Badminton News: Group C is expected to be the toughest to fight among the four groups in the TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup 2023 Championship, and the opening session match between Taiwan and India lived up to those expectations.

Taiwan passed their first test with flying colors against India 4-1, but hopefully the Indians could have had luck in some of the games they lost.

In the end, however, Taiwan did well to navigate the choppy waters safely, especially in the opener when Yang Po-Hsuan and Hu Ling Fang saved match points against impromptu pair Sai Pratheek. and Tanisha Crasto in Game 2.

“We qualified in seconds, it was a tight game.” Yang Po-Hsuan smiled.

“We should have done the second,” Crasto said.

“In the third game, we were a bit empty. We didn’t follow the plan. It’s a lesson for both of us, what can be done in the next game, what we should and shouldn’t do. But I’m very happy with the way we played.”

After Chou Tien Chen beat HS Prannoy 2-0, Pusarla Venkata Sindhu had one of his best matches against Tai Tzu Ying, against whom he is 5-17.

The Indian was moving well, hitting a powerful winner, and until the 14th minute of the third set was desperate for his first victory against the Taiwan hustlers in eight matches. However, Tai stepped up his game in time, producing a crushing winner to earn a series of points at the end and win the Pusarla match.

After Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also lost in a close fourth game against Lee Yang/Ye Hong Wei, Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand Pullela finally put the Indian team on the scoreboard.

The Indian women’s doubles duo didn’t let the loss affect their morale and recovered well from a first game deficit to reign supreme comfortably at the end.

“We lost the game, we were 4-0 down, but we have to give 100% because it’s a group game, and all games count,” said Pullela, playing his Sudirman Cup debut. .

Article tags: Chou Tien Chen, Tai Tzu Ying, Taiwan, Sudirman Cup 2023