Rupesh-Sanave pair crashes out of World Badminton C`ship
Indian men`s doubles pair of Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas hit a low after their recent success at the Asian circuit as the duo suffered a straight-game defeat in the first round to crash out of the World Badminton C`ship.
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Hyderabad: Indian men`s doubles pair of
Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas hit a low after their recent
success at the Asian circuit as the duo suffered a
straight-game defeat in the first round to crash out of the
World Badminton Championship here today.
Rupesh-Sanave played their hearts out but they neither
had the luck nor the pluck as they succumbed to a 13-21 21-23
defeat to the 14th seed Japanese pair of Kenichi Hayakawa and
Kenta Kazuno in just over half an hour match.
"We didn`t have luck. Some unforced errors, silly
mistakes put paid our chances," Rupesh said after the match.
"We didn`t get the right feeling straight from the start
and were finding it difficult to get used to the court. There
was too much drift because of the air-conditioners," he added.
After seeing the first game slipping out of their hand,
the world number 18 Indian pair pulled up their shocks and
were leading 20-16 before eventually losing.
"We were good in second game and was leading 20-16 but I
don`t know what happened, whether it was luck or lapse of
concentration we just couldn`t do it today," Rupesh said.
The Indian combination had won the New Zealand Open Grand
Prix last month and were runners-up at the Australian Open.
"We were high on confidence after recent successes and we
had almost pulled off the match. I was finding it difficult to
judge the momentum of shuttle. It was almost unplayable.”
Bureau Report
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