{"id":6799,"date":"2022-05-15T11:28:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T05:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viewsonnewsonline.com\/?p=6799"},"modified":"2022-05-24T12:32:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T07:02:29","slug":"thomas-cup-badminton-kidambi-srikanth-lakshya-sen-chirag-shetty-pullela-gopichand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viewsonnewsonline.com\/thomas-cup-badminton-kidambi-srikanth-lakshya-sen-chirag-shetty-pullela-gopichand\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian shuttlers on top of the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
By VoN Sports Team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Indians have been making large strides in badminton in the past few years. On Sunday, May 15, it all came together, when the Indian men\u2019s badminton team won the Thomas Cup, the sport\u2019s biggest international trophy, for the first time ever. The victory was even more special, because not only did they dethrone holders Indonesia in 3-0 in the final, they had also overcome a tough Denmark in the semi-final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It must be remembered that before India, only five nations had won this Cup in its 73-year history. Those countries were Indonesia, Denmark, China, Japan and Malaysia. Indonesians are 14-time champions. In Bangkok, India became only the sixth nation to triumph. That means India created badminton history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n India\u2019s superman of the final was, of course, Kidambi Srikanth, who finished off the final with a perfect win. The Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty duo, Srikanth and Lakshya Sen won their matches to make sure Indonesia were blanked 3-0 in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The start was perfect for India, with Lakshya Sen overcoming his early setbacks to beat Anthony Ginting 8-21, 21-17, 21-16. Then the Satwik-Chirag duo defeat the Indonesian pair of Ahsan and Sukamuljo18-21, 23-21, 21-19. In the deciding final singles game, Srikanth beat Jonatan Christie 21-15, 23-21 to clinch the coveted trophy for India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n