On May 1, the badminton Thomas Cup group stage match between India and Indonesia played a wonderful game.
India was the winner of the last edition of the Cup, while Indonesia is one of the top contenders for the Cup. In this group stage, both teams have qualified, fighting for the first place in the group, but they have played the flavor of the soup cup final.
First up were Prannoy and Ginting. Ginting was beaten 2-1 by Prannoy in three games: 21-13, 12-21, 12-21.
The second match was Men's Doubles, with India's Rankireddy/Shetty taking on Indonesia's Fikri/Maulana. It was a thrilling match, with the Indonesians taking a total of 16 game points to win.
In the first game, the Indonesian pair won the game point 20-18 and was tied by the Indian pair. Then, the Indian pair won two game points 21-20 and 22-21, which were also tied by the Indonesian pair. After 22 draws, the Indonesian pair won 2 points in a row and still won the game 24-22.
In this game, the Indonesian pair spent 3 game points and won the game.
In the second game, the Indonesian pair led 20-14, and the Indian pair magically chased it to 20 draws. The Indonesians then won two more game points in a row, 21-20, 22-21, but were still defeated by the Indian pair 24-22. When the Indians won the game at 23-22, it was their first time leading the game.
In this game, the Indonesian pair spent 8 game points, but lost this game.
In the third game, the Indonesian pair once again took the lead 20-15 to get the game point. The Indian pair did the same, chasing points one after another, 16-20, 17-20, 18-20, 19-20, the Indian pair chased 4 game points in a row, and saw that the good show in the second game was about to be repeated.
But this time, fate favored the Indonesians, who won the game 21-19 with a crucial point on the fifth match point.
In this game, the Indonesian pair spent 5 game points and won this game in a thrilling way.
In the end, it took a total of 76 minutes for Indonesia's Fikri/Maulana to defeat India's Rankireddy/Shetty 2:1 to tie the score at 1.
In this game, what is surprising is that there are many fans of the Indian team and the Indonesian team at the scene in Chengdu. However, watching such a game, fans on both sides are about to collapse.
Since Indonesia's second singles is Jonatan, the victory or defeat of this Mars meets Earth group stage is currently Indonesia's initiative.