Aarhus: The Indian Badminton team suffered 1-3 defeats for a formidable Denmark in the quarter-finals to bend from the Thomas Cup on Friday.
Only a pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwikarajdy can post a victory for the team that managed to get to the Thomas Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 2010.
Kidambi Srikanth who struggled was revealed by opponent number 2 of the world and Tokyo Olympic Viktor Axelsen, who won the first match 21-12 21-13 in 38 minutes.
Srikanth trailed all through the first game and the closest he could approach Axelsen when the score was 4-3 in the help of Dane.
From there, the Danish star raises seven consecutive points to reach 11-3 before winning the first match in a quick time.
In the second game too, Axelsen did not allow the lead srikanth.
The duo was in the provisions of 1-1 and then 2-2 but from there, Dane was enlarged to be 5-2 and then to 12-2 by winning seven consecutive points to leave Srikanth far behind the second game and matches.
The world number 10 men’s double men Chirag Shetty and Satwikaraj Ranking, however, bring India back to the match with a three-match victory over the Duo Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.
The Indian duo won 21-15, 17-21, 21-18 in a match that lasted one hour and 12 minutes.
However, Denmark, however, regained the advantage after the world number 3 Anders Antonsen easily defeated B Sai Praneeth 21-8, 21-15 in the second single in 45 minutes.
A pair of Mr Arjun and Kapila Dhruv then lost 16-21, 9-21 to Mathias Christiansen and Frederik Sougaard in the second double to seal the tie supporting Denmark.
In the group stage, India has defeated the Netherlands and Tahiti with identical margins 5-0 before losing to China which was tough 1-4.
India was second behind China in the group to qualify for the Thomas Cup quarter-final for the first time since 2010.
Indian women’s team also fell from the Uber Cup after losing 0-3 to Japan.
The Indian men’s badminton team lost 1-3 to Denmark in the Thomas Cup
