Badminton: Indian men suffer 0-5 defeat to Korea

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The young Indian men's team suffered an embarrassing 0-5 defeat against Korea in the opening group A match of the Badminton Asia Team Championships here on Tuesday.

Lakshya Sen lost 11-21, 19-21 to Jeon Hyeok Jin. The pairing of Ravikrishna PS and Sankar Prasad Udayakumar then slumped to a 8-21, 10-21 defeat against Hwi Tae Kim and Kim Jaehwan. Kiran George then lost to Joo Wan Kim 18-21, 14-21 as Korea took a 3-0 lead.

Manjit Singh Khwairakpam and Dingku Singh Konthoujam lost 7-21, 15-21 to Yong Jin and Na Sung Seung. Mithun Manjunath lost to 16-21, 27-25, 14-21 to Min Sun Jeong in the final match.

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