Uber Cup 2024 Live: India play Japan in the quarterfinal. (BAI Media)
Uber Cup 2024, India vs Japan, Quarter-final Live: Ashmita Chaliha-led India will take on multiple-time winners Japan in a tough Uber Cup quarterfinal tie in Chengdu on Thursday.
Chaliha takes on Aya Ohori in the the first match, with Akane Yamaguchi absent. Isharani Baruah and Tanvi Sharma are the other two singles nominees, with no changes in the doubles lineup. Anmol Kharb is not featuring for India after her injury against China on Tuesday.
Uber Cup quarterfinals, India vs Japan lineup
WS1: Aya Ohori vs Ashmita Chaliha
WD1: Nami Matsuyama – Chiharu Shida vs Priya Konjengbam – Shruti Mishra
WS2: Nozomi Okuhara vs Isharani Baruah
WD2: Rena Miyaura – Ayako Sakuramoto vs Simran Singhi – Ritika Thaker
WS3: Tomoka Miyazaki vs Tanvi Sharma
On Tuesday, India lost 0-5 against powerhouses China. Isharani Baruah lost against Olympic champion Chen Yufei. In the first doubles tie, national champions Priya Konjengbam and Shruti Mishra then went down against world no. 1 combination of Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan. Anmol Kharb had to retire hurt against Han Yue. Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker lost against Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning Tanvi Sharma. Fifteen-year-old Tanvi Sharma impressed in her defeat against Wang Zhi Yi. Read more about their match against China here.
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Isharani Baruah is No 83, Anmol Kharb is No 258 and Tanvi Sharma is No 589. Tanvi was also the youngest at the Uber Cup, at age 15. (BAI)
There were myriad technical shortcomings of hers that Isharani Baruah candidly reflected on after being shot out 21-12, 21-10 by Olympic champion Chen Yufei playing the Uber Cup group match. The pace of the rallies she could cope with, but Yufei’s lengths, her drops, variations, and all strokes going to the backcourt, mightily awed the 20-year-old. “And it was not comfortable. It was tough. I have to improve my strokes and variations,” she would state. (READ MORE)
