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On April 30, Beijing time, the 2024 BWF Men's and Women's Team Championships - Thomas and Uber Cup ushered in the fourth day of competition in Chengdu, China.
The first five match days will be contested for the group stage. In the group stage, even if the group score has been decided in advance, it is still necessary to play five games, and the top two teams in the group will advance to the knockout stage.
After a day's rest, the Chinese women's team defeated India 5-0 in the final round of the group stage and advanced to the knockout round as the top of Group A. The Chinese men's team narrowly defeated South Korea 3-2 and won the first place in the group.
The Chinese women's team 5-0 India, ranked first in Group A
The Chinese women's team today welcomed the last opponent of the group stage, the Indian women's team, and both teams have won two consecutive victories before. The difference is that China has not lost a game, while India has two 4-1 wins.
In the first match, China's top women's singles player Chen Yufei, who had been suspended in the first two rounds, made her Uber Cup debut against world No. 83 Ishani. As a result, the first sister of China easily won with a score of 21-12 and 21-10, with a total time of 33 minutes.
The second match was played by the "Fan Chen" pair Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan against Priya/Mishra, which was also the first meeting between the two sides. Throughout the game, "Fan Chen" firmly grasped the initiative in the game, and it was difficult for the opponent to organize an effective counterattack. In the end, the Chinese pair won 21-13 and 21-12.
The third game was played before Han Yue and Harb. In the first game, Han Yue won 21-9, and when the score reached 4-1 in the second game, Harb was unable to hold on to the game due to injury, and Han Yue scored the third point for the Chinese team in advance.
In the fourth match, Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning defeated Singh/Ritika 2-0 (21-9, 21-10), and the whole match was one-sided.
Last to come on the field was Wang Zhiyi, who faced the 16-year-old Indian teenager Sharma. Wang Zhiyi was ahead of her opponent in terms of strength and experience, winning 21-7 and 21-16.
In the end, the Chinese team ended the group stage with a record of winning all three games and not losing a game, and advanced to the knockout stage as the top of Group A.
The Chinese men's team narrowly defeated South Korea 3-2 and won the first place in Group A
In the Thomas Cup, the battle for the top spot in Group A between the Chinese team and the South Korean team was fierce, and the Chinese team narrowly won 3-2 in the end.
The first thing to do was a singles contest between the two sides, with Chinese player Shi Yuqi playing against Quan Yichen. The only previous meeting between the two sides was at the All England Open in 2018, when Shi Yuqi defeated his opponent 2-0 in the first knockout round.
met again, although Quan Yichen was ranked more than 40 places apart from Shi Yuqi in the world rankings, but the South Korean felt hot today, winning the first game 21-14. In the second game, Shi Yuqi stabilized his mentality, gradually entered the state in multiple shots, and pulled back a game 21-17. In the third game, Shi Yuqi completely let go and swept the opponent 21-7, winning with a total score of 2-1.
In Men's Doubles, world No.1 Leung Wai Hang/Wang Chang lost 1-2 (16-21, 21-15, 15-21) to world champions Kang Min-hyuk/Seo Seung-jae. This is the third meeting between the two sides, and they have been evenly matched before.
In this encounter, the Korean pair was in better form, and Leung Wei Keng/Wang Chang made more mistakes under pressure, and finally could only swallow the bitter fruit of defeat. This is also the first point conceded by the Chinese team in this competition.
In the second singles competition, Li Shifeng met South Korean player Lee Lungui for the first time, who was ranked 100 miles away in the world, and the difference in strength between the two was more obvious. As a result, Li Shifeng took 39 minutes to win in straight sets, 21-15 and 21-9.
In the fourth Men's Doubles, Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi and South Korea's Qi Dongzhu/Kim Won-ho met for the first time, but the two sides played inextricably and the victory was only a fraction of a second. In the end, the "Tuou" combination won the first game 21-17 and got the match point first in the deciding game, but was reversed by the opponent 21-17 23-21 and lost the second point of the Chinese team in this competition.
In the fifth match, Lu Guangzu faced South Korea's Woo Seung-hoon. This was the first meeting between the two sides, and although they were not familiar with each other, Lu Guangzu was far stronger than his opponent, and he was impeccable at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, winning 21-10 and 21-15 to help China win the group top spot with an aggregate score of 3-2.
May 1 schedule: The third round of the Soup Cup, You Cup Group B and Group C will be matched, after which the knockout stage brackets will be produced.
The knockout round will be in full swing on May 2, as Li Shifeng said, the battle has just begun, whether the Chinese badminton team can regain the two cups, the test of the national badminton is still on the way.