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Thomas & Uber Cup Finals LIVE: Both Indian men and women start their campaign with wins — Blog, updates, score, results
The Indian men's badminton team take on Germany in Thomas Cup while the women's team begins their quest against Canada in Bangkok. Follow LIVE updates from the tournaments.
The Thomas & Uber Cup Finals teams from India
The prestigious Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2022 is all set to begin at the Impact Arena, Bangkok.
India's formidable men's team will beat Germany 5-0 in the morning on the opening day of the Thomas Cup. The women's team backed it up with a 4-1 win over Canada in the Uber Cup later.
The Bridge brings to you all the action from the tournament LIVE on our blog. Follow here:
Live Updates
- 8 May 2022 1:45 PM GMT
Zhang 14-12 Kashyap
Zhang pulls off a cross-court slice, it hits Kashyap's racket and goes wide.
- 8 May 2022 1:43 PM GMT
Kashyap with the lead of 11-10 at the interval.
An unforced error by Zhang and Kashyap with the lead of 11-10 at the interval.
- 8 May 2022 1:40 PM GMT
Kashyap plays it cool and takes Zhang to a cross-court challenge. She needs to hold on to the momentum.
Kashyap 8-8 Zhang
- 8 May 2022 1:39 PM GMT
Kashyap is lacking the skills here and looks quite defensive against Wang. She trails 5-6
- 8 May 2022 1:37 PM GMT
Kashyap on the backfoot
Despite a good cross-court drop shot gave Akasrshi the start, Wang outmaneuvers the India and keep on building points.
- 8 May 2022 1:31 PM GMT
Aakarshi Kashyap up next!
Aakarshi Kashyap will stride out next for India in the second singles contest. She will be up against Wen Yu Zhang and will be eyeing to help India back into the lead of this tie.
- 8 May 2022 1:29 PM GMT
Shruti-Simran LOSE!
That's it. Shruti and Simran gave a good account of themselves in the first game, but they have surrendered 19-21, 12-21 in 36 minutes. This also means Canada have levelled the tie at 1-1.
- 8 May 2022 1:26 PM GMT
This seems to be out of India's grasp
A slew of points post the break for the Canadian pair and they lead 19-12. Right then, Canada equalising the tie score looks inevitable now.
- 8 May 2022 1:20 PM GMT
India on the backfoot!
Rachel-Kristen go into the mid-game break with a healthy 11-8 lead and the pressure is now clearly on Shruti-Simran to deliver. Can they bounce back to push this into a decider?
- 8 May 2022 1:15 PM GMT
Close start to Game 2
The second game has started off very closely as well. There is nothing much to separate the two pairs, but the Canadians lead 5-4 for now.
