The Indian males’s badminton team began its Thomas Cup marketing campaign in an emphatic manner, beating Germany 5-0 on Sunday.
World Championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen began the proceeding with an effortless 21-16, 21-13 seize over world no 64 Max Weisskirchen.
The doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty needed to dig deep as they were stretched to a three gamer by Jones Ralfy Jansen and Marvin Seidel. But they managed to prevail 21-15, 10-21, 21-13 within the match lasting shut to an hour.
World no 11 Kidambi Srikanth then eked out a 18-21, 21-9, 21-11 seize over Kai Schafer after a late originate to give India an unassailable 3-0 lead within the Workers C tie. MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila handed Bjarne Geiss and Jan Colin Voelker a 25-23, 21-15 defeat within the 2d males’s doubles tie as Indian continued its dominant expose.
HS Prannoy, ranked 23rd within the field, then hardly ever broke a sweat as he carried out a 5-0 seize, with a 21-9, 21-9 victory over Matthias Kicklitz.
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It became a ideally suited originate for the Indian males’s team, which is taking a look for its maiden medal on the match. No Indian males’s team has ever reached the semifinals of the Thomas Cup. Perfect year, the males’s team reached the quarterfinals outdated to going out of the match. They’ll next play Canada on Monday adopted by their final match in opposition to Chinese language Taipei.
Later within the day, the women’s team will originate its Uber Cup marketing campaign in opposition to Canada in Workers D. World no 7 PV Sindhu headlines India’s ladies’s team. The assorted singles avid gamers within the mix are Aakarshi Kashyap (No 54), Ashmita Chaliha (64) and 14-year-used Unnati Hooda (No 240). The doubles contingent consists of Treesa Jolly, Tanisha Crasto, Shruti Mishra, Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker.
The match is being proven on Sports activities18 and could possibly be streamed on Voot.