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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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Live Updates
- 13 May 2022 5:00 PM GMT
Slight misjudgement from Prannoy but he still leads 8-4!
The nerves of the moment is attacking Prannoy here as he lunges at a shot that was clearly out
- 13 May 2022 4:56 PM GMT
HSP!! HSP!! HSP!!
The crowd chants keep getting louder from Prannoy as he leads 5-2 in this decider! So much at stake!
- 13 May 2022 4:53 PM GMT
Prannoy has the momentum in this decider now, he leads 4-0!!!
Prannoy is a man on a mission here as he attack so fiercely and leads 4-0! The Indian team cheers on!!!
- 13 May 2022 4:50 PM GMT
Muted celebration from Prannoy as he bags Game 2!!
THIS MATCH ISN'T OVER! THIS TIE ISN'T OVER! HS PRANNOY BAGS GAME 2 AND WE ARE INTO THE DECIDING GAME OF THE DECIDING MATCH HERE!
Say your prayers, folks!
- 13 May 2022 4:47 PM GMT
HS Prannoy has a very healthy lead here!
The errors creep in for Gemke and Prannoy keeps his nose ahead at 18-7
- 13 May 2022 4:43 PM GMT
All fired-up smashes here as Gemke is also pushing back!
Lot of cross-court rallies here as Prannoy leads at 13-5!
- 13 May 2022 4:39 PM GMT
Loss of momentum for Gemke as Prannoy takes a 11-1 lead!
HS Prannoy has come back into this match and how as he takes a massive 10 point lead at 11-1 here with Gemke making too many errors.
- 13 May 2022 4:36 PM GMT
HS PRANNOY GETS OUT ON TOP OF A 40-SHOT RALLY!
HS Prannoy shows class here as he comes out on top of a 40-shot rally with a neatly put away cross-court winner to lead 6-1 here now
- 13 May 2022 4:34 PM GMT
HS Prannoy leads 4-0 as we begin Game 2!
GAME ON!! Prannoy is here with the clever shots here as he begins to a 4-0 lead
