Curtains were drawn on India's campaign in the men's doubles of the World Badminton Championships after the pair of Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas went down fighting in the second round in London, on Tuesday.
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Rupesh and Sanave squandered a one-game lead to lose 19-21, 21-11, 21-12 in 48 minutes to the eighth seeded Indonesian duo of Alvent Yulianto Chandra and Hendra Aprida Gunawan.
Rupesh and Sanave had earlier defeated the German combination of Michael Fuchs and Oliver Roth 9-21, 21-18, 21-17 in their tournament opener, on Monday.
With Rupesh and Sanave's exit, the country's challenge came to an end in the men's doubles event as the other Indian pair in fray -- Pranav Chopra and Tarun Kona had already crashed out in the first round, losing 17-21, 13-21 to Hung Ling Chen and Yu Lang Lin of Chinese Taipei on Monday night.
