India’s marketing campaign within the Badminton Asian Combined Crew Championship ended with a 2-3 loss to China within the semi-finals, however not earlier than the doubles groups — males’s and combined — got here up with impressed performances to present their opponents a tricky time on Saturday. Although India misplaced the keenly contested rubber, they may return dwelling with a first-ever medal — a bronze — from the continental event, as each dropping semi-finalists are awarded medals.

Down 0-2 after HS Prannoy had misplaced the opening semi-final match to Lei Lan Xi 13-21, 15-21 and two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu had suffered a 9-21 21-16 18-21 defeat by the hands of Gao Fang Jie, the doubles groups gave a much better efficiency to carry India again on stage phrases (2-2).

Prannoy was no match for the 2016 world junior champion in combined workforce occasion, dropping in simply 45 minutes, whereas Sindhu, who’s steadily getting again to full health after a heel harm that saved her out for 5 months, gave a tricky struggle to her 24-year-old opponent earlier than bowing out in a single hour and 10 minutes.

The boys’s doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Chirag Shetty then overcame Ji Ting and Zhou Hao Dong 21-19,21-19 and the ladies’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand defeated Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning 21-18 13-21 21-19 to stage the scores at 2-2.

All eyes have been on the combined doubles pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto to information India into the ultimate however Jiang Zhen Bang and Wei Ya Xin proved too sturdy within the decider, profitable 21-17 21-13 in simply 34 minutes.

Earlier on Friday, India had staged a outstanding comeback to down Hong Kong 3-2 and qualify for the semi-finals and guarantee a first-ever medal within the continental event.

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