Badminton Asia Team C'ships: India men lose 2-3 to Japan but reach quarterfinals - Highlights

That's it from our coverage from final day of Group stage action at Badminton Asia Team C'ships

A tough day for India as both the men's and women's team faces defeats, but still they have reached the quarterfinals and will hope for a better result there.

India 2-3 Japan! Tharun loses to Koki Watanabe

India faced yet another 2-3 loss despite winning the first two matches as Tharun Manepalli faced a three-game defeat to Koki Watanabe in the final match of the tie.

Tharun started the match aggresively, winning the opening game with a big margin but after he couldn't continue the momentum, and lost the next two games.

Final Score: Tharun Mannepalli (IND) 21-12, 14-21, 11-21 Koki Watanabe (JPN)

India 2-2 Japan! Hariharan-Pruthvi face straight-game defeat

Japan equalised the tie score with a straight-game win in the second doubles match against India's Hariharan Amsakarunan and Pruthvui Krishnamurthy Roy.

The tie is now heading to the final match between Koki Watanabe of Japan and Tharun Manepalli of India to decide the winner of the match and the group C.

Final Score: Hariharan-Pruthvi 14-21, 10-21, Nishi-Kumagai (JPN)

India 2-1 Japan! Yushi Tanaka opens Japan's account

Yushi Tanaka defeated India's HS Prannoy in the second singles match to give Japan a chance of a comeback in this tie by reducing the match score deficit to 1.

This was the second meeting between the two players, where Tanaka remained unbeaten against the veteran Prannoy with second straight win.

Final Score: HS Prannoy (IND) 16-21, 11-21 Yushi Tanaka (JPN)

India 2-0 Japan! Satwik-Chirag claims second straight win

Indian top men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty clinched a three-game win over Japan's Takuro Hoki and Yuga Kobayashi to double team's lead in the tie.

The duo now have a 5-2 head-to-head record against the top Japanese pair.

Final Score: Satwik-Chirag (IND) 21-18, 15-21, 21-12 Hoki-Kobayashi (JPN)

India 1-0 Japan! Ayush Shetty starts with a win

A good win for Ayush Shetty to start the tie for India, knocking down higher ranked Kenta Nishimoto in a tight three-game in this final group tie.

This was the second meeting between the two players, with the latter having won his last meeting against Ayush at the Swiss Open 2025

Final Score: Ayush Shetty (IND) 21-18, 15-21, 21-11 Kento Nishimoto (JPN)

UP Next: India Men Vs Japan

Here is the Order of India vs Japan Tie

• MS1: Ayush Shetty (IND) Vs Kento Nishimoto (JPN)
• MD1: Satwik-Chirag (IND) Vs Hoki-Kobayashi (JPN)
• MS2: HS Prannoy (IND) Vs Yushi Tanaka (JPN)
• MD2: Pruthvi-Hariharan (IND) Vs Kumagai-Nishi (JPN)
• MS3: Tharun Mannepalli (IND) Vs Koki Watanabe (JPN)

India 2-3 Thailand! Thailand tops the group

The Indian women's team faced a close 2-3 defeat to Thailand in the final group tie, despite winning the first two matches from Tanvi Sharma and Treesa-Gayatri.

Despite the loss, the Indian team qualified for the quarterfinal but will have a lower seed, where they will have to face one of the group leaders of the other three groups.

India 2-3 Thailand

• WS1: Tanvi Sharma (IND) bt. 21-14, 17-21, 21-18 Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA)
• WD1: Treesa Jolly /Gayatri Gopichand (IND) bt. 21-14, 20-22, 21-11 Tidapron Kleebyeesun / Nattamon Laisuan (THA)
• WS2: Rakshitha Sree Ramraj (IND) lost to 19-21, 17-21 Pitchamon Opatniputh (THA)
• WD2: Shruti Mishra / Tanisha Crasto (IND) lost to 21-19, 14-21, 15-21 Hathaithip Mijad / Napapakorn Tungkasatan (THA)
• WS3: Malvika Bansod (IND) lost to 18-21, 14-21 Pornpicha Choeikeewong (THA)

Thailand wins the tie as Malvika's continuous unforced erors causes the match

Game-2: Malvika Bansod (IND) 14-21 Pornpicha Choeikeewong (THA)

A precise smash from Pornpicha finds empty court as Thailand is just 6 points away from winning this tie

Game-2: Malvika Bansod (IND) 11-15 Pornpicha Choeikeewong (THA)