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Aarhus, Oct 15 (PTI) The Indian men’s badminton team suffered 1-3 defeat to formidable Denmark in the quarterfinals to bow out of the Thomas Cup here on Friday.<\/p>\n
Only the pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy could post a win for the team which made it to the Thomas Cup quarterfinals for the first time since 2010.<\/p>\n
A struggling Kidambi Srikanth was outplayed by his world number 2 opponent and Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Viktor Axelsen, who won the first match 21-12 21-13 in 38 minutes.<\/p>\n
Srikanth trailed all through the first game and the closest he could go near Axelsen was when the scoreline was 4-3 in the Dane’s favour. From there on, the Danish star reeled off seven successive points to be at 11-3 before winning the first game in quick time.<\/p>\n
In the second game also, Axelsen did not allow Srikanth to take the lead. The duo were on level terms at 1-1 and then 2-2 but from there on, the Dane zoomed to 5-2 and then to 12-2 by winning seven successive points to leave Srikanth far behind before wrapping up the second game and the match.<\/p>\n
The world number 10 men’s doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, however, brought India back into the tie with a three-game win over the duo of Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.<\/p>\n
The Indian duo won 21-15 17-21 21-18 in the match that lasted one hour and 12 minutes.<\/p>\n
Denmark, however, regained the lead after world number 3 Anders Antonsen easily beat B Sai Praneeth 21-8 21-15 in the second singles in 45 minutes.<\/p>\n
The pair of M R Arjun and Dhruv Kapila then lost 16-21 9-21 to Mathias Christiansen and Frederik Sogaard in the second doubles to seal the tie in favour of Denmark.<\/p>\n
In the group stage, India had defeated the Netherlands and Tahiti by identical margins of 5-0 before losing to formidable China 1-4.<\/p>\n
India had finished second behind China in the group to qualify for the Thomas Cup quarterfinals for the first time since 2010.<\/p>\n
Indian women’s team had also crashed out of the Uber Cup after losing 0-3 to Japan.<\/p>\n
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