Sri Lanka should be satisfied that their shuttlers were able to enter the second round of the Asian Badminton Championships in New Delhi as they were competing in a competition which was dominated by several world class players. This sentiment was expressed by Sri Lanka’s leading badminton player Niluka Karunaratne.
Sri Lanka lost her only hope when the Karunaratne brothers Nilika and Dinuka were defeated in the second round of the men’s doubles event at the Asian Badminton Championships in New Delhi.
The Korean duo of Gun Woo Cho and Yeon Seong You took the game 2-0 thus doing away the need of playing a third set.
Players from 20 countries amounting to about 300 players took part in the championships.
With this defeat every member of the Sri Lanka contingent bowed out of the Asian championships.
India is hosting the championship as a forerunner for the Commonwealth Games to be held in the same city in October this year. |
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