Thomas & Uber Cup Finals LIVE, Day 4: India men, women lose their last league stage match – Scores, Updates, Blog
Tough challenges await India in their final group stage matches at the Thomas and Uber Cup Finals 2022 as they get ready to take on Korea and Chinese Taipei. Follow LIVE.
Welcome to the live blog of The Bridge from Day 4 of the Thomas and Uber Cup Finals 2022 being held at the Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand.
Both the Indian men's and women's badminton teams have secured their places in the quarter-finals after notching some fantastic tie wins in their group stage matches.
Today marks the final day of their group stage encounters and both teams will look to continue their unbeaten streak. First, the women led by PV Sindhu took on Korea but failed to register a single win and lost the tie 0-5.
Next, Lakshya Sen will lead the men's side against Chinese Taipei, which promises to be another challenging encounter.
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That's all we have from Day 4 of the Thomas and Uber Cup 2022. Both Indian men and women end their league stage with their first loss of the campaign.
Results:
Uber Cup - India lose 0-5 to South Korea
Thomas Cup - India lose 2-3 to Chinese Taipei
HS Prannoy has emerged out on top in this 1 hour 7-minute long battle with Lu Chia Hung. He wins 21-18, 17-21, 21-18 in the dead rubber. Despite this win, India loses the tie to Chinese Taipei 2-3.
Prannoy leads 17-12 and this should be an easy win for him, if everything goes according to plan.
Good fightback from Lu, but Prannoy leads 11-6 before the change of sides in the decider.
Prannoy has raced to an 8-3 lead in the decider. Can he wrap this up?
Here, we go again. Yet another decider - the third of this tie, as Lu takes the second game 21-17.
A healthy 11-6 lead for Lu going into the mid-game break. A decider looks inevitable at this moment. Can Prannoy bounce back to pocket this match in this game itself?
Much like the first game, Prannoy starts on the backfoot. He trails 2-5.
That was a long game and it was a hard fought one. Prannoy eventually comes out on top with the score reading 21-18. It lasted 23 minutes, with both players unwilling to give up and playing some very long rallies.
This is a beautiful fightback from HS Prannoy. He has now taken the lead at 15-14. Can he extend and close this game off?