11 August,2016 08:06 PM IST | | IANS
World No.21 Indian pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy lost their opening Group D match against the second seeded pair of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia in straight games 18-21, 13-21 here on Thursday
Rio de Janeiro: World No.21 Indian pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy lost their opening Group D match against the second seeded pair of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia in straight games 18-21, 13-21 here on Thursday.
Indian shuttlers Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy. File Pic
The former World No.1 Indonesian pairing dominated the proceedings from the opening game, but the Indian pair fought back from being 9-13 down to 14-13 before the Indonesians used their experience to finish the game 21-18 in 18 minutes.
In the second game, the Indonesians were again at their attacking best leading from five points at the half-game interval. In the latter half of the game, Ahsan and Setiawan made life difficult for the Indian duo as they went on to clinch it 21-13 in barely 14 minutes.
Manu and Sumeeth will be playing their next match on Friday against the Chinese pairing of Chai Biao and Hong Wei, against which the Indians have a 1-0 win record, when they met at the All England Open last year.
