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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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Live Updates
- 11 May 2022 4:23 AM GMT
What a dominant show by Korea here as Kim wins and secures the tie!
Absolutely ruthless stuff from Kim Ga Eun as she takes only 30 mins to defeat Aakarshi Kashyap with a mirror score of 21-10, 21-10.
With this, Korea also wins this tie 3-0. We have the Women's Doubles lined up next!
- 11 May 2022 4:19 AM GMT
A very clinical display from Kim here!
Kim keeps her nose way ahead in this match and leads at 17-9
- 11 May 2022 4:13 AM GMT
Kim is charging so easily, takes 8 points on the trot
Kim is looking extremely confident here while Aakarshi is out of sorts and doesn't have answers to Kim's attack. The gap in levels and the board is glaring and Kim leads 11-2.
- 11 May 2022 4:10 AM GMT
Into Game 2, Kim once again leads from the get-go
Aakarshi Kashyap will have to play catch-up here as Kim looks confident and is placing her shots well too.
Kim leads 6-2 in this second game.
- 11 May 2022 4:07 AM GMT
Kim Ga Eun makes light work of Aakarshi Kashyap and bags Game 1
Kim Ga Eun doesn't seem to be having any trouble here and wins the opening game 21-10
- 11 May 2022 4:05 AM GMT
It's all one-way traffic here
Kim Ga Eun has the momentum and she leads at 19-8. Glaring gap for Aakarshi here.
- 11 May 2022 4:00 AM GMT
Kim with the lead here
Aakarshi has a mountain to climb here as Kim leads comfortably at 11-6
- 11 May 2022 3:59 AM GMT
Kim Ga Eun finds the right corners here!
The Korean has the lead at 9-6 with Aakarshi being made to run corner to corner already.
