{"id":420580,"date":"2024-02-17T07:28:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T07:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/02\/17\/badminton-asia-team-championships-indian-women-enter-maiden-final-after-beating-japan-3-2-badminton-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-02-17T07:28:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T07:28:53","slug":"badminton-asia-team-championships-indian-women-enter-maiden-final-after-beating-japan-3-2-badminton-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/02\/17\/badminton-asia-team-championships-indian-women-enter-maiden-final-after-beating-japan-3-2-badminton-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Badminton Asia Team Championships: Indian women enter maiden final after beating Japan 3-2 | Badminton News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-107773756,imgsize-132996.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>SHAH ALAM: <!-- -->Indian women<!-- --> shuttlers&#8217; dream run continued as they progressed to their first-ever <!-- -->final<!-- --> at the <!-- -->Badminton Asia Team Championships<!-- --> after edging out two-time former champions <!-- -->Japan<!-- --> 3-2 in a thrilling semifinal here on Saturday.<br \/>World No. 23 pair of <!-- -->Treesa Jolly<!-- --> and <!-- -->Gayatri Gopichand<!-- -->, world No. 53 Ashmita Chaliha and the 17-year-old Anmol Kharb registered stunning wins in the first doubles and second and deciding singles to take India through to the summit clash.<br \/>India will face Thailand in the final on Sunday.<br \/>Though Japan were without their world No. 4 Akane Yamaguchi, world No. 7 pair of Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota and world No. 8 combination of Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara, they were still a formidable side, making it a tough battle for India.<br \/>Returning from a long injury layoff, Sindhu had enjoyed wins against China&#8217;s Han Yue and Hong Kong&#8217;s Lo Sin Yan Happy but she couldn&#8217;t produce her best against the left-handed Aya Ohori, going down 13-21, 20-22 in the first singles to peg India back.<br \/>Treesa and Gayatri, playing the first doubles, dished out a superlative performance to outwit world No. 6 Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida 21-17, 16-21, 22-20 in a 73-minute contest as India drew level at 1-1.<br \/>Up against former world champion <!-- -->Nozomi Okuhara<!-- -->, who is currently ranked world No. 20, the left-handed Ashmita produced an aggressive game, using her overhead cross drops and jump smashes to good use, to record a shocking 21-17, 21-14 win to hand India a 2-1 lead.<br \/>With Tanisha Crasto suffering a niggle, Sindhu then paired up with <!-- -->Ashwini Ponnappa<!-- --> but they couldn&#8217;t get across the world No. 11 pair of Rena Miyaura and Ayako Sakuramoto, losing 14-21, 11-21 in 43 minutes.<br \/>With the five-match rubber evenly poised at 2-2, Anmol was handed the responsibility of taming world No. 29 Natsuki Nidaira and the Indian once again lived up to the expectation, claiming a 21-14, 21-18 win in 52 minutes.<br \/>The final appearance keeps India&#8217;s hopes of winning a first-ever gold in the continental championship. 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