Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2025: India Go Down Fighting to South Korea Ahead of Knockout Round

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India went down fighting 2-3 against South Korea in their second Group D clash of the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2025 at the Conson Gymnasium in Qingdao, China on Thursday (February 13).

Men's singles player Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and women's doubles pairing of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly fought back from two matches down to keep the team in the hunt, but that did not prove enough as the other shuttlers from the country lost their respective matches in the tie.

Having already qualified for the knockout stage following the victory over Macau, India and South Korea faced off to determine the group winner. It wasn't an ideal start for India as the mixed doubles combination of Dhruv Kapil and Tanisha Crasto and women's singles player Malvika Bansod lost their respective matches.

National Games double gold medallist Sathish brought India back into the contest, keeping his nerves under pressure to beat Cho Geonyeop 17-21, 21-18, 21-19 in the men's singles match.

World no 9 women's combination of Gayatri and Treesa then raised hope of an Indian win by getting the better of Kim Min Ji and Kim Yu Jung 19-21, 21-16, 21-11 to make the tie score 2-2.

Indian once again tweaked their men's doubles combination, this time fielding Satwiksairaj Rankireddy with MR Arjun against Jin Yong and Na Sung Seung. Satwik and Arjun struggled to find the rhythm in the opening game but gave their opponents a tough fight in the second, eventually going down 25-23.

The draw for the quarter-final will take place after the final round of group stage matches finish on Thursday (February 13) with the knockout round set to begin on Friday (February 14). Here is a look at the final results of India vs South Korea in BAMTC 2025:

Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships 2025 Result

India lost to South Korea 2-3

• Mixed Doubles: Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto lost to Ki Dong Ju/Jeong Na Eun 21-11, 12-21, 15-21
• Women's Singles: Malvika Bansod lost to Sim Yu Jin 9-21, 10-21
• Men's Singles: Satish Karunakaran bt Cho Geonyeop 17-21, 21-18, 21-19
• Women's Doubles: Gayatri Gopichand/Treesa Jolly bt Kim Min Ji/Kim Yu Jung 19-21, 21-16, 21-11
• Men's Doubles: MR Arjun/Satwiksairaj Rankireddy lost to Jin Yong/Na Sung Seung 14-21, 23-25)