Badminton
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 4:02 PM GMT
Steel your nerves as we are good to begin!
HS Prannoy has the hopes of an entire nation on his shoulder as we begin this FINAL match of the semi-final tie!
- 13 May 2022 3:58 PM GMT
Now it comes down to HS Prannoy once again!
India will have to turn to veteran HS Prannoy once more as he comes out from the Indian side here to play the final deciding match against Rasmus Gemke!
Sheer nerves at this moment!
- 13 May 2022 3:54 PM GMT
Frederik Søgaard and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen beat P. Garaga and Vishnu Panjala in the men's doubles clash by 21-14, 21-13.
That's it!
Frederik Søgaard and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen beat P. Garaga and Vishnu Panjala in the men's doubles clash by 21-14, 21-13.
Denmark levelled the score 2-2 against India. And the scores will be settled via a deciding fifth match of men's singles.
- 13 May 2022 3:51 PM GMT
Match point for Denmark
Sogaard asks for the service judge to interfere after umpire makes a mistake to count one point. The Danish pair leads by 19-12
- 13 May 2022 3:46 PM GMT
The Indians are slowly losing out, falling short with constant errors. Rasmussen and Sogaard lead by 15-10.
- 13 May 2022 3:43 PM GMT
Rasmussen flicks it past Garaga to win another point. The Danish pair leads by 12-18.
- 13 May 2022 3:42 PM GMT
Rasmussen and Sogaard lead by 11-8 at the interval of the second game.
Denmark still keep a 3-point cushion at the interval.
- 13 May 2022 3:41 PM GMT
Garaga and Panjala have pulled up their socks in the second game and is giving the Danish pair a run for the money.
They are levelled at 8-8.
