Badminton
Badminton Asia Jnr C'ships: India lose 1-3 to Indonesia — Highlights
The junior Indian badminton team were knocked out in the quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Junior Mixed Team Championships.
Samarveer and Radhika start off proceedings for India
India lost 1-3 to Indonesia in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Badminton Asia Junior mixed team Championships on Monday.
Samarveer and Radhika lost the mixed doubles match 16-21, 15-21 to give Indonesia a 1-0 lead. Ayush Shetty lost his boys singles tie in three games, but Rakshitha kept India in the hunt by winning her girls singles tie in three games. However, this turned out to be the only win for India on the day as Mayank and Divyam also lost in three games.
Highlights:
Live Updates
- 10 July 2023 2:42 AM GMT
Indonesia take 1-0 lead in tie
Samarveer/Radhika lose their mixed doubles match 16-21, 15-21. Despite keeping up for most of the match, they let the home team pull away in the closing stages of both games.
- 10 July 2023 2:36 AM GMT
Samarveer/Radhika trail 10-11 in 2nd game
They're running them close, but India are still chasing the match. Radhika and Samarveer need to stop the tide here if they need to give India a 1-0 lead.
- 10 July 2023 2:24 AM GMT
Samarveer/Radhika lose 1st game 16-21
India retake the lead at 13-12 as Samarveer lands another of his smashes at his opponents' bodies. But the lead is short-lived, Indonesia pull away when it matter. A line fault by Radhika to end the game, Indonesia win it 21-16.
- 10 July 2023 2:14 AM GMT
Samarveer/Radhika trail 9-11
Samarveer smashes again to get India level at 3-3 after the Indonesians start collecting a few points. Pratama and Pasaribu start pulling away from 5-5, building the first sizeable lead of the match.
Samarveer with a few mistakes as Indonesia lead 11-9 at the interval in the first game.
- 10 July 2023 2:08 AM GMT
Samarveer/Radhika lead 2-0
Could we hope that morning shows the day? The Indian pair start with two points, one with a smash by Samarveer and another a shot hit long by the Indonesians.
- 10 July 2023 1:58 AM GMT
Badminton Asia Junior Championships: Where to watch
All 4 quarterfinals will be streamed on the Badminton Indonesia YouTube page.
- 10 July 2023 1:52 AM GMT
Matches set to begin
Radhika and Samarveer will be in the mixed doubles match first up.
- 10 July 2023 1:50 AM GMT
How India reached knockouts
India have qualified for the quarters as the second placed team in their group behind Malaysia. India beat Bangladesh and Hong Kong before a loss to Malaysia.
