{"id":10446,"date":"2026-04-29T21:16:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/thomas-cup-blow-india-lose-2-3-to-china-despite-fightback-ahead-of-quarters-badminton-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T21:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:46:16","slug":"thomas-cup-blow-india-lose-2-3-to-china-despite-fightback-ahead-of-quarters-badminton-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/thomas-cup-blow-india-lose-2-3-to-china-despite-fightback-ahead-of-quarters-badminton-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Cup blow: India lose 2-3 to China despite fightback ahead of quarters | Badminton News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130611125,imgsize-44526,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/ayush-shetty.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Cup blow: India lose 2-3 to China despite fightback ahead of quarters\" title=\"Ayush Shetty \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: India suffered a narrow 2-3 defeat against China in their final Group A tie of the Thomas Cup Finals on Wednesday, signing off the league stage with a loss despite already securing a quarterfinal berth.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The 2022 champions found themselves under pressure early after <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/lakshya-sen\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Lakshya Sen<\/a> and the star doubles duo of <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/satwiksairaj-rankireddy\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Satwiksairaj Rankireddy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/chirag-shetty\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Chirag Shetty<\/a> lost their respective matches, handing China a 2-0 lead.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Lakshya, who had impressed in recent tournaments, went down 19-21, 21-8, 12-21 to Li Shi Feng in the opening singles.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>The doubles pair of Satwik and Chirag fought valiantly, saving five match points, but eventually lost a thrilling contest 13-21, 21-13, 24-26 to Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Ayush, Prannoy lead fighting comeback<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>With the tie on the line, youngster Ayush Shetty stepped up in style. After losing the first game, he bounced back strongly to defeat Weng Hong Yang 17-21, 21-13, 21-15.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>\u201cI really enjoyed that\u2026 it\u2019s my first Thomas Cup. The goal was to win\u2026 happy to get the point for the team,\u201d Ayush said, expressing confidence in India\u2019s title chances.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>However, India\u2019s hopes took a hit in the second doubles, where Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun went down 17-21, 13-21 to He Ji Ting and Ren Xiang Yu, sealing the tie for China at 3-1.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>In the final match, HS Prannoy produced a resilient performance, rallying from a game down to beat Lu Guang Zu 20-22, 21-19, 21-11, reducing the margin of defeat.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>\u201cThe josh is really high\u2026 we believe we can go all the way,\u201d he said, underlining the team\u2019s confidence ahead of the knockouts.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Focus shifts to quarterfinals<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>Despite the loss, India finished second in Group A and progressed to the quarterfinals, where they are likely to face 2014 champions Japan.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>While the defeat exposed areas to improve, India\u2019s fighting spirit \u2014 showcased by Ayush and Prannoy \u2014 offers hope as they gear up for the business end of the tournament.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/badminton\/thomas-cup-blow-india-lose-2-3-to-china-despite-fightback-ahead-of-quarters\/articleshow\/130611136.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: India suffered a narrow 2-3 defeat against China in their final Group A tie of the Thomas Cup Finals on Wednesday, signing off the league stage with a loss despite already securing a quarterfinal berth.The 2022 champions found themselves under pressure early after Lakshya Sen and the star doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}