The 2024 Thomas Cup held in Chengdu, the first two rounds of the group stage have all ended, the first two games of Group A between the host Chinese team and the South Korean team won the first two games with a score of 5-0, and locked the qualification for the knockout round in advanceHowever, in the first game, Quan Yichen was in excellent condition, allowing Guoyu to lose points for the first time in this soup cup, but fortunately, Shi Yuqi quickly regained the initiative and won two games in a row to win 2-1, making a good start for Guoyu!
Judging from the strength of the players and the competitive state of the game, Shi Yuqi is stronger than Quan Yichen, but the South Korean team has always had a tradition of breaking out in the team competition, as soon as the first game came up, Quan Yichen, who had an impact mentality, played a very coherent assault, and the highly targeted chase made Shi Yuqi a little caught off guard, and fell into the disadvantageous situation of falling behind 1-3 at the beginning of the game, but Shi Yuqi quickly reversed the decline through high-quality control of the net, and after scoring 3 points in a row, he achieved a 4-3 overtake, and then the two entered a tug-of-war, so that Quan Yichen with an 11-8 lead, into the middle of the interval.
After returning to the court, Shi Yuqi began to speed up the attack, while Quan Yichen combined fast and slow, disrupting the rhythm of the first brother of Guoyu, which also allowed him to gradually expand the lead to 16-10, although Shi Yuqi did not give up, but the mentality of being too anxious made him make a lot of mistakes, and Quan Yichen also seized the opportunity and made a good start with 21-14.
Quan Yichen, who won the first game, did not have any conservatism in the second game, or continued to fight-based play, quickly flattened in front of the net, always able to force Shi Yuqi to take the lead in the high ball, as long as the return of the ball is slightly not in place, Quan Yichen will decisively start the assault, playing the momentum of Quan Yichen, and soon established a 6-1 lead, the backward Guoyu brother, and then increased the line change of his return to the ball, and gradually reversed the decline, once chased the score difference to only 1 point, but too many mistakes, or let Quan Yichen end the first half of the game with 11-8, Shi Yuqi, who stepped on the competition venue again, played the momentum of the backwater battle, not only quickly erased the point differenceand pulled one back 21-17.
The momentum of the two in the decisive game has been completely reversed, Shi Yuqi came up with full firepower, and established a 6-2 lead early, after the opponent scored another 1 point, the first brother of Guoyu was another wave of 5-0, with a huge lead of 11-3 to exchange venues, Yibian fought again, Shi Yuqi did not give the opponent any chance, and locked the victory with 21-7.
After Shi Yuqi slashed Quan Yi Chen under the horse, the national feather took a 1-0 lead in this group top spot, and the second men's doubles two teams sent ace combinations, the world's No. 1 Leung Wei Keng and Wang Chang will face the world's No. 2 new world champions Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae, whether the Liangwang combination can go to another city for the national feather and get the match point of this game, let's wait and see!