was unable to close any game and lost 20-22, 21-23.
India avoided discharge because Tanisha Crasto and Shruti Misra made a solid effort in women’s doubles and defeated Natasja Anthonisen and Alexander Bje in direct games.
India will face Indonesia next time on Tuesday, April 29, and they will not need anything less than victory to stay in the semi -final rivalry.
A total of eight teams were divided into four groups on the Sudirman Cup and the two best teams qualified for the semifinals.
Published:
Akshay Ramesh
Published on:
27th April 2025
