What a historic victory! India become the champions of the Thomas Cup

Congratulations to the Indian Men’s badminton team for making the country proud by winning the prestigious tournament for the first time in history!

India creates badminton history as Kidambi Srikanth beats Jonathan Christie 21-15, 23-21

The boys beat defending champions Indonesia 3-0 to win India its maiden Thomas Cup title. Lakshya Sen, Satwik-Chirag and Kidambi Srikanth the winners

What a retrieve by Christie! Kidambi was almost sure of the kill, but somehow Indonesia found a way to get the shuttle back in Kidambi’s court. Game point for Christie.

• An unforced error from Kidambi makes it 18-16 in Christie’s favor

• Christie, as expected, not giving it away easily. Cuts the deficit to two points trailing 11-13.

• Extraordinary! Christie almost sealed the point with a kill, but Srikanth just lunged to extend his racquet, and the shuttle found the strings to drop in Christie’s court. 8-7 to Kidambi

• It’s 3-2 to Kidambi in Game 2, which Indonesia and Christie must win to stay in this Final.

• The Indian ace wins Game one 21-15 against Jonatan Christie

• Christie has no clue. Five game-points for Srikanth at 20-15.
• Srikanth builds a crucial lead again at 18-15, just three points away from clinching Game 1.
• Christie not letting Srikanth go out of sight; in fact, cuts to deficit to just one point now at 15-14.

An unforced error by Christie, as his smash finds the net and gives Srikanth a 15-11 lead in Game 1.

• Confident body language by Srikanth and he shows it in that smash that gave Christie no room to maneuver around it.

• Srikanth extends his lead to 13-9 after the breather

• At the breather in Game 1 of Match 3…

• India’s Kidambi Srikanth leads Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie 11-9

It’s one-way traffic as Christie hasn’t hit the straps yet, trailing Srikanth 3-8.