Sri Lanka lost her last hope yesterday when the Karunaratne brothers, Niluka and Dinuka, succumbed to defeat in the second round of the men's double event at the Asian Badminton Championships, 2010, in New Delhi, India. The Korean duo of Gun Woo Cho and Yeon Seong You pocketed the game 2-0, thus doing away the need for a third set.
With this defeat, every member of the Sri Lankan contingent has bowed out of the Asian Championship. Only the Karunaratne brothers, Niluka and Dinuka, managed to progress towards the second round.
The Karunaratne brothers battled determinedly against the Koreans yesterday. They lost the first round 16/21 and then conceded the game by losing 15-21 in the second. However, Niluka and Dinuka were able to beat their Pakistani counterparts in the tournament and were content with their achievements.
“Our main focus was on the singles event. Therefore we are really happy as we managed to stretch the Korean players and earlier beat the Pakistanis" elder brother Niluka said after the game. In the women's doubles event, Achini Ratnasiri and Upuli Samanthika lost the first round game by 2 sets to nil. The scores read 21/08 and 21/10.
World's number one, Dan Lee has already qualified for the semi finals in the men's individual event while India's national champion Sania Nehwal also booked her place in the quarter finals of the women's singles event.
The tournament concludes tomorrow. India is hosting this championship as a forerunner for the Commonwealth Games to be held in the same city in October this year.
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