Thomas Cup: India arrange males’s quarterfinal vs Denmark after dropping ultimate group match towards China

India had defeated the Netherlands 5-0 on Sunday earlier than notching up a victory towards Tahiti by an an identical margin on Tuesday to qualify for Thomas Cup quarterfinals for the primary time since 2010. Kidambi Srikanth started the day for India with a 12-21 16-21 loss to Shi Yu Qi in 36 minutes (AFP Photo)HIGHLIGHTSIndia completed their group engagements at second place behind ChinaOnly the doubles pair of Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty may handle a win within the tie vs ChinaThe defeat towards China was the primary for the boys’s workforce within the tournamentAlready via to the quarterfinals, the Indian males’s badminton workforce suffered a defeat by the hands of formidable China in its final group match of the Thomas Cup right here on Thursday.

The Indians thus, completed their group engagements at second place behind China, setting them up towards Denmark within the last-eight stage on Friday.Only the doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty may handle a win within the tie towards China as they beat He Ji Ting and Zhou Hao Dong 21-14 21-14 in a 41-minute contest.The win by Rankireddy and Shetty duo boosted the arrogance of the Indian workforce after a struggling Kidambi Srikanth started the day for India with a 12-21 16-21 loss to Shi Yu Qi in 36 minutes.Sameer Verma gave a tricky struggle to Lu Guang Ju however finally misplaced his singles match 21-14 9-21 22-24 after one hour and 23 minutes as India trailed 1-2.The different doubles pair of M R Arjun and Dhruv Kapila went down preventing 24-26 19-21 to Liu Cheng and Wang Yi Lyu in 52 minutes earlier than Kiran George misplaced to Li Shi Feng 15-21 17-21 within the 43-minute singles match.The defeat towards China was the primary for the boys’s workforce within the match.It had overwhelmed the Netherlands 5-0 on Sunday earlier than notching up a victory towards Tahiti by an an identical margin on Tuesday to qualify for Thomas Cup quarterfinals for the primary time since 2010.The girls’s workforce performs towards Japan within the Uber Cup quarterfinal match later within the day.Click right here for IndiaAt this time.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.