Indian men assured themselves of a medal when they beat Nepal 3-0 and ended a 37-year drought in the badminton team event at the Asian Games on Friday.
But the women's team suffered a 3-0 loss to Thailand in the quarterfinals. PV Sindhu lost to Pornpawee Chochuwong 21-14, 15-21, 14-21, Ashmita Chaliha lost 21-9, 21-16 to Busanan Ongbamrungphan and the doubles duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand went down to Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai 19-21, 5-21.
