Thomas Uber Cup LIVE: The Indian men’s badminton team began its Thomas Cup campaign in an emphatic manner, thrashing Germany 5-0 here on Sunday. World Championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen started the proceeding with an easy 21-16 21-13 win over world no 64 Max Weisskirchen. Follow more Updates with InsideSport.IN
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World no 11 Kidambi Srikanth then eked out a 18-21 21-9 21-11 win over Kai Schafer after a sluggish start to give India an unassailable 3-0 lead in the Group C tie.
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MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila handed Bjarne Geiss and Jan Colin Voelker a 25-23 21-15 defeat in the second men’s doubles tie as Indian continued its dominant display.
HS Prannoy, ranked 23rd in the world, then hardly broke a sweat as he completed a 5-0 whitewash of Germany, with a 21-9 21-9 win over Matthias Kicklitz.
It was a perfect start for the Indian men’s team, which is searching for its maiden medal at the tournament.
No Indian men’s team has ever reached the semifinals of the Thomas Cup.
Last year, the men’s team had signed off its campaign at the quarterfinal stage. Later in the day, the Indian women’s team will open its campaign against Canada in Group D.
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