Lakshya Sen continued his domination of Asian Games gold medalist Li Shi Feng and the rest of the Indian squad pushed overwhelming favourites and hosts China in all the matches but that was they could do without a win.
Indian women's badminton team have already booked their last eight spot with two successive victories and will be facing China on Tuesday in their last group A clash.
India’s Thomas Cup 2024 campaign didn’t start off well as HS Prannoy, country's best-ranked men’s singles player at world No. 9, lost 22-20, 21-14 to reigning world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn, currently ranked eighth.
While the Thomas Cup is the world badminton team championship for men, the Uber Cup is the women’s version. Both championships are held simultaneously biannually.
Kidambi Srikanth talked about the great feeling among the players about being recognized by the Prime Minister in such a proud way.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday praised Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth for successfully leading Team India to their historic Thomas Cup victory.
In a heartfelt letter posted on twitter on Monday, the 29-year-old World Championship silver medallist, who won the deciding third rubber against world No. 9 Jonatan Christie 21-15, 23-21 to earn a historic maiden title for India in the prestigious team event
After Lakshya Sen, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty and Kidambi Srikanth won their respective matches to give India a dominant, memorable victory in their maiden entry in the final, Sports Minister Anurag Thakur announced the cash award in a tweet.
Victories by Lakshya Sen, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty in doubles, and former World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth helped India win the coveted trophy, the most prestigious title in men's team badminton.
India, who have Canada and Chinese Taipei besides Germany in the four-team Pool C, blanked Germany with World Championship bronze medallist Lakshya Sen giving them a perfect start by beating Max Weisskirchen 21-16, 21-13.
