In the men's singles competition, Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the competition in the round of 16 stage. He lost to Japan's Kodai Naraoka 14-21, 22-20, 9-21
Indian badminton players N Sikki Reddy and Rohan Kapoor won both their mixed doubles matches in Group C to make their way into the round of 32 of the Badminton Asia Championships 2023 on Tuesday.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will lead the men's doubles challenge, while Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly will compete in the women's doubles event
Indian shuttlers created history as they bagged their first-ever medal at the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championship 2023 going down fighting to China 2-3 in the semi-final encounter.
This is going to be India's first-ever semis appearance in the tournament. In 2019, it was knocked out in group stages while it was defeated 3-2 by Thailand in the quarterfinals of the inaugural tournament back in 2017.
India has qualified for the QFs with wins over Kazakhstan and UAE as well. They have maintained a perfect record of three wins in three ties. In the quarterfinals on Friday, India will be playing Hong Kong, which finished at number two in Group D, as per Olympics.com