Sudirman Cup: India lose to Denmark 1-4 in opener

PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy suffered straight game losses as India went down to Denmark 1-4 in the Group D round robin league match of the Sudirman Cup in Xiamen on Sunday. The saving grace for India was the 21-13, 21-18 victory of women’s doubles pair Tanisha Crasto and Shruti Mishra in the last match of the rubber.

Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto, who started the proceedings for India, faltered against Jesper Toft and Amalie Magelund 13-21, 14-21. Prannoy, who came in next, worked hard but was not able to stop Anders Antonsen 15-21, 16-21.

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In the crucial men’s doubles tie, youngsters Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Kumar proved no match to the formidable pair of Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 7-21, 4-21.

At 0-3, Sindhu was expected to fetch the first point for India. But the ace shuttler, who is struggling to get back to her best, went down fighting against Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt 20-22, 21-23. This is Sindhu’s first loss against the Dane in six meetings. In the other Group D match, Indonesia blanked England 5-0.