India crashed out of the Asia mixed team badminton championships, after losing 3-2 to Chinese Taipei, despite a brilliant performance by rising star Ashmita Chaliha and the men’s doubles pair of Arun George and Sanyam Shukla, here on Thursday.
Mugdha, Mithun exit
Meanwhile in Orleans (France), Mugdha Agrey and Mithun Manjunath suffered straight-game losses to bow out of the Orleans Masters BWF Tour Super 100 tournament.
The results: Asis mixed team championship: Chinese Taipei bt India 3-2 (Liao Min Chun & Su Ching Heng lost to Arun George & Sanyam Shukla 21-17, 17-21, 21-14; Liang Ting Yu lost to Ashmita Chaliha 21-18, 17-21, 21-19; Wang Tzu Wei bt Sourabh Verma 21-7, 16-21, 23-21; Chang Ching Hui & Yang Ching Tun bt Arathi Sara Sunil & Rutaparna Panda 21-19, 21-17; Hsieh Pei Shan & Tseng Min Hao bt Shikha Gautam & Shlok Ramchandran 21-15, 21-14).
Orleans Masters: Pre-quarterfinals: Men: Gatjra Piliang Fiqihila Cupu (Ina) bt Mithun Manjunath 21-9, 21-18. Women: Sabrina Jaquet (Sui) bt Mugdha Agrey 21-10, 21-19. Doubles: Yulfira Barkah & Jauza Fadhila Sugiarto (Ina) bt Pooja Dandu & Sanjana Santosh 21-14 18-21 21-19.
Mixed doubles: Evgenij Dremin & Evgenia Dimova (Rus) bt Dhruv Kapila & Kuhoo Garg 23-21, 21-12.