India lose final group tie to China in Thomas Cup Finals

Lakshya Sen. Pic/AFP

India went down 2-3 to China in their final Group A tie of the Thomas Cup Finals here on Wednesday.

India, who have already sealed their quarter-final spot, were on the back foot after Lakshya Sen and the doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost to concede a 0-2 lead. Under pressure, Ayush beat Weng Hong Yang 17-21, 21-13, 21-15.

Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun lost to He Ji Ting and Ren Xiang Yu 17-21, 13-21 as China took an unassailable 3-1 lead. Then, HS Prannoy beat Lu Guang Zu 20-22, 21-19, 21-11.

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