China beat India 3-0 to enter SF of Sudirman Cup

IT WAS A TOUGH tie for India as they were up against 10 time champions China in the quarter-finals of Sudirman Cup. A tough fight from India but not good enough against the mighty Chinese as they clinched the tie 3-0 with two matches remaining.

 

It was a good team effort through out the tournament but unfortunately we didn't finish on the winning side today. #teamindia #teamchampionships #teamperformance #goodteamwork #believe #achieve #manymoretocome #trust

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The mixed doubles duo of Satwik/Ashwini Ponnappa once again stepped up their game and displayed a great match. They were up against World No 2 Lu Kai/Huang Yaqiong and nobody expected the Indian duo to fight like they did. The young pair stunned their opponents by winning the opening game 21-16, this put the Chinese duo under immense pressure.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Ashwini Ponnapa

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But they showed why they are one of the top pairs as they won the following two games 21-13, 21-16.

This was the only match that saw some fight from India as the following two matches were thorough domination from China.

Srikanth Kidambi was trumped by Chen Long 16-21, 17-21 while the men's doubles duo of Satwik/Chirag Shetty were defeated by Fu Haifeng/Zhang Nan 9-21, 11-21.

Srikanth Kidambi

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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty

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Winning three out of five matches in a row declared China as the clear winner to clinch a semi-final spot once again. They are just inching closer to their 11th Sudirman Cup title.

Sindhu took to social media post the match

 

End of sudirman cup...though we lost in the quarterfinals to china it was an amazing show by team India ....never mind guys let's come back even more stronger 👍🏻👍🏻😊 #sudirmancup#quaterfinals#goldcoast#teamindia#awesomeplace

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