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Thomas & Uber Cup Quarterfinals LIVE: Indian men's team defeat Malaysia to enter semi-finals, confirms bronze - Updates, Scores, Blog, Results
HS Prannoy led the Indian men's team to the semi-finals of the Thomas Cup by defeating Malaysia while it was the end of the road for PV Sindhu & Co. in the Uber Cup. All details here.
A jubilant Indian men's team at the Thomas Cup (Source: Twitter/Sports18/Badminton Photo)
Welcome to the live blog of The Bridge from the quarterfinals of the Thomas and Uber Cup Finals 2022 being held at the Impact Arena, Thailand.
It was curtain call for the Indian women's team led by PV Sindhu as they lost 0-3 to Thailand earlier today and exited the Uber Cup.
In the men's half, the Indian men's team created history with HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, and Satwik-Chirag leading the team to their first semi-final in 43 years and confirmed the first medal for India at the Thomas Cup!
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Live Updates
- 12 May 2022 8:35 AM GMT
Simran and Shruti come out on top of a big rally!
Simran and Shruti are closing in at 13-14 now! Good stuff from the Indians!
- 12 May 2022 8:32 AM GMT
Simran Singhi packs in some good defense after the first mid-game break
The Thai pair lead 12-10 but the Indians are hot on the pursuit.
- 12 May 2022 8:28 AM GMT
Simran and Shruti attack with smashes!
Simran and Shruti are all pumped up here and they punctuate every point win with a loud scream! The duo lead 7-6 here!
- 12 May 2022 8:21 AM GMT
Next up - we have the Women's Doubles featuring Simran Singhi and Shruti Mishra!
PV Sindhu's loss is a bit of a bummer for Team India here as she was the one responsible for leading the charge.
Next up we have Simran Singhi and Shruti Mishra taking on the World No.8 Thai duo of Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Pranjongjai.
- 12 May 2022 8:13 AM GMT
And Ratchanok Intanton pulls off a great comeback and finishes with a smash to give Thailand the first win
It is the former World No. 1 Ratchanok Intanon who comes through here in a tight three set affair, 21-18, 17-21, 12-21 as PV Sindhu fails to give India the winning start here.
It will quite tricky now.
Thailand leads 1-0 in this quarterfinal.
- 12 May 2022 8:10 AM GMT
Big spot of trouble for Sindhu here...
The rallies are getting more heated here as Intanon leads 18-12. The gap keeps widening for Sindhu.
- 12 May 2022 8:05 AM GMT
Into the mid-game break, Intanon has the sizeable lead once more
Intanon keeps her nose ahead in this match so far.
