The third round of the 2024 Thomas Cup group stage kicked off on the fourth match day of the main competition, the strongest hosts in Group A, the Chinese team and the South Korean team, won the first two group games and advanced to the knockout round together, and in the last group stage, the two sides met in a narrow way and will compete for the first place in the group, facing South Korean player Yu Shengxun, although Azu is not the top men's singles now, but Yu Shengxun's world ranking is only 1439, it can be said that in terms of strength, it is not at the same level as Lu Guangzu, which is also the reason why fans are optimistic about Azu winning the battle of life and death!
After the game started, Lu Guangzu took out an attack-oriented attitude, and continued to speed up the whole game to impact Yu Shengxun's defense, and finally lost two games in a straight line, swept Yu Shengxun with a big score of 2-0, helping Guoyu defeat the South Korean team 3-2 and lock the first place in the group!
Although this game is the first meeting of the two in the World Series, the huge strength advantage made Lu Guangzu aggressive at the beginning, pushing the bottom line and high-quality control of the net, making Yu Shengxun very passive, and repeatedly let Azu's feints in front of the net shake the center of gravity, and the quality of the return ball was not high, and it also gave Lu Guangzu the opportunity to attack directly in the middle and backfield.
After returning to the game, although Yu Shengxun took the lead to get 1 point, Lu Guangzu quickly regained the initiative and opened the mode of continuous scoring, and after a wave of 4-0, he had extended the lead to 15-6, and the game also lost suspense, and Azu easily got off to a good start with 21-10.
The second game is the first game of the turnaround, Lu Guangzu still insisted on self-oriented, relying on the huge advantage of the hair extension link, forcing Yu Shengxun to take the initiative to pick up the high ball, and then seize the opportunity of the opponent's return ball is not in place, directly jump with both feet to kill, accurate landing points and changeable return lines, Yu Shengxun was powerless to parry, and took a 7-1 lead early, but there was a lax mood, so that Yu Shengxun chased 5 points in a row, fortunately, Azu improved his state in time, with an 11-7 lead, and entered a technical timeout.
After the pause, Lu Guangzu did not appear in the first half of the game carelessly, after scoring 2 points in a row, the advantage was extended to 13-7, although there was no way back Yu Shengxun, and then launched a desperate fight, but the steady and steady Lu Guangzu controlled the mistake very well, did not give the opponent a chance to play a wave, and locked the victory with 21-15.
After Lu Guangzu easily defeated Yu Shengxun, the national feather defeated the South Korean team 3-2 in the battle for the top spot in the group, and advanced to the knockout round with the first place in the group.