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Thomas Cup Semi-finals HIGHLIGHTS: India defeats Denmark to enter finals — Scores, Updates, Medal, Blog
Fireworks are set to fly as Lakshya Sen and Co. lead the charge against Viktor Axelsen and his men in the India vs Denmark Thomas Cup 2022 semi-final tie. Follow LIVE.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty and Kidambi Srikanth during the Thomas Cup 2022 semi-finals against Denmark (Source: Badminton Photo)
Welcome to the live blog of The Bridge from the semi-finals of the Thomas Cup 2022, being held at the Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand!
Lakshya Sen went down to Viktor Axelsen but Satwik-Chirag managed a nervous three-set win against Kim Astrup and Mathias Christiansen to level the tie at 1-1. Kidambi Srikanth also followed it up with a fantastic win against Anders Antonsen. However, the pair of Krishna and Vishnu lost and finally HS Prannoy stepped up once more to create history for India and took the team to their maiden Thomas Cup final!
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- 13 May 2022 11:31 AM GMT
And a stunning 46-shot rally here with Axelsen coming out on top!
Great stuff from Lakshya Sen here as he remains quick on his feet in the rallies but Axelsen is on a rampage here and is producing some solid attack.
Axelsen leads 16-11.
- 13 May 2022 11:25 AM GMT
Axelsen keeps his nose ahead in this game so far...
Axelsen leads at 11-9 here as Axelsen forces the errors from Sen
- 13 May 2022 11:20 AM GMT
A moment for the Denmark cheering squad though!
Quite the colourful squad they have here - Team Denmark! Team India is right beside as loud cries of 'Bharat Mata ki Jay' can be heard.
Lakshya Sen moves well and covers the court nicely to lead 8-6
- 13 May 2022 11:18 AM GMT
Lakshya Sen is varying his shots up as he levels at 5 ALL!
The rallies are getting longer now as Lakshya Sen levels up at 5 ALL here with good attacking play.
- 13 May 2022 11:15 AM GMT
Keeping toe to toe of each other!
Lakshya Sen keeps right on the heel of Axelsen here as he plays a lot of good net shots here.
Sen lags behind at 4-3 in this opening game, quite the gritty start from both. We are just about getting started.
- 13 May 2022 11:12 AM GMT
And we begin, quick exchange of services and Lakshya is on serve!
Quick exchange of services to begin with as both players set the pace for the match. It is 1-1 and Lakshya is on serve!
- 13 May 2022 11:10 AM GMT
Axelsen has had a tough last 2 matches!
Viktor Axelsen had to dig deep in his last two matches against China and Korea.
- 13 May 2022 11:08 AM GMT
And the coin toss happens, Viktor Axelsen chooses to serve!
Players are on court and we are good to start - Viktor Axelsen will open serve and Lakshya will receive!
Steady on, nerves!
