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Final Up to date: February 18, 2023, 02:12 IST
India staged a exceptional comeback to down Hong Kong 3-2 and qualify for the semifinals of the Asia Blended Workforce Badminton Championships and guarantee a first-ever medal within the continental match on Friday.
Down 0-2, the Indians confirmed nice preventing spirit because the doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Chirag Shetty and PV Sindhu levelled the scores after reverses within the first two matches.
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Within the first match of the tie, the combined doubles pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto fought onerous earlier than shedding 24-26 17-21 in opposition to Lee Chun Hei Reginald and Tsz Yau NG handy Hong Kong a 1-Zero lead.
World No. 11 and Commonwealth Video games champion Lakshya Sen squandered a sport result in lose 22-20 19-21 18-21 in opposition to world No. 14 Ka Lengthy Angus NG in a single hour and 10 minutes.
The boys’s doubles pair of Kapila and Shetty pulled one again for India with a hard-fought 20-22 21-16 21-11 win over Tang Chun Man and Yeung Shing Choi.
Within the girls’s singles match, two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu needed to dig deep to get the higher of Saloni Samirbhai Mehta 16-21 21-7 21-9 and degree the scores at 2-2.
Within the decider, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand defeated Tsz Yau NG and Wing Yung NG 21-13 21-12 within the girls’s doubles to clinch the tie.
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