The 2024 Tongyou Cup kicked off in Chengdu last Saturday, and the five-day group stage is halfway through today, with many teams already securing their places in the quarterfinals ahead of schedule. The host Chinese men's and women's teams won the first two rounds of the group stage 5-0 and qualified one round ahead of schedule.
At 8:30 a.m. on April 27, the Chinese women's team appeared as the host in the opening match and faced the Singapore women's team in the same group at the No. 1 venue. In this game, the Chinese team did not send a single Chen Yufei and a pair of Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan. He Bingjiao appeared as a singles, and although she was a little nervous at the beginning and fell behind 0-6, she quickly took the initiative through adjustment, defeating Singapore's Yang Jiamin 21-15, 21-13. Subsequently, Tan Ning/Liu Shengshu, who participated in the Uber Cup for the first time, appeared as a pair, and they won comfortably 21-4, 21-11. After that, the second singles Han Yue, the second doubles Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu, and the third singles Wang Zhiyi all won 2-0, and the Chinese women's team got off to a good start 5-0.
The Chinese men's team made its debut in the afternoon of the same day, and the opponent was the Australian men's team. Although the overall strength of the opponent is not strong, the national feather still sent a strong formation, a single Shi Yuqi, a pair of Liang Weihang/Wang Chang, a double Li Shifeng, a double Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi, and a third single Lu Guangzu all won 2-0, and the national feather men's team successfully completed its debut 5-0.
On the second day, the men's and women's national teams were again on the same day, and both faced Canada. In the face of opponents with a gap in strength, the Chinese team has changed in the selection of lineups. Among them, the women's team's single Chen Yufei continued to take a truce, He Bingjiao, Han Yue, and Wang Zhiyi played again, a pair of Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan made their debut, and the second pair sent Liu Shengshu/Zhang Shuxian, who had briefly cooperated last year, and the national feather women's team won 2-0 in all five games, and defeated the opponent again with a score of 5-0. In the men's team, Shi Yuqi, Li Shifeng, and Leung Wei Keng/Wang Chang continued to appear, and the second doubles sent He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu, and the third singles sent Weng Hongyang, and the national feather men's team also won 2-0 with 5.
After two rounds of group stage, the Chinese team has qualified in advance in the Tang Cup and You Cup. At present, the Chinese team and the South Korean team in Group A of the Tang Cup are both winning 2 games and 2 wins, and the top two teams in the group are locked in advance, while the situation is the same in Group A of the You Cup, and the Chinese team and the Indian team are both locked in the qualification with 2 wins.
As of press time, more than half of the group stage of this year's Tongyou Cup has been played. In addition to the Chinese team, several teams have also qualified in advance, and the situation of many groups has become clear. Among them, Group C of the Soup Cup was considered to be relatively chaotic before the game, but Thailand and England did not pose a threat to the other two strong teams, Indonesia and India, the winners of the last two Soup Cups, won all after two rounds and qualified one round together, and Group D of the Soup Cup, Malaysia and Denmark also won 5-0 in the first two rounds. At present, six places in the top eight of the soup cup have been determined, and the remaining two seats will be produced in Group B.
In addition to China and India, South Korea and Denmark in Group D have already qualified in advance, while the second round of matches in Group B and Group C will be played tonight, with Chinese Taipei and Thailand in Group B, Japan and Indonesia in Group C having a good chance of appearing.
Tomorrow, the Chinese women's team will compete for the first place in the group with the Indian women's team, which did not send all the main players to participate in the competition, at 9:30 a.m., and at 5 p.m., the Chinese men's team will compete with the South Korean men's team, which is good at playing team competitions, for the first place in the group.