Chengdu [China], Lakshya Sen continued his dominance over Asian Games goal medalist Li Shi Feng and the rest as the Indian team defeated favorites and hosts China in all the matches but finished on the wrong side on the 1-3 score line. Went. The quarterfinals of the BWF Thomas and Uber Cup 2024 will take place in Chengdu on Thursday. The defeat means India's challenge in the competition is over as the women had lost to Japan by the same margin earlier in the day. India's top men's singles player was HS Prannoy. Making a comeback after some health issues and doubles star Satwiksairaj Rankireddy also making a comeback after a shoulder injury, the Indians despite being the defending champions were always the underdogs but the players gave a tough fight to their opponents as HS Prannoy won the match in the first game. Shi You Qi was defeated.Going down 15-21, 21-11, 21-14
World no. 9 later admitted that he was still looking at his best and that the long match the day before could also have played a role in the third game. Once in the third game, the rallies became longer, but I am happy with the way I fought and will learn a lot from this tournament," he said. "Then Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang performed better to defeat the Chinese. Satwiksairaj and Chirag Shetty 21-15, 11-21, 21-12 Sen, who had a 6-3 head-to-head record against Lee before the match, shrugged off the poor start. India took the lead on the scoreboard. After losing the first game, they registered a spectacular win by 13-21, 21-8, 21-14 and kept India's hopes alive. Reflecting on his win, the world number 13 said: “The conditions were a bit difficult, the home crowd was excited because they were 2-0 up.In my mind the first game was a do or die situation, but the first two games ended quickly and were not tiring so the deciding game was all about controlling the net and staying steady. But the world is troubled no. The 11 combination of Ren Jiang Yu and He Ji Ting has always been a tough task for the scratch pair of Dhruv Kapila and Sai Prateek. To their credit, the youngsters showed great courage before going down 10-21, 10-10. In the 21 women's quarterfinals, Ashmita Chaliha and Ishrani Barua pushed their higher-ranked opponents, but could not pull off the upset. In the first singles, Ashmita saved a match point against world no.11 Aya Ohor and were leading 11–9 at the interval in the decider. But Ohori used all her experience to immediately increase the pace and take five points in a row to win the match 21-10, 22-24, 21-15 in one hour and seven minutes. World number one player. The No. 4 combination of Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida doubled Japan's lead by defeating national champions Priya Konzengba and Shruti Mishra Ishrani Barua 21-8, 21-9, after giving a good account of their abilities and the former World Kept pace with champion Nojomi Okuhara. And even took a 14-11 lead in the opening game, before the experienced Japanese turned the tables by winning 1 out of 10 points in the next. The second game was similar to the first as both players remained tied at 9-9, before After this Okuhara moved forward.The quarter-finals went in Japan's favor with a 21-15, 21-12 win. Result: Women: India lost 0-3 to Japan (Ashmita Chaliha lost to Aya Ohori 10-21, 22-20 15-21; Priya Konzengbam/Shruti Mishra lost to Nami Matsuyama/Chiharu Shida 8-21) , 9-21; Ishrani Barua lost to Nozomi Okuhara 15-21, 12-21. Men: India lost 1-3 to China (HS Prannoy lost to Xi Yu Qi 21-15, 11-21), 14-21 to Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty, 15-21 to Liang Wei Kang/Wang Chang 21- 11, lost 12-21; Lakshya Sen defeated Li Shi Feng 13-21, 21-8, 21-14; Dhruv Kapila/Sa Pratik K lost to He Ji Ting/Ren Jiang Yu 10-21, 10-21.