Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponnappa bow out of World Badminton Championship
Despite giving a neck-to-neck competition in the first set, the 11th seed Indian pair wilted under pressure in the next set.
Ace Indian shuttlers Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa crashed out of the World Championship after losing quarter-final match against Naoko Fukuman and Kurumi Yonao in Jakarta on Friday.
The Indian duo of Jwala and Ashwini suffered a 23-25, 14-21 defeat against the unseeded Japanese pair in a contest that lasted over 46 minutes.
Despite giving a neck-to-neck competition in the first set, the 11th seed Indian pair wilted under pressure in the next set.
Gutta-Ponappa had won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championship.