Rio Olympics Badminton: Manu Attri-Sumeeth Reddy lose opener

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Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11: World No.21 Indian pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy lost their opening Group D match at Rio Olympics, against the second seeded pair of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia in straight games 18-21, 13-21 here on Thursday (August 11).

File photo: Manu Attri (left) and Sumeeth Reddy

In the second game, the Indonesians were again at their attacking best leading from five points at the half-game interval. In the latter half of the game, Ahsan and Setiawan made life difficult for the Indian duo as they went on to clinch it 21-13 in barely 14 minutes.

Manu and Sumeeth will be playing their next match on Friday against the Chinese pairing of Chai Biao and Hong Wei, against which the Indians have a 1-0 win record, when they met at the All England Open last year.

IANS

Story first published: Tuesday, August 8, 2017, 10:12 [IST]

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Rio Olympics Badminton: Manu Attri-Sumeeth Reddy lose opener