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Tough draw for India eves

Team event at Asian Games

press trust of india
Updated: August 17th, 2018, 21:12 IST
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Indian women's tennis team members Ankita Raina, Karman Kaur and Prarthna with their coach Ankita Bhambri (L) pose for a photo after a practice session at Palembang in Indonesia Friday

Indian women's tennis team members Ankita Raina, Karman Kaur and Prarthna with their coach Ankita Bhambri (L) pose for a photo after a practice session at Palembang in Indonesia Friday

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Jakarta: Indian women’s team, led by PV Sindhu, will have to punch above its weight to salvage any hopes of a medal after being handed a tough draw in the badminton event at the Jakarta Asian Games.

Indian women’s team, which won a bronze medal in the last edition at Incheon after finishing third, will face top seeds Japan in the quarterfinals after receiving a first-round bye. The team events begin, Sunday.

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India are placed in the top half of the draw along with Hong Kong, Korea, Indonesia and Japan, while China, Thailand and Chinese Taipei are placed in the bottom half.

Japan, who clinched the Uber Cup title this year, boasts of top singles players such as 2017 World Champion Nozomi Okuhara and World No.2 Akane Yamaguchi, besides current World No.1 and World No.2 pairs of Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota, and Misaki Matsutoma and Ayaka Takahashi, respectively.

A depleted India, without the services of Sindhu and doubles specialist Ashwini Ponnappa, were outclassed 0-5 in the Uber Cup in May this year.

Though India will be fielding a full strength team this year, it would take an extraordinary effort to outwit the Japanese women’s team, a result that would assure of a medal.

In the men’s team event, India, led by Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy, are likely to have an easy first-round outing as they take on minnows Maldives in the opening clash. If India can cross the first hurdle, they will take on hosts Indonesia, who received a first-round bye, in the quarterfinals.

Top seeds China will also head straight into the quarterfinals, while defending champions Korea will start their campaign against Thailand, Sunday.

The Asian Games team competition is a knock-out affair with a best-of-five format comprising three singles and two doubles matches.

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