BWF Uber & Thomas Cup 2024 Live Update: After defeating Thailand in their first match, India blanked England in their second match and booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Thomas Cup.
Thomas Cup 2024 Live Update, India vs England : Defending world men’s team champions India booked themselves a place in the Thomas Cup 2024 quarter-finals as they thrashed England 5-0 in their Group C encounter in Chengdu on Monday.
HS Prannoy returned to winning ways as he defeated Harry Huang in straight games to put India ahead. In the second match, in what was the toughest assignment of the tie against Ben Lane and Sean Vendy, World No. 3 Satviksairaj Rankireddy – Chirag Shetty were once again made to work hard. But Satchi won in three matches to give India a 2-0 lead. Then, in the absence of Lakshya Sen, Srikanth stepped up to seal the tie for India in straight-games. MR Arjun – Dhruv Kapila won the 2nd doubles tie to make it 4-0. The ending touches were applied by Kiran George, who played his first match and won in straight games as well.
Indonesia also beat Thailand, with India and Indonesia – the 2022 finalists – qualifying for the knockouts from Group C. Their match on Wednesday will decide the best of the group.
India vs England Thomas Cup Match Result
MS1: HS Prannoy 21-15, 21-15 Harry Huang
MD1: Satviksairaj Rankireddy – Chirag Shetty 21-17 19-21 21-15 Ben Lane – Sean Vendy
MS2: Kidambi Srikanth 21-16 21-11 Nadeem Dalvi
MD2: MR Arjun – Dhruv Kapila 21-17 21-19 Rory Easton – Alex Green
MS3: Kiran George 21-18 21-12 Cholan Kayan
India start their Thomas Cup title defense with a 4-1 win over Thailand on Saturday. Current Indian No.1 HS Prannoy lost his first singles match against World Champion Kunlavhut Vithisorn. But it was a blip as India’s depth came through a thrilling three-game win for Chirag Shetty and Satviksairaj Rankireddy, with Lakshya Sen leading India. Then MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila’s doubles combination sealed India’s victory before Srikanth Kidambi applied the ending touch.
On Saturday, in the Uber Cup, a young Indian women’s team beat Singapore to qualify for the knockouts.
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On Sunday, Indian women qualified for the Uber Cup quarterfinals, writes Shivani Naik:
Gopichand did not cite Olympic, Asiad or Worlds medals as the story of the game’s rise in India, but those two wins over Canada and Singapore on consecutive days by an uber-cup squad featuring little-known names after delisting top players. . Gopichand’s hilarity comes down to rejection from Babudom 30 years ago.
“In 1990 (Auckland) and 1994 (Victoria), Indian badminton teams were not authorized to go to the Commonwealth Games cause the government told us that we had no opportunity of winning against 5-6 teams. I distinctly remember Canada and Singapore being two of them,” he remembers the sting of that rejection. Much of the 1990s passed in oblivion.
“For me, the revival story of badminton does not start with our All England or 2006 when Saina (Nehwal) broke through. It started after Auckland earlier said that India was not good enough. We had 0 medals in the team event in the 1990s, with the men defending the Thomas Cup and the women the Asian team champions. Now just look at these women – Asmita, Isha, Anmol, Simran, Ritwika, Priya, Shruti and Tanvi – take us to the quarters of the Cup with uber confidence,” he says.
Thomas Cup 2024 Live Update, Group C: India 5-0 England
MS1: HS Prannoy 21-15, 21-15 Harry Huang
MD1: Satviksairaj Rankireddy – Chirag Shetty 21-17 19-21 21-15 Ben Lane – Sean Vendy
MS2: Kidambi Srikanth 21-16 21-11 Nadeem Dalvi
MD2: MR Arjun – Dhruv Kapila 21-17 21-19 Rory Easton – Alex Green
MS3: Kiran George 21-18 21-12 Cholan Kayan
Thomas Cup 2024 Live Update, Group C, India 5-0 England Live: Kiran George 21-18 21-12 Cholan Kayan
Kieron George makes the tie 5-0: The opening game was a struggle but Kieran eventually eased in to lead India to a 5-0 win over England. The defending champions go into a tasty encounter against a largely in-form Indonesia.
Thomas Cup 2024 Live Update, Group C, India 4-0 England Live: Kiran George 21-18 19-11 Cholan Kayan
With Kieran leading 5-4, a run of 8 straight points helped Kieran escape. He is now 2 points away from winning the match.
Thomas Cup 2024 Live Update, Group C, India 4-0 England Live: Kiran George 21-18 14-6 Cholan Kayan
Kiran are in complete control at the moment, after a solid opening game.
Thomas Cup 2024 Live Update , Group C, India 4-0 England Live: Kiran George 21-18 Cholan Kayan
Game 1, Kiran George: Cholan brilliantly made it 10-16 to 18-18, but Kiran recovered in the last game to win three straight points and take the lead.
Thomas Cup 2024 Live Update, Group C, India 4-0 England Live: Kieran George 17-14 Cholan Kayan
What a procession! Nice from both players, patiently taking corners and creating points. Kiran tries to play a backhand touch which goes just wide.