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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 1:20 PM GMT
Crazy drama here at the Impact Arena!
Some desperate shots from both pairs here but the Indians lead 16-15! Crazy stuff!
- 12 May 2022 1:14 PM GMT
Loud cries from Satwik-Chirag as they turn things around to take the 11-9 lead!
Satwik-Chirag will NOT BE DENIED here! They turn things up in style to lead 11-9 in the mid-game interval. Let's gooo!
- 12 May 2022 1:12 PM GMT
What a lucky shot as the birdie touches the net and goes over, phew!
THE INDIANS LEAD 10-9 now!
- 12 May 2022 1:11 PM GMT
The Indian pair stays hot on pursuit here!
The Malaysians are really using good pace to fluster the Indians here. Good stuff from both pairs though.
The Malaysians lead at 7-8
- 12 May 2022 1:08 PM GMT
A tit-for-tat start here to this doubles match!
Satwik-Chirag start on the right foot in this match as things get heated from the get-go!
The Malaysians have the mini lead at 4-3!
- 12 May 2022 1:04 PM GMT
Satwik/Chirag have the advantage here as far as history is concerned!
Satwik-Chirag have won 5 times against this Malaysian pair and therefore they will look for the sixth win here.
- 12 May 2022 1:00 PM GMT
Time for men's doubles action - Satwik/Chirag up next!
Lakshya Sen suffers a second straight loss at the Thomas Cup and therefore, the onus will now be on the dynamic doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty as they take on the Malaysian pair of Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin!
