Ashwini-Tarun ousted from World C’ships
27 Aug 2014 4:57 AM IST
The Indian badminton squad got off to a poor start as Tarun Kona and Ashwini Ponnappa were ousted from their mixed doubles opener at the World Championships on Monday. Though Tarun and Ashwini lost the first game 16-21 to Danish world no. 16 pair Anders Kristiansen and Julie Houmann, they came back strongly in the second game at the Ballerup Super Arena.
The world no. 39 Indian combine gave a tough fight in the second game but eventually went down 25-27 in a close match which lasted 46 minutes. However, in some good news for Ashwini, she, along with her women’s doubles partner Jwala Gutta, got a walkover in their opener to enter the second round as England’s Heather Olver and Kate Robertshaw withdrew from the tournament. In the second round they take on Chinese fifth seeds Qing Tian and Yunlei Zhao.
The world no. 39 Indian combine gave a tough fight in the second game but eventually went down 25-27 in a close match which lasted 46 minutes. However, in some good news for Ashwini, she, along with her women’s doubles partner Jwala Gutta, got a walkover in their opener to enter the second round as England’s Heather Olver and Kate Robertshaw withdrew from the tournament. In the second round they take on Chinese fifth seeds Qing Tian and Yunlei Zhao.
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