Beijing, Feb. 5 -- Defending champion India will take on China in the women's quarterfinals while the men will take on Korea in the last eight stage of the Badminton Asia Team Championships in Qingdao, China on Thursday.
Having qualified for the quarterfinal with a match to spare in the group stage, Indian men rested Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth against Japan but still put up a strong performance before going down 2-3 to finish second in Group C.
The women's team also lost by an identical margin against Thailand.
Playing the first singles against Kenta Nishimoto, former world junior bronze medalist Ayush Shetty gave India the winning start as he thoroughly dominated the third game to win 21-18, 15-21, 21-11 and Satwiksairaj Rankiredd...