In the third round of the 2024 Thomas Cup group stage, on the fourth match day of the main competition, the top two Chinese teams in Group A and the South Korean team ushered in the battle for the top spot in the group, the first men's singles matchup, Shi Yuqi won two games in a row to take the lead for the national feather, but in the second men's doubles peak showdown, Leung Wei Keng and Wang Chang collapsed in the deciding game, losing to the world champion Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae, the two sides returned to the same running line, and in the crucial third game, Li Shifeng appeared on the debut to face Li Lungui, who was ranked outside the top 100 in the world, used a sharp attack to blow up Li Lungui, won with a big score of 2-0 in two straight games, and the national feather regained the lead with a big score of 2-1, and was only one victory away from the first place in the group!
Although this is the first meeting between the two players in the World Series, Li Shifeng opened the offensive mode as soon as he came up, and the control of the hair and receiver was very good, and he constantly mobilized Li Lungui in the front and back courts, creating an opportunity for himself to take the initiative to kill, with high-quality point kills, he quickly established a 6-1 lead, and the passive Li Lungui did not tie his hands, after speeding up the pace of the game, he got rid of Li Shifeng's control very well, and continued to complete the active scoring in the middle and back courts, and gradually chased the score to 7 draws, but after Li Shifeng increased the control of the net, Li Lungui fell into the disadvantageous situation of saving the ball in a wide range of the front and back courtsThe quality of the return ball also declined significantly, and Li Shifeng seized the opportunity to re-establish the lead and ended the first half of the game 11-8.
Back on the court, Li Lungui strengthened his offense in order to narrow the gap as soon as possible, but the mentality of being in a hurry let him kill the ball frequently under the net, after scoring 4 points in a row, Li Shifeng extended his lead to 15-8, although Li Lungui also played very tenacious, relying on the change of serve and Li Shifeng, but the latter did not give him the opportunity to play a scoring climax, relatively easy to 21-15 to get off to a good start.
Winning the first game, it also made Li Shifeng more insistent on his attack-oriented style of play, and in the second game, he used a highly coherent assault to beat Li Lungui and retreated, and directly achieved a 6-0 dream start, Li Lungui, who was unwilling to be swept away, although he relied on a fight-style online interception to chase 2 points, but Li Shifeng quickly used high-quality push to pick the bottom line diagonally, dismantled the opponent's attack, and after a wave of 5-0, Li Shifeng has expanded the advantage to 11-2.
After the game resumed, Li Lungui still didn't have any way, although Li Shifeng, who was far ahead, also had a lax mentality, which led to some unnecessary mistakes and narrowed the score difference between Li Lungui, but the initiative of the game has been firmly controlled by him, and he did not give Li Lungui any chance to reverse and drag the game into a decisive game, and easily locked the victory 21-9.
After Li Shifeng slashed Li Lungui under the horse, the national feather led 2-1 in this Sino-Korean battle and took the lead in getting the match point, and the fourth men's doubles Liu Yuchen Ou Xuanyi will face Qi Dongzhu Jin Yuanhao, expecting the Liu Ou duo to play a good performance and strive to lock the victory for the national feather.