Having lost the opening tie against Denmark, India needed to beat Indonesia to stay in the hunt for the knockout berth. Consequently, Dhruv and Tanisha gave the team the perfect start after an initial hiccup, as per a press release from the Badminton Association of India (BAI).
As per a press note from Badminton Association of India (BAI), the pair lost 22-20, 21-13 to Hong Kong's fifth-seeded Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet on Friday.
The 30th-ranked Indian pair in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Rankings put up a fight, but ended on the losing side against a newly-formed Indonesian pair of Rehan Kusharjanto and Gloria Widjaja by a 25-23, 10-21, 21-15 scoreline, as per Olympics.com.
Facing the world number 12 combination of Hiroki Midorikawa and Natsu Saito in the first match of the tie, Dhruv and Tanisha forced a decider with a spirited fightback in the second game. But, the experienced Japanese combination prevailed in the 61-minute contest 21-13, 17-21, 21-13 to take
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