<p>With their 1-4 loss to three-time champions South Korea in Group 1D, India were knocked out of the Sudirman Cup at the Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center here on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>India's best bet Saina Nehwal was the only shuttler to win a match as her compatriots lost in all the other four categories of the World Mixed Team Badminton Championships. Group toppers Malaysia and South Korea qualified for the quarter-finals. India had lost their opening encounter 2-3 to Malaysia on Monday.<br /><br />India started the contest on a losing note with Kim Gi Jung and Kim Sa Rang taking only 36 minutes to move past Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar 21-10, 21-19 in the men's doubles. This was the third win of the World No.9 pair over their Indian counterparts in as many meetings.<br /><br />Later, women's singles World No.2 Saina levelled the tie by beating Yeon Ju Bae in a marathon match that lasted an hour and eight minutes. World No.13 Yeon gave a tough fight to her old nemesis but Saina eventually came out on top to win 20-22, 21-17, 13-21 and take a 8-4 lead in career meetings. With the win, the Olympic bronze medallist evened the contest at 1-1 for India.<br /><br />However, the tide totally turned in favour of South Korea as the east Asian country won the next three contests to totally dominate India.<br /><br />World No.5 Son Wan Ho defeated Commonwealth Games men's singles champion Parupalli Kashyap 13-21, 21-14, 21-13 in an hour and five minutes to give South Korea a crucial 2-1 lead. Though Kashyap had won their previous encounter, Son exacted revenge by beating the Hyderabadi for the third time in four career meetings.<br /><br />It was all over when 2011 World Championships bronze medallists Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa lost a 56-minute women's doubles battle to World No.75 Chang Ye Na and Jung Kyung Eun. The South Koreans won 18-21, 21-12, 21-12 to take an unassailable 3-1 lead.<br /><br />Though Jwala and Ashwini are ranked much higher than Chang and Jung at 22, the South Koreans displayed pure grit to upset their much-favoured opponents and bag the match for their team.<br /><br />The final match -- mixed doubles -- was only a formality but had to be completed as Kim Ha Na and Ko Sung Hyun took care of Manu Attri and N. Sikki Reddy 21-12, 22-20 in 36 minutes.</p>
<p>With their 1-4 loss to three-time champions South Korea in Group 1D, India were knocked out of the Sudirman Cup at the Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center here on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>India's best bet Saina Nehwal was the only shuttler to win a match as her compatriots lost in all the other four categories of the World Mixed Team Badminton Championships. Group toppers Malaysia and South Korea qualified for the quarter-finals. India had lost their opening encounter 2-3 to Malaysia on Monday.<br /><br />India started the contest on a losing note with Kim Gi Jung and Kim Sa Rang taking only 36 minutes to move past Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar 21-10, 21-19 in the men's doubles. This was the third win of the World No.9 pair over their Indian counterparts in as many meetings.<br /><br />Later, women's singles World No.2 Saina levelled the tie by beating Yeon Ju Bae in a marathon match that lasted an hour and eight minutes. World No.13 Yeon gave a tough fight to her old nemesis but Saina eventually came out on top to win 20-22, 21-17, 13-21 and take a 8-4 lead in career meetings. With the win, the Olympic bronze medallist evened the contest at 1-1 for India.<br /><br />However, the tide totally turned in favour of South Korea as the east Asian country won the next three contests to totally dominate India.<br /><br />World No.5 Son Wan Ho defeated Commonwealth Games men's singles champion Parupalli Kashyap 13-21, 21-14, 21-13 in an hour and five minutes to give South Korea a crucial 2-1 lead. Though Kashyap had won their previous encounter, Son exacted revenge by beating the Hyderabadi for the third time in four career meetings.<br /><br />It was all over when 2011 World Championships bronze medallists Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa lost a 56-minute women's doubles battle to World No.75 Chang Ye Na and Jung Kyung Eun. The South Koreans won 18-21, 21-12, 21-12 to take an unassailable 3-1 lead.<br /><br />Though Jwala and Ashwini are ranked much higher than Chang and Jung at 22, the South Koreans displayed pure grit to upset their much-favoured opponents and bag the match for their team.<br /><br />The final match -- mixed doubles -- was only a formality but had to be completed as Kim Ha Na and Ko Sung Hyun took care of Manu Attri and N. Sikki Reddy 21-12, 22-20 in 36 minutes.</p>