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Badminton Asia Team Championships 2022, Day 1: India loses tie to Korea 0-5 — Scores, Updates, Live Blog
Indian Men's Team, led by Lakshya Sen opened their campaign against Korea at Badminton Asia Team Championships 2022. The Indians lost the tie 0-5.
Lakshya Sen in action (Source: BAI)
Welcome to the live blog from Day 1 of the Badminton Asia Team Championships 2022 at Shah Alam, Malaysia.
The Indian men's team led by Lakshya Sen and Kiran George failed to impress in their outing against Korea and lost every single match, the biggest upset being that of Lakshya Sen losing in straight games.
Only Mithun Manjunath was able to take a game off the Koreans at the eleventh hour and played a thriller but all other players disappointed as they lost the tie with Korea, 0-5.
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Live Updates
- 15 Feb 2022 9:43 AM GMT
Kiran George keeps pace with Joo Wan Kim!
Joo Wan Kim has the momentum here but George stays right on track in Game 1.
So far, it's been close with a quick exchange of services. George lags behind at 13-10.
- 15 Feb 2022 9:35 AM GMT
Time for Kiran George - the Odisha Open winner to shuffle things up here!
Things are looking worrisome for India here in this tie against the Koreans.
Next up, Kiran George will try and salvage some face for India.
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- 15 Feb 2022 9:28 AM GMT
We now move on to next Men's Singles match
India's Kiran George is up against Korea's Kim Joo Wan
- 15 Feb 2022 9:25 AM GMT
Koreans win in straight sets!
Korean duo Hwi Tae and Jaehwan completely dominated the game against Ravikrishna and Sankar Prasad. They won the match by 21-8 and 21-10.
- 15 Feb 2022 9:16 AM GMT
A very intense start in the second set!
Indians just a point behind the score is 7-6.
- 15 Feb 2022 9:09 AM GMT
Koreans win the first set
The Koreans easily won the first set by 21-8. Hopefully, Ravikrishna and Prasad make a comeback in the second set.
