Thomas Cup Final Live: India to lock horns with formidable Indonesia in Thomas Cup Final. Thomas Cup Final 2022 Live Updates: India will again look to punch above their weight when they run into 14-time winners Indonesia in the final of the Thomas Cup on Sunday. Winning Thomas Cup though is Indonesia’s second skin. Their singles players routinely punch above their weight, and their doubles are so formidable that India’s singles players might well think of all their matches as must-wins to add up the straightforward math.
The poster boys of Indian men’s badminton — Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy — have shouldered the responsibility with an invincible record of five wins, while the country’s best doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty put their hands up whenever the chips were down. Lakshya Sen is likely to go up against world number 4 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting. Srikanth is expected to face world number 8 Jonatan Christie. Indonesia possesses some of the best doubles shuttlers with three players of the world’s top two pairs — Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan — in their ranks in this competition.
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Thomas Cup: All singles must-win games for India against doubles-heavy Indonesia
Four-point advantage for Lakshya Sen at the break in the second game. Ginting 21-8, 7-11 Sen
What a rally. What a point for Lakshya Sen. Sen wins the 46-shot rally with his frenetic defense. His defense is his confidence stroke. Ginting 21-8, 5-10 Sen
Indonesians are different beasts in team events. And Ginting and Christie made the Asian Games final in 2018 in a field full of fancied players. They simply know the Big Day routine. Sen will need to play around with the pace here. Ginting 21-8 Sen
Courts have been slippery through the weak, getting more slidey with perspiration. Foot gripping at the ground and drift in the air: some of the many challenges for Lakshya, who's getting dominated at the moment. Ginting 18-7 Sen
Lakshya Sen is hitting with the drift so runs risk of shuttles sailing long. Dangerous run of 8 points from Ginting. Ginting 14-7 Sen
Across the two teams, the point construction to follow: the set-up shot to the backcourt, and the 🔥 follow-up charging the net. Ginting, Sen, Srikanth and Prannoy all.
Anthony Ginting is tearing apart Lakshya Sen with his smashes and play. The Indonesian is leading 11-7.
Deception on the backhand flick. Ginting is clearly looking to pin Sen on the forehand back corner. Ginting 9-7 Sen
Anthony Ginting is acknowledged as the fastest player on the circuit. So plenty of fast parallel exchanges and flurries are expected as Sen can amp the pace too at the net. Ginting 8-7 Sen
Back-to back smashes and Ginting takes the lead. Sen took three points in a row but Ginting has stormed back into the game. Ginting 4-4 Sen
After conceding two points, India's Lakshya Sen is leading by 3-2. It has been a cracker of a game so far.
Lakshya Sen of India will go against Indonesia's Anthony Sinisuka Ginting. Here we go!
Indonesian fans can turn any arena into their iconic citadel Istora Senayan with the din they create. This may be Thailand's Impact Arena in Bangkok, but expect their fans to form a noise wall. But Indians thrive in these situations and will feed off the energy as they gun for history.
Line Up
MS 1: Lakshya Sen vs Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
MD 1: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty vs Mohammad Ahsan and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
MS 2: Kidambi Srikanth vs Jonatan Christie
MD 2: MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila vs Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto
MS 3: HS Prannoy vs Shesar Hiren Rhustavito
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