Profile: Know who are the badminton players who ended the drought of 73 years, how was the journey of Thomas Cup

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Know how India’s entire campaign was

In the quarterfinals, she faced five-time champions Malaysia and defeated them 3-2 to reach the semi-finals. At the same time, he faced Denmark in the semi-final match and there too the Indian team won 3-2 and made it to the final for the first time. In the final, the Indian team faced a challenge from 14-time champion Indonesia but they fulfilled their dream of winning the first title of this tournament by winning 3-0. The Indian team defeated 4 out of 5 teams that won the title of this tournament during their campaign and became the sixth team to win the title itself.

Lakshya Sen made a significant contribution in singles

Lakshya Sen made a significant contribution in singles

Talking about the Indian team, the first name in it is Lakshya Sen, who performed brilliantly in this campaign from the very beginning. The young player, who has been making a name for himself in badminton for India, opened the campaign against Germany by defeating Max Wisskirchen 21-16 and 21-13, while against Canada Brian Yang did challenge him but the target defeated them with a score line of 20-22, 21-11, 21-15. This unbeatable streak of goals continued against Chinese Taipei as they defeated Chou Tien Chen with a score line of 21-19, 13-21 and 21-17. In the quarterfinals, Lakshya suffered his first defeat and was defeated by Li Zhi Jia 21–23, 9–21, while in the semi-finals, Viktor Axelsson of Denmark scored a 13–21, 13–21 scoreline. Overcame it After losing two crucial bouts, Lakshya Sen made a strong comeback in the final to beat Anthony Ginting of Indonesia 21-8, 17-21, 16-21.

Satwik-Chirag's performance in doubles

Satwik-Chirag’s performance in doubles

In doubles, the pair of Satwik Sairaj Reddy and Chirag Shetty also put on a stellar performance for India and won against the German pair with a score line of 21-15, 10-21, 21-13, while the Canadian pair got 21. -12, beat 21-11. They continued their winning streak against Chinese Taipei as well, winning 21-11, 21-19. In the quarterfinals, they continued their winning streak with a 21–19, 21–15 win against the Malaysian pair, first against Denmark 21–18, 21–23, 22–20 and then against Indonesia 21–18, 21– 23, 19-21 to end their unbeaten campaign with the title.

Kidambi Srikanth won the historic moment

Kidambi Srikanth won the historic moment

The third match of the Indian team was played as singles in which former World No. 1 player and World Championship silver medalist Kidambi Srikanth was seen playing. Kidambi Srikanth, like the rest of the players, started his campaign with a win and won 18-21, 21-9, 21-11 in the group stage first against Germany’s Ki Schaffer, while Canada’s Brian Young was defeated. 20-22, 21-11, 21-15. Srikanth suffered his first defeat 19-21, 16-21 against Wang Xu Wei of China, while he came back with a 21-11, 21-17 win against Malaysia. Kidambi Srikanth kept the winning streak 21-18, 12-21, 21-15 against Anders Antonsen of Denmark in the semi-finals.

Kidambi Srikanth faced Kristi Joston of Indonesia in the final match and created history for India by winning 15-21, 21-23 in this very exciting match.

Got great support in other doubles too

Got great support in other doubles too

The pair of Krishna Prasad Garg and Vishnuvardhan Gaur Panjla, who included the Indian team in the second doubles, also made an important contribution to the team winning the first title. The Indian team first won against Germany with a score line of 25-23, 21-15, while in front of the Canadian team, the pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila won 21-15, 21-11. A 21-17, 19-21, 21-19 win against Ki and Chinese Taipei helped the team move forward. In the quarterfinals, the Krishna-Vishnu pair again made a comeback but they lost 19-21, 17-21, while in the semi-finals also they lost 14-21, 13-21. In the final, the pair did not even get a chance to take the field as India took the title by taking a 3-0 lead.

HS Prannoy became India's troubleshooter

HS Prannoy became India’s troubleshooter

In the last singles match, HS Prannoy started India’s campaign with a 21-9, 21-9 victory while Priyanshu Rajawat took it forward with a 21-13, 20-22, 21-14 victory. HS Prannoy made a comeback against Chinese Taipei but lost 18-21, 21-17, 18-21. However, after this, HS Prannoy played the role of troubleshooter in the quarterfinal and semi-final matches and in the last match of the match, first against Malaysia 13-21, 21-9, 21-12, while in the semi-final match against Denmark also 21 By winning -13, 21-8, the team got a chance to create history.



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