New Delhi. India created history by defeating 14-time champion Indonesia in the final of the Thomas Cup. India won this title for the first time in 73 years. India has become the sixth country to win this title. In the title match, the Indian badminton team, adorned with Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, defeated Indonesia 3-0. Lakshya Sen won the first match of the final and gave the team a 1-0 lead. Lakshya defeated Anthony Sinisuka 8–21, 21- 17, 21-16.
Lakshya Sen, who failed to perform as expected in the semi-finals, made no mistake in the final. After losing the first game badly, he came back in the second game and started putting pressure on Anthony. He won the next two games brilliantly.
Satwik and Chirag had to sweat
This journey of India was also sustained by the pair of Satwik Sairaj and Chirag Shetty. The Indian pair won the second match 18-21, 23-21, 21-19 to give India a 2-0 lead. However, the Indian pair had to sweat a lot to win. The Indian pair lost the first game against Mohammad Ahsan and Kevin Sanjay and saved 4 match points in the second game. After this the third game was also named after him.
Srikanth won in 48 minutes
After this, India’s experienced badminton player Kindabi Srikanth made India the Thomas Cup champions for the first time by winning 21-15, 23-21 in 48 minutes in straight games over number 8 player Jonathan Christie. The pair of SS Prannoy and MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila, who took India to the final by giving a crucial victory in the semi-finals, did not need to take to the court.
Indonesia got its first defeat in the tournament
This is the first and never forgotten defeat of Indonesia’s team in the tournament. They had won all the previous matches, while India’s only defeat was against Chinese Taipei in the group stage. Indonesia defeated June and Japan in the knockout stage, while India defeated former five-time champions Malaysia and 2016 winners Denmark.
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