Last Updated: February 17, 2023, 23:45 IST
India staged a outstanding comeback to down Hong Kong 3-2 and qualify for the semifinals of the Asia Mixed Team Badminton Championships and guarantee a first-ever medal in the continental match on Friday.
Down 0-2, the Indians confirmed nice combating spirit because the doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Chirag Shetty and PV Sindhu levelled the scores after reverses in the primary two matches.
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In the primary match of the tie, the blended doubles pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto fought arduous earlier than dropping 24-26 17-21 in opposition to Lee Chun Hei Reginald and Tsz Yau NG to hand Hong Kong a 1-0 lead.
World No. 11 and Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen squandered a sport lead to lose 22-20 19-21 18-21 in opposition to world No. 14 Ka Long Angus NG in one hour and 10 minutes.
The males’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.
In the ladies’s singles match, two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu had to dig deep to get the higher of Saloni Samirbhai Mehta 16-21 21-7 21-9 and stage the scores at 2-2.
In the decider, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand defeated Tsz Yau NG and Wing Yung NG 21-13 21-12 in the ladies’s doubles to clinch the tie.
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