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After dethroning India, China scale the summit

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Hosts China demonstrated their supremacy at the Thomas and Uber Cup, as they achieved the World Men’s and Women’s Team Championships double for a record eighth time, spoiling Indonesia’s hopes. While the Chinese women’s team reclaimed their Uber Cup for their record 16th title after they blanked Indonesia 3-0 in the day’s first final, their men’s team won their first Thomas Cup title since 2018 after they defeated the Indonesian men 3-1. With these two titles, China now completed their supremacy at the world’s team championships. They now hold the Sudirman Cup, the Uber Cup and the Thomas Cup concurrently for the first time since 2012. No breach in the Chinese wall For the women’s team of China, there was no breach in their wall. They won 24 straight matches – and no defeat – to reclaim the Uber Cup that they lost to South Korea in 2022. In the final, on Sunday, the closest Indonesia came to winning was in the third match, with youngster Ester Nurumi Tri Wardoyo pulling off a surprise by …

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty must quell the threat of serve variations, with help from coach Mathias Boe | Badminton News

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Mathias Boe is an extremely passionate and methodical coach, who has brought in discipline, rigour and layers of tactical awareness while taking Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty to World No.1. The Olympic silver medallist from the last time the Games happened in Europe, also used to be an extremely competitive player, who battled the combined Asian might of skilled and speedy Chinese, Koreans, Malaysians and Indonesians as a defiant title contender from Europe. His success didn’t always come from being nice and polite towards opponents, and there were a fair few forgettable furies on court. But perhaps the mercurial ways were only an extension of his deeply competitive, loss-abhorring mentality, that he needed to channel to find an edge against the rampaging doubles legends of the day. The Dane’s game was cerebral, with canny shuttle placement and outthinking opponents, and he brings that nous to the power-packed Indians. Intuitive strategy is tough to teach, but Boe has worked hard to train his charges. Temperament wise, the court bearing of Satwik-Chirag, who look up to Indonesian …

China’s secret ingredient that hoodwinked Satwik-Chirag

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As India began their Thomas Cup title-defense at Chengdu, China, expectations were at an all-time high. The group of players were the same and with all of them in reasonably good form, a successful campaign was on the cards. India’s opponents, however, we ready and waiting to ambush the defending champions. Fewer errors For India, the outcome of Satwik-Chirag’s matches was beyond crucial in the quarter-final. If the duo could post a win, the balance of the tie would swing in India’s favour. China, however, had a trick up their sleeve in Lee Zii Jia and Liang Wei Keng. “He made a lot of unforced errors, while I made fewer errors, and that was positive for me. I’m happy I could handle the pressure and win a point for the team,” said Lee Zii Jia. “They are a very difficult pair to beat. We had to challenge them on every point. Fu Haifeng told us that the start of every game was going to be crucial, so we were focused on that,” added Liang Wei …

Satwik-Chirag bow to come back stronger after Thomas Cup setback

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Defending champion India bowed out of the Thomas Cup in the quarter-final and finished the tournament without a medal after losing to China on Thursday. One of the primary reasons behind India’s loss was the poor performance of the former world number one doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. The duo didn’t look at their best after making a comeback from injury where Satwik was injured and had skipped the Badminton Asia Championships last month. Talking about their gameplay in Thomas Cup, Satwik said,” We just kept pushing ourselves even though we were not playing to the best of our abilities. But if you want to beat them, you have to play at a much better level than this. We’ll take a lot of learning from this and come back stronger.” It was their second loss in two days and the Indian pair said it would come back stronger. 🇮🇳 0️⃣-2️⃣ 🇨🇳 India trails as SatChi lose the crucial first MD against the WR no. 1️⃣ (15-21, 21-11, 12-21). Some thrilling moments but things …

Defending champion India knocked out of Thomas Cup

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As Dhruv Kapila watched the shuttle fall on his side in the quarter-final of the Thomas Cup, hopes of the Indian badminton fans and the dream to defend the title also fell along. Despite putting up some fight, the Indian men’s team lost 1-3 to hosts China on Thursday and will return without a medal this time from the prestigious tournament. After losing to Indonesia in the last group game, the defending champions went with a different team and replaced Kidambi Srikanth with Kiran George for the third men’s singles. It was a rematch of the 2023 Asian Games team final which India lost 2-3 to sign off with a maiden silver. HS Prannoy started well against Shi Yu Qi and stunned him with his deceptions. With the home crowd rallying behind him, Shi made a comeback and Prannoy’s spirited fight concluded with a 21-15,11-21,14-21 loss in a match that went for 66 minutes. In the second match, former men’s doubles world number one Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty took on current world number one Liang Wei …

Thomas Cup 2024 quarterfinals Live Updates: Defending champs India to face hosts China in mouthwatering clash | Badminton News

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Thomas Cup 2024, India vs China, quarterfinals Live Updates: India’s men’s badminton team takes on China in the quarterfinals of the Thomas Cup on Thursday. The Indian team is coming into the contest on the back of a 1-4 defeat against Indonesia in a Group C thriller in Chengdu on Wednesday. India had lost the Asian Games team gold 3-2 to China in Hangzhou. So when the Indian team takes on China in China today, that’s a score they will be keen to settle. India have made one change to their lineup that faced Indonesia, replacing Srikanth Kidambi with Kiran George for the third singles slot. India vs China QF lineup MS1: Shi Yu Qi Vs H S PrannoyMD1: Liang Wei Keng – Wang Chang Vs Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Vs Chirag ShettyMS2: Li Shi Feng Vs Lakshya SenMD2: He Ji Ting – Ren Xiang Yu Vs Dhruv Kapila – Sai Pratheek.kMS3: Lu Guang Zu Vs Kiran George HS Prannoy was the sole winner in the tie against Indonesia on Wednesday, coming back from a game down …

India takes on China in tight quarterfinals- Blog, Scores, Updates

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Thomas Cup LIVE: Defending champions India will take on China in the quarter-final of Thomas Cup 2024 after finishing second in Group C after losing 1-4 against Indonesia. In an interesting team selection, the Indian team is fielding Kiran George in the third men’s single instead of higher-ranked Kidambi Srikanth. Fixtures of the match- 2:30 PM IST MS1- HS Prannoy v Shi Yu Qi MD1- Satwik-Chirag v Liang-Wang MS2- Lakshya Sen v Li Shi Feng MD2- Dhruv/Pratheek v He/Ren MS3- Kiran George v Lu Guang Zu Stay tuned for updates. Source link

Uber Cup 2024 Live Updates, India vs Japan quarterfinals: Ashmita Chaliha takes on Aya Ohori in Match 1 | Badminton News

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How big is the gap between China’s top tier women’s badminton and India’s second string? Isharani Baruah is No 83, Anmol Kharb is No 258 and Tanvi Sharma is No 589. Tanvi was also the youngest at the Uber Cup, at age 15. (BAI) There were myriad technical shortcomings of hers that Isharani Baruah candidly reflected on after being shot out 21-12, 21-10 by Olympic champion Chen Yufei playing the Uber Cup group match. The pace of the rallies she could cope with, but Yufei’s lengths, her drops, variations, and all strokes going to the backcourt, mightily awed the 20-year-old. “And it was not comfortable. It was tough. I have to improve my strokes and variations,” she would state. (READ MORE) Source link

India finish runner ups in Group C after losing to Indonesia

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It was not a happy outing for the Indian men’s badminton team against Indonesia like last time as the defending champions lost 1-4 in a rematch of the 2022 Thomas Cup final on Wednesday. In the Group C clash of the 2024 Thomas Cup, Indian shuttlers failed to turn up as only HS Prannoy won his match. India went into the match with a strong lineup barring the scratch pair of Dhruv Kapil/Sai Pratheek in the second men’s doubles. Both India and Indonesia have already qualified for the quarterfinals of the prestigious event after winning their first two matches but the latter will progress to the knockouts as Group C toppers. India 1️⃣-3️⃣ Indonesia A stunning day of badminton ends in 🇮🇩’s favour. On to a perfect start by Prannoy, commendable efforts by Satchi and Lakshya proved futile as 🇮🇳 finishes 2️⃣nd on the group table. Scoreline: 21-19, 22-24, 14-21#ThomasCup2024 pic.twitter.com/mP63pU2NJ8 — The Bridge (@the_bridge_in) May 1, 2024 In the first match, HS Prannoy put the team ahead 1-0 after he staged a remarkable comeback …

Thomas Cup 2024 Live Updates, India vs Indonesia: HS Prannoy, Satwik-Chirag and Co in action in 2022 final rematch | Badminton News

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Uber Cup 2024: Indian youngsters were outplayed by mighty China – but beyond 0-5 scoreline, here’s what we learned about NextGen Isharani Baruah is No 83, Anmol Kharb is No 258 and Tanvi Sharma is No 589. Tanvi was also the youngest at the Uber Cup, at age 15. (BAI) There were myriad technical shortcomings of hers that Isharani Baruah candidly reflected on after being shot out 21-12, 21-10 by Olympic champion Chen Yufei playing the Uber Cup group match. The pace of the rallies she could cope with, but Yufei’s lengths, her drops, variations, and all strokes going to the backcourt, mightily awed the 20-year-old. “And it was not comfortable. It was tough. I have to improve my strokes and variations,” she would state. Then wide-eyed, guilelessly she would get to the crux of the only thing she could control: “..and she doesn’t make silly mistakes like me.” It was taking responsibility after being fielded as the No 1 singles player and being as realistic as someone thrown into the deep end could be. …