India’s Prannoy H.S. celebrates after defeating Indonesia’s Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in spherical 3 for the Thomas Cup Finals held in Chengdu in southwestern China’s Sichuan Province, on May 1, 2024.
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Defending champions India misplaced to powerhouse Indonesia 1-4 and failed to high their group in the Thomas Cup badminton match right here on Wednesday.
Both India and Indonesia have already certified for the quarterfinals of the distinguished occasion after profitable their first two matches however the latter will progress to the knockouts as Group C toppers.
The rematch of the 2022 Thomas Cup remaining offered Indonesia with an opportunity to actual revenge for his or her 0-3 loss in the title conflict of the final version to the identical opponents, they usually did simply that on the again of a medical show.
India primary in males’s singles, HS Prannoy put the group forward 1-0 after he staged a exceptional comeback to get the higher of Anthony Ginting 13-21 21-12 21-12 in the opening match.
In the primary males’s doubles match, the duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty went down to Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana, the identical pair that dashed the Indian pair’s hopes on the final All England Championship. Satwiksairaj and Chirag misplaced 22-24 24-22 21-19 as Indonesia levelled the tie at 1-1.
Lakshya Sen misplaced to reigning All England Championship males’s singles winner Jonatan Christie 18-21 21-16 17-21. The 22-year-old Sen raised hopes when he claimed the second sport along with his spectacular web play, however he couldn’t get previous a decided Christie in the decider.
In the fourth match, India’s Dhruv Kapila and Sai Pratheek misplaced in straight video games 22-20 21-11 to fancied Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin.
In the ultimate match, which was a useless rubber, Kidmabi Srikanth misplaced to Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo. Srikanth gained the opening sport 21-19, however misplaced the second and third video games 22-24 14-21 respectively.
