Badminton
Sudirman Cup 2023: India loses 1-4 to Chinese Taipei - Highlights
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand gave India its sole win against Chinese Taipei.
HS Prannoy and PV Sindhu will be in action at the Singapore Open 2024 round of 16 (File Photo)
The Indian badminton team led by PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy took on Chinese Taipei in their opening group Group C match of the 2023 Sudirman Cup.
Here is the lineup of the fixture:
Mixed Doubles: Sai Prateek/Tanisha Crasto v/s Yang Po-Hsuan/Ling Fang Hu
Men's Singles: HS Prannoy v/s Chou Tien Chen
Women's Singles: PV Sindhu v/s Tai Tzu Ying
Men's Doubles: Satwik Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty v/s Lee Yang/Ye Hong Wei
Women's Doubles: Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand v/s Lee Chia Hsin/Teng Chun Hsun
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 14 May 2023 3:59 AM GMT
Big lead for Chou.
A combination of brilliant badminton and some errors by Prannoy has resulted in Chou leading 14-8.
- 14 May 2023 3:56 AM GMT
Prannoy looks out of motivation at the moment.
Chou Tien Chen leads 11-9 in the second game.
- 14 May 2023 3:51 AM GMT
Prannoy reduces the deficit.
Hattrick of points for Prannoy as he reduces the deficit to 4-6.
- 14 May 2023 3:49 AM GMT
Shaky start from Prannoy.
Prannoy trails 1-5 in the second game as he needs to find his footing or Chou will run away with the game.
- 14 May 2023 3:48 AM GMT
A lot of people think Victoria Kao is the one who coaches Chou Tien Chen but she doesn't.
Cheering on every point of Chou, Victoria Kao is the physiotherapist of World number 5 and doubles down as his motivational coach during the game.
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- 14 May 2023 3:44 AM GMT
Chou wins the first game 21-19.
Chou seals the first game with a winner as Prannoy falls just short and he needs to win two games now to win the match.
- 14 May 2023 3:41 AM GMT
Chou takes a crucial lead.
A brilliant attacking shot on body of Prannoy and Chou leads 19-17.
- 14 May 2023 3:37 AM GMT
It is all equal in first game.
Both Prannoy and Chou are pushing each other as Chou makes a brilliant comeback to equal the first game 15-15.
