The quarterfinals of the 2023 Sudirman Cup World Badminton Mixed Team Championship have all been released. In addition to the defending champions China, the other seven teams are Denmark, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Chinese Taipei, Japan and South Korea. It is worth mentioning that the Indian team, which won the Thomas Cup last year, was upset in the group stage of this Sudirman Cup. According to the schedule, in the final round, China will compete with Denmark for the first place in the group, while Indonesia and Thailand, Malaysia and Chinese Taipei, Japan and South Korea will also compete for the top spot in the group.
Judging from the outside world, netizens are generally optimistic that China, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea will advance to the final four. The defending champions China defeated Egypt and Singapore in the first two rounds, including Shi Yuqi, Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao, Zheng Siwei, Huang Yaqiong, Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan, and helped the team to score. Rivals Denmark, who have also won two consecutive group games, will compete with China for first place in the group. In terms of card strength, the Chinese team is stronger than the Danish team in women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles.
Therefore, as long as it plays normally, it is not a problem for the Chinese team to win the first place in the group.
According to the rules, the team that ranks first in the group will draw one of the teams ranked second in the group in their semi-district as the opponent in the quarterfinals. In the knockout stage, the tournament will be played in a best-of-five format. The other two teams in the top half of the region with China are Indonesia and Thailand, which will compete for the top spot in Group B. The Indonesian team has strong strength in men's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and other events, and the Thai team is slightly inferior to it.
Some netizens analyzed that the Thai team may be the opponent of the Chinese team in the quarterfinals.
The four teams that advanced to the quarter-finals in the second half were Malaysia, Chinese Taipei, Japan and South Korea. Among them, Malaysia and Chinese Taipei competed for the first place in Group C, while Japan and South Korea competed for the first place in Group D. After the eight-finalist lineup was announced, netizens began to predict the quarterfinals. It has been pointed out that it will not be difficult for China to reach the final four, as long as they finish first in the group, the team will face the second-ranked team in the quarterfinals, with China clearly superior in strength, and the other three teams may be Indonesia, Japan and South Korea.
Some fans believe that there is little suspense for China and Indonesia to advance to the final four, Malaysia, Japan and South Korea will compete for the remaining two places, as for which two teams can stand out, it depends on the performance. It should be noted that from the end of the match, the Chinese team's Shi Yuqi, He Bingjiao, Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang, Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong were all strongly impacted by their opponents, and they made many mistakes. Heading into the murderous knockout round, these national players need to adjust to their best as soon as possible.
(Luo Treasurer)