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Indian team's historic Thomas Cup victory will make it a "badminton superpower" as it has well and truly arrived on world stage with an achievement, which is way bigger than any individual accomplishment, feels legendary Prakash Padukone. India on Sunday dethroned defending champions and 14-time winners Indonesia with a commanding 3-0 win in the summit clash of the Thomas Cup Final to script a historic win.
Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy, the protagonists of India's historic Thomas Cup triumph, suffered contrasting fates in the opening round of Thailand Open on Wednesday. Sindhu, seeded sixth and ranked seventh in the world, staved off a spirited challenge from world number 62, USA's Lauren Lam 21-19 19-21 21-18 to set up a clash with Sim Yu Jin, who had played a pivotal role in Korea's Uber Cup win. Fresh from playing a major role in the Thomas Cup victory, Srikanth, seeded eighth, produced a gritty show to get the better of Brice Leverdez of France 18-21 21-10 21-16 in 49 minutes.
Indian shuttler Chirag Shetty expressed happiness after Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Team India on winning the historic Thomas Cup. The Indian team scripted history on Sunday by winning the first-ever Thomas Cup crown ever since its inception in 1949. On this occasion, PM Modi held a special interaction with the team and congratulated them on reaching such a great height.
Star doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who played a pivotal role in India's historic Thomas Cup triumph, pulled out of the Thailand Open Super 500 tournament beginning on Tuesday. It is learnt that Chirag suffered some niggles during the tournament and the pair has informed the Badminton Association of India on Monday about their decision to skip the event this week. The world No. 8 pair had lost just one match in the Thomas Cup -- against Chinese Taipei and brought India back into the contest after initial reversals against Malaysia and Denmark in the quarterfinals and semifinal.
Indian team's historic Thomas Cup victory will make it a "badminton superpower" as it has well and truly arrived on world stage with an achievement, which is way bigger than any individual accomplishment, feels legendary Prakash Padukone. India on Sunday dethroned defending champions and 14-time winners Indonesia with a commanding 3-0 win in the summit clash of the Thomas Cup Final to script a historic win.
Indian shuttler Chirag Shetty expressed happiness after Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Team India on winning the historic Thomas Cup. The Indian team scripted history on Sunday by winning the first-ever Thomas Cup crown ever since its inception in 1949. On this occasion, PM Modi held a special interaction with the team and congratulated them on reaching such a great height.
India scripted history on Sunday as they defeated the holders and 14-time champions Indonesia 3-0 in the final to win their maiden gold medal at the Thomas Cup. Kidambi Srikanth defeated Jonatan Christie 21-15, 23-21 in the third match as India became the sixth different team to win the Thomas Cup. As India sealed a convincing win over the favourites Indonesia, people from all walks of life took to Twitter and hailed the Indian men's team on winning its maiden gold medal at the Thomas Cup.
Star doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who played a pivotal role in India's historic Thomas Cup triumph, pulled out of the Thailand Open Super 500 tournament beginning on Tuesday. It is learnt that Chirag suffered some niggles during the tournament and the pair has informed the Badminton Association of India on Monday about their decision to skip the event this week. The world No. 8 pair had lost just one match in the Thomas Cup -- against Chinese Taipei and brought India back into the contest after initial reversals against Malaysia and Denmark in the quarterfinals and semifinal.