On May 12, Beijing time, the 2022 Tangyou Cup competition continued in Bangkok, Thailand, and the Chinese team qualified second in the group in the Thomas Cup. In the confrontation with the Danish team, the Chinese team once led 2-1, but unfortunately lost the last two matches, and the Chinese team lost to the Danish team 2-3. China will face defending champions Indonesia in the quarter-finals.
China and Denmark have won all the first two rounds of group matches, and the two teams have locked up the qualification in advance, and this direct dialogue will determine where the first place in the group belongs. The Chinese team reached the final of the Thomas Cup last year and eventually lost to Indonesia and finished second. This time to Thailand to compete, the Chinese team sent young players to the main lineup, such as Chen Long, Shi Yuqi these players did not play with the team, which directly weakened the strength of the men's singles, but Li Shifeng, Weng Hongyang have a good performance in recent times, and their performance in the soup cup is also expected. In the men's doubles, Guoyu made adjustments this year, and several new pairs are looking forward to getting a chance to exercise on the stage of the soup cup.
Denmark are one of the favourites to win the Cup, and their singles prowess is particularly prominent. In addition to Axelsen and Antonsen, the two famous players, Witting Haas and Gemke are very strong. Denmark's doubles strength has declined compared to its peak, but Astrup/Rasmussen are still a strong men's doubles pair.
The Chinese team sent Lu Guangzu, Li Shifeng and Weng Hongyang in the men's singles, and the two doubles pairs were Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi, He Jiting/Zhou Haodong. The three men's singles players in Denmark are Axelsen, Antonsen and WietingHas, and the two doubles pairs are Astrup/Christiansen and Rasmussen/Sogaard.
The first match was aselsen against Lu Guangzu, who previously had ascetics in the BWF record with Axelsen 2 wins and 0 losses. After the opening 2 draws, Lu Guangzu scored 4 consecutive points to open the lead. Axelsen chased back three points, and Lu Guangzu played two waves of climax to lead 12-6. Axelsen stepped up his attack, chasing six straight points to equalize. After 15 draws, Lu Guangzu seized the opportunity to take 4 points to open up again, Axelsen was unable to turn the game over, and Lu Guangzu won a set 21-17.
In the second set, Lu Guangzu was the first to lead the way, but after 7-5, his mistakes increased, and Axelsen scored four consecutive points to win. Axelsen fought more and more courageously in the following game, and he played two small climaxes to establish his advantage, 21-10, and he pulled back a set. Axelsen took advantage of the tiebreaker and extended his advantage after 3-0, 6-2. Lu Guangzu, who was behind the score, was powerless to create a real threat, and at 21-9, Axelsen won the decider to win 2-1, a match that lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes. Denmark led 1-0.
Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi faced Astrup / Christiansen in the second game, the Danish combination was not a regular pairing, Astrup and Rasmussen were taken apart, which was to enhance the competitiveness of the double-double. The Danish duo started well and maintained a slight lead, scoring four consecutive points after 6-8 to achieve a comeback. The Danish duo then struggled to catch up, once chasing the score to 15 draws, Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi played very smart, killing and hanging combination, they scored consecutive points again and pulled away again and took the next city 21-16.
After the start of the second set, Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi continued to dominate, and they opened the score early to lead. Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi continued to control the situation after the innings were suspended, and they won the set 21-11 quickly, and they won 2-0. The Chinese team chased the total score to 1 draw.
Li Shifeng played Against Antonson in the third game, which was the first time the two had met. Antonsen quickly led the way in the first quarter, he withstood Li Shifeng's multiple shocks to maintain the lead, 21-15, Antonsen took the lead. After a 4 draw in the second set, Li Shifeng took the lead, and Antonsen quickly chased down to 10 draws. Li Shifeng immediately returned the five points to re-open, and he maintained the lead in the following game, 21-19, he pulled back a set.
In the decider, Li Shifeng started 6-2, and Antonsen chased three consecutive points to close, but Li Shifeng quickly returned the shot to maintain the lead. Li Shifeng maintained the leading position after Yibian, and he won the decider 21-13, taking 1 hour and 21 minutes to beat Antonson 2-1, which helped the Chinese team to win 2-1.
In the fourth two-team two-double match, He Jiting / Zhou Haodong lost two consecutive sets to Denmark's Rasmussen / Sogaarde 16-21, 17-21, and the total score on the court became 2 draws. In the decider, Weng Hongyang did not hold the lead after winning one set 21-16, and he lost two consecutive sets 19-21, 18-21, losing 1-2 to WittingHas. The Chinese team eventually lost 2-3.
In this way, the Chinese team ranked second in the group with 2 wins and 1 loss, and the Danish team ranked first in 3 wins. In another match in Group B, France beat Algeria 5-0, and they finished 3rd in the group, with Algeria at the bottom. After the draw ceremony, the Chinese team was drawn to the top half of the zone, and the quarter-final encountered the defending champion Indonesia.