India's women badminton team campaign at the Asian Games ended after a 1-3 quarterfinal defeat against hosts Japan at the Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium.
PV Sindhu secured a hard-fought opening game win against Akane Yamaguchi before running out of steam to lose the next two games 21-18 and 21-11.
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand provided brief hope by defeating Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto 21-17, 21-16 before Japan sealed the tie.