India Vs Korea Highlights, Badminton Asia Team C'ships: Srikanth Win Goes In Vain; Indian Challenge Ends In Quarters

Earlier in the day, the women's contingent lost 0-3 to China as their title defence ended prematurely in the quarter-finals.

Ayush Shetty gets things going against Korea's Tae Bin Yoo in the men's singles match-up. The Indian shuttler sees himself 4-6 down in the first game but still lots of time left to get back in the game.

Ayush Shetty has bagged the first game against Tae Bin Yoo, 21-18. Exceptional start this for the Indian shuttler.

Tae Bin Yoo has rebounded in the second game, surging to a 17-13 lead against Ayush Shetty. The 20-year-old Indian needs a string of points right now, else risk taking the match to a decider.

Tae Bin Yoo shuts out Ayush, taking the second game comprehensively by a 21-14 margin. And so we head to a deciding third game in this opening match of the rubber.

The third game is quite closely contested so far, as reflected by a scoreline of 13-13. Both players know the importance of drawing first blood for their respective teams, and this looks like going down to the wire.

Heartbreak for the Indian youngster! He battles on till the very end, going through multiple deuces in the third game before losing it 24-26. He thus narrowly suffers defeat in his match and India trail Korea 0-1 in the rubber. Over to the men's doubles pairing of Chirag Shetty and Hariharan Amsakarunan now.

In the absence of Satwiksairaj Rankiredddy, Chirag Shetty pairs up with Hariharan Amsakarunan and the duo goes down in straight games (11-21, 13-21) to Song Hyun Cho and Kim Won Ho. India thus lose the second match too and are down 0-2 in the quarter-finals rubber.

India are now in a do-or-die situation, having lost the first two matches in the best-of-five contest. They must win the remaining three clashes, starting with the ongoing men's singles match between Kidambi Srikanth and Choi Ji Hoon. The Indian takes the first game 21-15 to keep hope springing.

India are not done yet. Srikanth Kidambi leads 15-12 in the second game after pocketing the first and is six points away from cutting India's rubber deficit to 1-2 against Korea.

Srikanth Kidambi eases to a 21-15, 21-16 victory over Choi Ji Hoon in 38 minutes to keep India alive in the contest. Up next is the second men's doubles match of the tie, featuring Sai Pratheek and Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy against Jin Yong and Ki Dong Ju.

India's Sai Pratheek and Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy lose the first game 11-21 against Jin Yong and Ki Dong Ju. They are up 5-3 in the second game, however, and must win it to force a deciding third game and keep India in the fray.

It's all over. Sai Pratheek and Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy go down 11-21, 16-21 to Jin Yong and Ki Dong Ju and India lose the tie 1-3 to South Korea. With that, the Indian challenge at the Badminton Asia Team Championships ends in the quarter-finals, as the women had earlier lost 0-3 to China.