India’s campaign ended in the men’s singles badminton competition after Arvind Bhatt crashed out in the pre-quarterfinals of the Asian Games here on Thursday.
Bhatt lost 19-21 12-21 to world ranked sixth Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand in his second round encounter at the Tianhe Gymnasium here.
With Bhatt’s loss, India cut a sorry figure in the men’s singles event as Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Parupalli Kashyap had earlier made a first round exit, losing to sixth seed Nguyen Tien Minh of Vietnam 14-21, 20-22. .
Bhatt had got a walk over in his opening round against Niluka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka.
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