Sudirman Cup 2023 Day 2 Highlights: India lose 0-5 against Malaysia, crash out

Published at :May 15, 2023 at 12:51 PM

Modified at :May 18, 2023 at 12:59 PM

Welcome to the live blog for day 2 of the Sudirman Cup 2023 finals. After a defeat against Chinese Taipei in the tournament opener, India now face heavyweights and group favourites Malaysia in their next match.

Sudirman Cup 2023 Finals Day 2 Lineup

Indonesia vs Canada - Court 1 (7:30 AM IST)Thailand vs Germany - Court 2 (7:30 AM IST)Chinese Taipei vs Australia - Court 3 (7:30 AM IST)

Malaysia vs India - Court 1 (2:30 PM IST)Japan vs France - Court 2 (2:30 PM IST)Korea vs England - Court 3 (2:30 PM IST)

*All matches are taking place at the Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre

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Day 1 Summary

India started their campaign in Sudirman Cup 2023 with a loss against Chinese Taipei in the opening Group C encounter going down 1-4 in the Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre on Sunday. Fellow Group C opponents, Malaysia trounced Australia 5-0 to start with a big win and also take the top spot in the group, while India are third.

Starting with mixed doubles, India's Sai Pratheek and Tanisha Crasto faced off against Yang po-Hsuan and Hu Ling Fang but lost by 21-18, 24-26, and 6-21. Then India's No. 1 in men's singles HS Prannoy displayed a disappointing show aa he went down to Chou Tien Chen in straight games (19-21, 15-21) to put Chinese Taipei 2-0 ahead in the tie.

Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu followed and lost her game against former world no.1 Tai Tzu Ying in three sets 14-21, 21-18, 17-21. Chinese Taipei clinched an unassailable lead of 3-0 with this win.

Newly crowned Asia champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty put up a fight but faced another three-set defeat by Lee Yang and Ye Hong Wei by 13-21, 21-17, 18-21.

Not only had India lost the tie by now but were in danger of being handed a clean sweep by Chinese Taipei.

To their respite, the women's double pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand pulled off a comeback win. They won their game by 15-21, 21-18 and 21-13 against the pair of Lee Chia Hsin and Teng Chun Hsun. The tie finished with a scoreline of 1-4, in favour of Chinese Taipei.