Indian pairs falter at final hurdle in Australian Open
India`s title hopes in the Australian Open Grand Prix badminton tournament went up in smoke with both the women`s and men`s doubles pair suffering crushing defeats.
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Melbourne: India`s title hopes in the Australian Open Grand Prix badminton tournament went up in
smoke with both the women`s and men`s doubles pair suffering
crushing defeats against their respective rivals to settle for
the runners up position here today.
Top seed Indian men`s pair of Rupesh Kumar and Sanave
Thomas lost 13-21, 11-21 to second seed Malaysian duo of Teik
Chai Gan and Bin Shen Tan in just 26 minutes.
Similarly, the new-formed women`s doubles pair of Aparna
Balan and Shruti Kurian too failed to get past the last
hurdle, losing 13-21, 9-21 against the lesser known Australian
combination of Chia Chi Huang and He Tian Tang.
Bureau Report
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