BWF Thomas & Uber Cup 2024 Highlights: After beating Thailand in their first match, India blanked England in their second match and assured a place in the Thomas Cup quarterfinals.
Thomas Cup 2024, India vs England Highlights: Defending world men’s team champions India assured themselves of a place in the Thomas Cup 2024 quarterfinals as they defeated England 5-0 on Monday in Chengdu in a Group C encounter.
HS Prannoy got back to winning ways as he put India into the lead, defeating Harry Huang in straight games. In the second match, world No3 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy – Chirag Shetty were once again made to work hard, in what was the toughest assignment of this tie against Ben Lane and Sean Vendy. But SatChi prevailed in three games to put India 2-0 up. Then, in Lakshya Sen’s absence, Srikanth stepped up to seal the tie for India in straight-games. MR Arjun – Dhruv Kapila made it 4-0 by clinching the 2nd doubles tie. The finishing touches were applied by Kiran George, who played his first match and won in straight games as well.
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With Indonesia defeating Thailand as well, India and Indonesia – 2022 finalists – qualified out of Group C into the knockouts. Their match on Wednesday will decide the group toppers.
India vs England, Thomas Cup match results
MS1: HS Prannoy 21-15, 21-15 Harry Huang
MD1: Satwiksairaj 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 started their Thomas Cup title defence with a 4-1 win against Thailand on Saturday. Current India No 1 HS Prannoy went down in the opening singles against world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn. But that was a blip as India’s depth came through with thrilling three-game wins for Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Lakshya Sen gave India the lead. Then the doubles combination of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila sealed India’s win, before Srikanth Kidambi applied the finishing touches.
On Sunday, in the Uber Cup, a young Indian women’s squad defeated Singapore to qualify for the knockouts. Read more about that by Shivani Naik here.
Thomas Cup 2024, India vs England, Group C recap below:
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Uber Cup: No Sindhu, no problem as Anmol Kharb and Isharani Baruah helped India beat Singapore and enter the quarters
With or without PV Sindhu, Indian women’s badminton continues its audacious run at international team events. This time around, a squad with an average age of just above 20, without the top stars, has secured quarterfinal qualification at the Uber Cup.
As has been the trend since February, young Anmol Kharb put the calm, finishing touches to a 4-1 win over Singapore, after she beat World No 207 Lee Xin Yi Megan. National coach Pullela Gopichand dubbed this performance “the real growth of Indian badminton – it’s how well the second string fares.” (Read more from Shivani Naik)
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First uploaded on: 29-04-2024 at 06:46 IST
