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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 2:17 PM GMT
Srikanth on the charge!
Kidambi Srikanth continues from where he left off in the first game and has raced to an early 6-3 lead.
- 12 May 2022 2:12 PM GMT
Srikanth takes GAME 1!
Wow, what a start this for Kidambi Srikanth. He has completely dominated Yong in the first game to take it 21-11 in just 16 minutes. This should have eased those early jitters in the Indian camp.
- 12 May 2022 2:06 PM GMT
Srikanth on a roll!
Kidambi Srikanth seems to be on song today. Consecutive points former World Number 1 and he has opened up a nine-point lead at 16-7.
- 12 May 2022 2:03 PM GMT
Advantage, Srikanth!
Srikanth pulls away at the right time and he goes to the mid-game break with a comfortable 11-6 lead.
- 12 May 2022 2:00 PM GMT
Tight start!
A very tight start to the singles contest between Srikanth and Yong. The Indian leads 7-6 for now.
- 12 May 2022 1:55 PM GMT
Next up - Kidambi Srikanth vs Ng Tze Yong!
With this we move to the men's singles as Kidambi Srikanth takes on the 21-year-old Ng Tze Yong here!
Srikanth will hope to get this winning momentum going! The atmosphere is already so charged.
- 12 May 2022 1:47 PM GMT
Satwik-Chirag win in style! What a show!!!
What a mad, mad show here by Satwik-Chirag as the boys win 21-19, 21-15 and in what style!
Satwik-Chirag level the tie at 1-1!
