Badminton Asia Team Championship: Tanvi stuns World No. 16 Busanan, but India lose to Thailand

Tanvi Sharma

The Indian women's team suffered a narrow 2-3 loss to Thailand in their second Group Y match of the Badminton Asia Team Championship here on Thursday.

However, despite the defeat, India qualified for the quarter-finals, finishing second in Group Y after beating Myanmar 5-0 in their opening game on Wednesday.

Ranked 42, Tanvi began by shocking World No. 16 Busanan Ongbamrungphan 21-14, 17-21, 21-18, before the doubles pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly battled past Tidapron Kleebyeesun and Nattamon Laisuan 21-14, 20-22, 21-11.

However, Rakshitha Ramraj, Malvika Bansod and the doubles duo of Tanisha Crasto and Shruti Mishra lost their respective matches.

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