Two Indian badminton pairs eliminated in Asian Games 2026 quarterfinals

Ichinomiya, Sep 27: India's mixed doubles duo of Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila, world championships bronze medallist women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, bowed out in the quarterfinals at the Asian Games on Sunday.Indian pairs exit quarterfinalsTanisha and Dhruv went down fighting against world No. 1 Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping of China, losing 2-1 (21-14, 18-21, 21-18), while Treesa and Gayatri lost (21-18, 21-9) against world No. 5 Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan of Malaysia in the women’s doubles quarter-finals.In the mixed doubles, the Chinese pair went into the mid-game break at 11-9 and stormed through upon resumption to win the first game 21-14. After going down in the opening game, Tanisha and Dhruv clinched a close second game 21-18 and forced a decider.In the decider, Feng-Huang had raced away to a 12-6 lead in the early exchanges. But the Indians closed in and cut the deficit to just two points. But even that proved just too much to cover as the Chinese took the decider 21-18.Treesa-Gayatri fall shortIn the women's doubles, Treesa and Gayatri were on level terms with the Malaysians for the major part of the opening game but eventually faced four game points and could only save two of those as Tan-Muralitharan took the first game 21-18.The second game saw the Indians taking a 3-0 lead but conceding nine points on the bounce. From that point on, it was the Malaysians who were all guns blazing as they held a massive lead and wrapped up the second game 21-9 and moved into the semifinal, securing a medal.WATCH: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli And Team India Arrive At Muthoot FinCorp Event As BCCI Announces New Title SponsorSindhu, Unnati in actionLater, two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and youngster Unnati Hooda will be in action in the women's singles quarter-finals.Sindhu will take on world No. 4 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion Chen Yufei of China, while Unnati will face world No. 3 and three-time world champion Akane Yamaguchi of Japan.Also Watch:Earlier exits in badmintonEarlier, Lakshya Sen suffered an early exit from the men’s singles badminton event on Saturday after losing to former world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the second round at the Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium.Lakshya's defeat came a day after Hangzhou 2023 men’s doubles champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty saw their title defence end in the opening round.(Except for the headline, this article has not been edited by FPJ's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

India's badminton pairs Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand and Dhruv Kapila-Tanisha Crasto lost in the quarterfinals. Treesa and Gayatri were defeated by the Malaysian duo Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan, while Kapila and Crasto faced the world number one Chinese pair. Both Indian pairs fought hard but ultimately could not secure victory. India's hopes in singles remain alive with PV Sindhu and Unnati Hooda competing later.