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Uber Cup 2021: Indian women’s team reach quarterfinals with a comfortable win over Scotland

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 The young Indian team showed proved their worth as they defeated Scotland with a comfortable margin in their second Group match played at Ceres Arena Court 3, Aarhus on Tuesday.   Malvika Bansod had a disappointing outing against the experienced Kirsty Gilmour losing the game in two straight games. The young Indian player put some pressure on Gilmour, but the Scottish looked dominating right from the word go making life tough for Bansod.  Scotland player won the game easily by 13-21, 9-21. Aditi Bhatt showed great range with a dominating performance against Racheal Sudgen. Bhatt proved too strong for Scottish player. Bhatt put the Scotland player under pressure with smashes and drop shots. Bhatt dominated Sudgen right from word go in the 2 nd game and won it easily by 21-14, 21-8 to help India level the tie at 1-1. In the first doubles, Tanisha Crasto and Rutuparna Panda proved too strong for their Scotland opponent with commanding straight games win over Julie Ma...

Uber Cup 2021: Indian women’s team start on a winning note

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 The Indian women’s team started the 2021 Uber Cup on a winning note against Spain in Group B played at Ceres Court Arena 1, Aarhus on Sunday. In the opening match of the tie, Saina Nehwal retired midway against Clara Azurmendi. It was a close-fought game as both players fought for each point. At the mid-game interval, Clara had a slender led. After the break, the match went right down the wire before Clara won the first game at 22-20. Due to a groin injury, Saina retried midway. Malvika Bansod made it level for India with a commanding win over Beatriz Corrales in two straight games. The Indian dominated right from the word go making life tough for the opponent winning it by 21-13, 21-15. Bansod looked confident and made the opponent run around. The young doubles pair of Tanisha Crasto and Rutaparna Panda proved too much for her opponent winning in straight games against Paula Lopez and Lorena Usle. Crasto and Panda made it tough putting them under pressure right from the wor...

Groups and schedule for the Thomas and Uber Cup announced

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 In governing body meeting taken place in Kuala Lumpur today, the schedule and groups for the prestigious Thomas and Uber Cup have been announced. On 29 th April 2020, the tournament was postponed to 3 rd to 11 th October due to COVID pandemic. Again, on 15 th September, it was again postponed. The prestigious Thomas and Uber Cup will be held from 9 th -17 th October at Arhus, Denmark. There are 16 teams divided into four groups in both tournaments. The top two teams in each group will qualify for the knockouts. The Quarterfinals line up will take from 15 th October while the semi-finals on 16 th . The finals will take on 17 th October. Indian badminton teams failed to reach the knockout stage in 2018 edition. Here we look at the Groups and schedule of Thomas Cup and Uber Cup Thomas Cup The Thomas Cup is a men’s World Team Championship tournament. Indian team has been handed a decent draw as they have been clubbed with China, minnows Netherlands and Tahiti in Group...