Thomas Cup: India defeat Canada 4-1 in opening tie

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Lakshya Sen endured a tough loss, but Ayush Shetty and the doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty registered wins India notched up a commanding 4-1 win over Canada in their opening Group A tie of the Thomas Cup Finals here on Friday.

After Lakshya's spirited effort ended in a 18-21, 21-19, 21-10 loss to Victor Lai, Satwik and Chirag levelled the tie with a dominant 21-10 21-11 win over Jonathan Bing Tsan Lai and Kevin Lee. Ayush then outwitted Brian Yang 21-13, 21-17 to hand India a 2-1 lead.

The second doubles pair of Hariharan Amsakarunan and M R Arjun sealed the tie for India with a 21-7 21-15 win over Ty Alexander Lindeman and Nyl Yakura, before Kidambi Srikanth beat Joshua Nguyen 21-17 21-12 in the fifth match. "Really happy with the way we played today... although we were down 0-1, we're happy that we could get a point for the team," said Satwik.

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