The journey till now for the Indian Women’s Team at the 2020 Uber Cup has been amazing, as some of the young players had played in the tournament, which would have been a learning experience for them. Team India did well to reach the Uber Cup 2020 Quarter-finals, as star players like PV Sindhu were not present in the squad and Saina Nehwal couldn’t play after injuring herself in the 1st Match against Spain.
India vs Japan was played on Thursday, 14th October at Ceres Arena in Aarhus, Denmark.
Meanwhile, the Indian Team have reached the knockout stage of the Uber Cup after 5 years with 2016 being the last time. This marks India’s 4th appearance in the quarter-finals of Uber Cup – 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2021.
India had done well in Group B – 2 Wins out of 3. By winning 3-2 against Spain & 4-1 against Scotland but lost 0-5 against Thailand. Whereas, Japan had a dominating performance in Group A – winning all matches by 5-0 against France, Germany and Indonesia.
Uber Cup 2020 Quarter-finals – India vs Japan – Line-up
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🇮🇳 team playing QF of #UberCup after 5 years. Catch live action on @StarSportsIndia & @DisneyPlusHS at 5 pm IST* (*Tentative)
All the best team! 👊🏻#ThomasUberCup2020#Badminton pic.twitter.com/WJIHDb5cDo
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) October 14, 2021
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India presented a line-up full of young players, even giving the Double’s Pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy rest.
Japan 3-0 India – Quarter-finals
Unlike the group stage matches, the knockout rounds of the Thomas & Uber Cup, as well as Sudirman Cup, ends after a Team have won the tie by 3 wins.
First Up was the Women’s Singles match, where India’s youngster Malvika Bansod played against World No. 5 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan. The Japanese player clinched the match in two straight games 21-12, 21-17 in about thirty-four minutes. Japan lead the tie 1-0.
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Then, next up was Women’s Doubles with India’s pair of Tanisha Crasto/Rutaparna Panda facing an unranked Japanese pair of Yuki Fukushima/Mayu Matsumoto. However, the experienced players from Japan proved to be too much as both of them were World No.1 with other partners in past. Experience played a part, as Yuki Fukushima/Mayu Matsumoto won in two straight games 21-8, 21-10 in about 41 minutes. Thus, Japan is 2-0.
The last match was the 2nd Women’s Singles match, as Japan clinched it 3-0. India’s Aditi Bhatt was defeated by World No. 15 Sayaka Takahashi in two straight games 21-16, 21-7 in 29 minutes.
As a result, Japan won 3-0 against India in the Uber Cup 2020 Quarter-finals.
In sports, you either win or learn!#TeamIndia bows out of #UberCup2020 but great display of badminton by 🇮🇳 women & lot of learnings for youngsters.
We will bounce back stronger 💪🏻#ThomasUberCup2020#Badminton pic.twitter.com/rRS8brKA9z
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) October 14, 2021
A fast-paced quarterfinals showdown between Japan 🇯🇵 and India 🇮🇳 at the TotalEnergies BWF Uber Cup Finals 2020.#ThomasUberCups #Aarhus2020 #RaiseARacket 🏸 pic.twitter.com/9ehNEFrt1t
— BWF (@bwfmedia) October 14, 2021
