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Jwala-Ashwini bow out of World Badminton Championship

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ANI Jakarta
Last Updated : Aug 14 2015 | 5:13 PM IST

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.

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First Published: Aug 14 2015 | 3:04 PM IST

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