India cruise to Thomas Cup quarterfinals after blanking Australia in second group outing
New Delhi: The Indian team stormed into the quarterfinals of the Thomas Cup Finals after registering a 5-0 sweep over Australia in their second Group A tie in Horsens, Denmark on Monday, April 27. After beating Canada 4-1 in their opener, the Indian team has handed Australia a drubbing in 153 minutes, with not a single loss. Lakshya Sen, who had suffered a three-game defeat to Canada's Victor Lai in India's first group outing, came back strongly to defeat Ephraim Stephen Samย 21-14, 21-16 in the first singles outing to give India an early lead. The big-hitting Ayush Shetty doubled…