India blank Netherlands 5-0 in Thomas Cup opener
Aarhus: The Indian men’s badminton team started its campaign in the Thomas Cup team competition with a commanding 5-0 win against the Netherlands in a Group C encounter. With the team returning to full strength with the return of the top doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and Kidambi Srikanth back to form […]
Aarhus: The Indian men’s badminton team started its campaign in the Thomas Cup team competition with a commanding 5-0 win against the Netherlands in a Group C encounter.
With the team returning to full strength with the return of the top doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and Kidambi Srikanth back to form following a few disappointments in the Sudirman Cup, India cruised to victory on Sunday night.
Kidambi Srikanth set the ball rolling by handing Joran Kweekel a 21-12, 21-14 defeat in the match played on Sunday night.
Rankireddy and Shetty then took to the court and made the score 2-0 with a 21-19, 21-12 win against Ruben Jille and Ties van der Lecq of the Netherlands. B Sai Praneeth then sealed victory for India by beating Robin Mesman 21-4, 21-12.
India’s second doubles pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila, which had a couple of good outings in the recent Sudirman Cup, made it 4-0 with a 21-12, 21-13 win against Andy Buijk and Brian Wassink of the Netherlands before Sameer Verma completed the clean sweep by beating Gijs Duijs 21-6, 21-11.
India are in Group C with China, the Netherlands and Tahiti as their opponents. The top two teams will qualify for the knockout rounds of the 16-team competition.
China too had started with a 5-0 rout of Tahiti on Sunday night.
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