Thomas Cup 2026: India Thrash Australia 5-0 To Enter Quarterfinals
The Indian badminton team reached the quarterfinals of Thomas Cup with a resounding 5-0 win over Australia in second Group A game played at Horsens, Denmark on 27 th April 2026. Lakshya Sen began with an emphatic win over E Stephen Ram in two straight games. It was a dominating performance by Sen keeping his opponent under pressure winning with 21-14, 21-16 scoreline. The second game was a closely fought affair with Ram providing some fight, but Sen showed his class to win it in 37 minutes. Ayush Shetty completely decimated S Dhand in the second singles. It was an impressive performance by Shetty keeping Dhand under pressure and did not allow any chances to his opponent winning with 21-8, 21-6 scoreline in just 26 minutes to make it 2-0 in the tie. The men’s doubles pairing of Satwik/Chirag defeated R Hidayat and J YU in two straight games. Hidayat and Yu gave some fight to the Indian pairing in both games. The Indian pairing put on superb display winning by 21-14, 21-16 s...