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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 3:34 PM GMT
The Malaysian takes a 4-1 lead
Prannoy is yet to get his teeth into this match as his error count climbs!
- 12 May 2022 3:28 PM GMT
The duo have met only once previously!
A lot of history at stake here and quite a lot of nerves as we come down to the final singles as Prannoy carries the hope of an entire nation against a lower-ranked player!
- 12 May 2022 3:26 PM GMT
And it will be HS Prannoy responsible for carrying India into the semis now!
With India and Malaysia now tied at 2 ALL - it is now going to be the turn of veteran HS Prannoy to prove his worth once more as he takes on Leong Jun Hao here!
This IS THE MATCH that will decide it all! Get ready!
- 12 May 2022 3:24 PM GMT
And Malaysia is back in the tie, Krishna-Vishnu lose closely!
Krishna and Vishnu go down fighting to the Malaysian duo in straight games, 21-19, 21-17 to bring Malaysia BACK INTO THIS TIE!
We are tied at 2 ALL. It cannot get more dangerous and exciting than this!
- 12 May 2022 3:18 PM GMT
Garaga with some beautiful placements here! Let's go India!!!
Krishna and Vishnu lag behind at 13-14 here and there are a lot of nerves at play!
- 12 May 2022 3:14 PM GMT
Very tense situations here - Krishna/Vishnu needs to attack back!
The Indians are slightly on the back foot here and the Malaysians have momentum. Need a turnaround soon!
- 12 May 2022 3:09 PM GMT
Into Game 2, it's still pretty close on the board!
It is 5 ALL on the board as things get super heated here!
- 12 May 2022 3:04 PM GMT
The Malaysians take Game 1 by a narrow margin!
The sheer nerves of this match, dear Lord! Krishna-Vishnu miss out the first game by a hairline here.
The Malaysians seize on the game point opportunity to win the first game 21-19!
