Gutta-Ponnappa lose their 1st Rio Olympics match
Indian shuttlers Ashwini Ponnappa and Jwala Gutta lost their first Group A match 15-21,10-21 against Japan’s Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo in the women’s doubles badminton event at the Rio Olympics on Thursday. The duo has two matches remaining in the group stage, with their next match scheduled for August 12 against the Netherlands.