Thomas & Uber Cup Finals LIVE, Day 4: India men, women lose their last league stage match – Scores, Updates, Blog

With Lakshya, the netplay is always so exquisite!

Lakshya and Chou stay close to the net and engage in some quality netplay here. 

Lakshya leads 16-15 as Chou breathes right on his neck.

Chou Tien Chen attacks back as Lakshya makes a couple of errors now

Chou Tien Chen is going for good angles as Lakshya is forced into errors here.

Lakshya leads at 14-13 here.

Lakshya Sen is impressing and how!

Lakshya Sen looks confident here as he heads into the mid-game break with an 11-6 lead!

Lakshya smashes with power and keeps the lead at 9-6

Some impressive play from both players but Lakshya has good momentum here!

Chou Tien Chen attacks back now!

Chou uses his pace now to match Lakshya's shots as Lakshya still manages to keep the lead at 6-5. Quite an intense start!

Beautiful cross-court smashes from Lakshya as he attacks from the get-go!

Lakshya Sen means business here and is keeping the rallies quick and short with good putaways. He leads 4-1 against Chou!

And we are all set, get ready!

Lakshya Sen will be the one to open proceedings for India at the Thomas Cup final group stage encounter against Chinese Taipei and he is against World No. 4 Chou Tien Chen.

Can Lakshya find his All England spark today? He must!

Next up - Thomas Cup matches featuring India and Chinese Taipei!

The much-awaited tie of the day will feature the Indian men's team led by Srikanth and Lakshya Sen as they take on a formidable Chinese Taipei side.

This will be a tricky one and it'll be dramatic if India manages to get a victory here. Here's the order of play:

Sindhu & Co. will have to brace themselves in the quarters

Despite this loss, India stays on course to play in the quarters of the Uber Cup!

Ashmita Chaliha loses in straight games but she puts up a good fight!

Ashmita Chaliha put up a solid fight but she loses the match in a 40-minute fight, 21-18, 21-17.

With this, India loses the tie wholly to Korea 5-0.