In the mixed doubles match of the tie, Indian shuttlers 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.
The Indian duo of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila booked their place in the second round of the men's doubles competition at the Orleans Master 2023 BWF Super 300 badminton tournament in France on Tuesday. While in the women's doubles, Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa edged past Ireland's Kate
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's next tie will be against UAE, the hosts of the competition on Wednesday and PV Sindhu and Co will meet Malaysia, their toughest challenge in the group on Thursday
India's star men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty made a winning start to their India Open title defence with a win over Scotland duo of Christopher and Matthew Grimley in the first round at Delhi on Tuesday.