Thomas Cup News
22-year-old Indian badminton star Dhruv Kapila names Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu as his favourite women shuttlers from India.
PM Modi advised Lakshya to maintain his childish nature and keep on striving hard to achieve big goals ahead.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Badminton Champions of Thomas Cup and Uber Cup at his residence '7 Lok Kalyan Marg'. During this, the players shared their experiences with the PM.
HS Prannoy won two tie-deciding singles matches in the quarterfinals and semifinals
Kidambi Srikanth defeated Jonatan Christie in the second singles to seal India's 3-0 victory against Indonesia
Taapsee Pannu praised her boyfriend and Indian badminton team coach Mathias Boe on the historic win.
Srikanth produced a fine performance to outclass Asian games gold medallist Jonatan Christie
Doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty then showed nerves of steel
India had defeated Malaysia and Denmark by identical 3-2 margins in the quarterfinals and semifinals to storm into the final for the first time in the history of the tournament.
Lakshya Sen beat Viktor Axelsen 21-13, 21-13.
Rankireddy and Shetty defeated Denmark's Astrup and Christiansen.
Tien Chen, ranked four, had to put up a monumental effort to overcome world No. 9 Lakshya Sen, winning 21-19, 13-21, 21-17.
Indonesia are the most successful team in the Thomas Cup with 14 titles
China are the most successful team in the Uber Cup with 15 titles
Indian shuttlers who are in the top 15 in the BWF rankings will be picked directly.
Lin became the first shuttler to retain the Olympic title when he won in the 2012 London Games after his triumph in the home event in Beijing in 2008.
Following a thrilling 5-0 triumph over Australia on Monday, the Indian men`s badminton team led by HS Prannoy made a humiliating exit from the Thomas and Uber Cup.
Indian men's and women's badminton teams expectedly dumped a lowly Australia 5-0 and 4-1 respectively on the second day of the prestigious Thomas and Uber Cup Final but the road to the quarterfinals still remains a difficult one.
India's young but depleted men and women's teams jeopardised their chances of qualifying for the knockout stage after suffering an identical 1-4 loss to France and Canada in the opening Group A match of the Thomas and Uber Cup Final on Sunday.
India will be fielding a young team at the prestigious Thomas Cup Final, but B Sai Praneeth believes they have the firepower to not only reach the knockout stage but also return with a medal.
India will fancy their chances of reaching the knockout stage after getting relatively easy draws at the TOTAL BWF Thomas and Uber Cup Finals to be held in Bangkok from May 20 to 27.
With this win, Denamrk became only the fifth country after Indonesia, China, Malaysia and Japan to win the prestigious badminton team title.
Olympic bronze medallist, Saina defeated World No. 5 Nozomi Okuhara 18-21 6-21.
The Indian Eves now lock horns with 2014 runners-up Japan in their final group game on Wednesday.
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