Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2025: India Crash Out After 0-3 Loss to Japan in Quarter-Final

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India crashed out of the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2025 following a 0-3 loss against former champions Japan in the quarter-final tie on Friday (February 14) at the Conson Gymnasium in Qingdao, China.

Up and coming mixed doubles combination of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto and women's singles player Malvika Bansod gave their all against superiorly-ranked opponents, but could not avoid defeats against their Japanese couterparts.

Facing the World No. 12 combination of Hiroki Midorikawa and Natsu Saito in the first match of the tie, Dhruv and Tanisha forced a decider with a spirited fightback in the second game. But, the experienced Japanese combination prevailed in the 61-minute contest 21-13, 17-21, 21-13 to take the lead.

Malvika then had the task of stopping World No. 8 Tomoka Miyazaki, but her efforts were not enough as she went down 21-12, 21-19 against the Japanese star shuttler in the women's singles contest.

India needed Asian Games bronze medallist HS Prannoy to put them back on track. The 32-year-old kept those hopes alive briefly as he fought back from a game down to take the men's singles match against Kenta Nishimoto into the third and deciding game.

However, Nishimoto was quick to get off the blocks in the decider, racing to a 6-0 lead. Prannoy fought back after changing ends at 3-11, but it was too late to overturn the deficit as he went down 14-21, 21-15, 12-21 in an hour and 17 minutes.

As a result of three defeats in the tie, there was no need of a women's doubles and men's doubles match, featuring the pairs of Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty.

Treesa and Gayatri were scheduled to face Arisa Igarashi and Ayako Sakuramoto in women's doubles, while Satwik-Chirag were set to face Takumi Nomura and Yuichi Shimogami in the men's doubles match, as per the tie schedule.

With the tie already being decided in the third match, there was no need for the fourth and fifth contests in the knockout round. Here is a look at the India vs Japan BAMTC 2025 Quarter-Final results:

Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2025 Quarter-Final Result

India lost to Japan 0-3

• Mixed Doubles: Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto lost to Hiroki Midorikawa/Natsu Saito - 13-21, 21-17, 13-21
• Women's Singles: Malvika Bansod lost to Tomoka Miyazaki - 12-21, 19-21
• Men's Singles: HS Prannoy lost to Kenta Nishimoto - 14-21, 21-15, 12-21