World No.9 Kidambi Srikanth won an impressive victory against World No.10 Tommy Sugiarto, but it went in vain as India lost all the other three matches to surrender the tie 1-3 to Indonesia in the semi-final of the Badminton Asia Team Championship at the Gachibowli stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday.

PV Sindhu, who was shouldering India's slim hopes of beating a strong Korean side in the quarter-final of the Badminton Asia Team Championship, was blown away by Sung Ji Hyun's stunning display. Later, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa lost their doubles fixture, as Korea won a very one-sided match 3-0.

India beat Malaysia 3-2 in the quarter-final of the Badminton Asia Team Championship at Hyderabad today with Prannoy winning the crucial decider after Srikanth had gotten the hosts off to a flying start. With this win, India have now booked their place in the Thomas Cup (World Men's Team Championship).

Indian women’s team, who routed Singapore 5-0 in their first match yesterday, suffered a heavy defeat on Thursday losing 0-5 to Japan in the Badminton Asia Team Championships at the Gachibowli Stadium in Hyderabad. With the loss, India will go into the quarter-final as the second placed team from Group WD.

World No.9 Kidambi Srikanth defeated his arch-nemesis Tian Houwei, who is ranked No.8 in the world, in straight games as Indian men’s team defeated China 3-2 to top Group MA in the of the men’s team event in the Badminton Asia Team Championships at the Gachibowli Stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday.