The 2024 Thomas Cup group stage has entered the second round, and the quarterfinals of Group A and Group D have also been confirmed, that is, China and South Korea will join hands in Group A, and Malaysia and Denmark will advance in Group D. In the final round, China and South Korea will compete for the top spot in Group A, and Denmark and Malaysia will compete for the top spot in Group D.
As in the first round against Australia, China fielded an all-out line-up, but made substitutions in the second Men's Doubles position, with He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu replacing Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi, and Shi Yuqi, Leung Wai Keng/Wang Chang, Li Shifeng and Weng Hongyang all making their debuts in the rest of the positions.
In the first game, Shi Yuqi defeated Yang Can 21-9, 21-14 to give Guoyu a good start, in the second game Leung Wei Keng/Wang Chang defeated Li Kaiwen/Lindeman 21-9, 21-18, in the third game Li Shifeng beat Victor 21-6, 21-14, in the fourth game He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu beat the temporary partner Wadia/Yakura Ni 21-10, 21-13, and in the fifth game, Weng Hongyang swept Josh 21-15, 21-8.
In this game, the national team let Canada score no more than 10 points in 5 games, showing a strong dominance. South Korea's side were also very strong, with Cho Jianye scoring just 10 points in 21-3, 21-7, Seo Seung-jae/Kang Min-hyuk beating Tang Huaidong/Rennes 21-10, 21-16, Lee Lun-gyu beating Yu Ya-be 21-12, 21-16, Jinryong/Ki Dong-ju beating Ju Chul-hui/Schuller 21-10, 21-8 and Jung Min-sun beating Dande 21-10, 21-14.
Currently, in Group A, China has 2 wins (20-0 wins) and South Korea has 2 wins (19-1). In the final round, the two teams will meet to compete for the top spot in the group. Although China and South Korea have both qualified, the ranking of the group stage will be related to the matchup in the knockout stage, so there is no room for error. In terms of the strength of the two teams, the national feather has an obvious advantage in the men's singles, and the men's doubles is of equal strength, so it should not be a problem to win South Korea.
In Group D, world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen was challenged by Hong Kong's Lee Cheuk Yiu, who won in three games 21-14, 18-21, 21-19, Men's Doubles Astrup/Anders Rasmussen 21-13, 21-17 in Men's Doubles, Antonsen 21-16, 21-7 in Ng Ka Long, and Kjaer/Sogard narrowly beat Lee Chun Hee 21-10, 19-21, 21-16 in the second match. Gemke 21-11 and 21-12 Wu Yinglun.
Malaysia's opponents, Algeria, who were the weakest opponents in the group, won the match without a quick beat, with Lee Zijia not conceding more than 10 games to beat Hamek 21-8, 21-6, Zhan Jun 21-9, 21-14 Medel, Chung Hung Kim/Haikal 21-8, 21-3 Rabaui/Uche Fuen, He Shouwei 21-10, 21-14 Bellaby, Izuddin/So Wei Yi 21-13, 21-9 Mameri/Medel.