Indian duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto lost 11-21, 12-21 to Japan’s Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida on Monday for their second defeat Group C of women’s doubles competition at Paris Olympics 2024.
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Ponnappa and Crasto, world number 19, are currently ranked third in their group behind the Japanese and the South Koreans.
The two top ranked pairs from each group qualify for the quarterfinals.
Ponnappa and Crasto will take on Australia’s Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu in their final group game.
The Indians were not able to apple any scoreboard pressure on their opponents as they never managed to take the lead or even draw parity.
The Japanese duo, on the other hand, took control of the match from the onset, racing to a 4-0 lead after Crasto netted a long rally.
The seasoned Ponnappa produced a smash to earn India’s first point with Crasto following suit with a body smash to make it 2-7.
But it was mostly one way traffic from there as the Japanese kept inflating their lead to take the game.
The Indians were put under pressure right from the start in the second game as the Japanese raced to a 7-1 lead.
To make matters worse for the Indians, Carsto injured her finger and required medical attention.
Crasto and Ponnappa then fetched three back-to-back points but the Japanese squashed the Indians’ momentum and in the end had nine match points.
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HS Prannoy started his campin with a 21-18, 21-12 win over Fabian Roth of Germany as PV Sindhu got a resounding 21-9, 21-6 straight games win over Maldives’ Fathimath Abdul Razzaq.
The men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty’s second group stage match against the German duo of Mark Lamsfuss and Marvin Seide was been called off due to injury withdrawal of their opponent.
The group C match was slated to begin at 12:00 pm (IST) at the La Chapelle Arena Court 3. After the injury withdrawal, the second group game is considered null and void. The India duo had a winning start to their campaign, registering a convincing straight games victory over home favourites Lucas Corvee-Ronan Labar in Group C.
Laskhya Sen began his Paris Olympics campaign with a convincing win over Guatemalan’s Kevin Cordon in the men’s singles Group L. However, the victory won’t count anymore after Cordon pulled out of the Olympic Games due to a left elbow injury.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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