Batra, who had led India to a historic triumph in team championship, could not do the same alongside Das on Friday. Tianwei and Mengyu came well prepared to counter Batra's variations with the pimpled rubber and cruised to a 11-5, 11-4, 11-5 victory. Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan are already assured of a medal, having reached the men's doubles final. The pairings of Sharath and Das, and Sathiyan and Batra have also made the mixed doubles semifinals. Desai lost to world no 26 Quadri Aruna of Nigeria 9-11 8-11 9-11 8-11 and Sathiyan was ousted by England's Samuel Walker 8-11 8-11 11-13 15-17.Sharath will face Quadri in the semifinals on Saturday.

Source: dna April 13, 2018 16:07 UTC