On April 30, the Chinese badminton team encountered a challenge in the third round of the Thomas Cup group stage, facing the South Korean team, the two pairs of men's doubles players both lost, but fortunately, the men's singles players were still superior, and finally narrowly defeated the opponent 3-2. The Chinese women's team swept the Indian team 5-0 and easily won the first place in the group.
In the first match of the Thomas Cup, Shi Yuqi of the Chinese men's singles was a little slow in the match against Quan Yichen, losing one game and then winning two games in a row to reverse and take the lead for the Chinese team. The second match will be a clash between the top two men in the Men's Doubles world rankings, with top-ranked Chinese pair Leung Wai Keng/Wang Chang taking on last year's world champions Kang Min Hyuk/Seo Seung Jae. After winning one game each, the two sides fought to 12 draws in the tiebreaker. After that, the Korean pair made more decisive shots, scoring consecutive points to win the game 21-15. After the match, Liang Wang said: "We were ready to play more shots, but in the second half of the tiebreaker, the opponent was more determined to steal points than us. ”
After Lee Shi-feng defeated Lee Lun-gyu 2-0 in the second men's singles match to take the lead for China again, the second doubles team Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi and Qi Dongzhu/Kim Won-ho got tangled. In the deciding game, the Korean pair won 23-21, and the two teams drew 2-2. Lu Guangzu, who appeared in the end, did not let an accident happen, and defeated Yu Shengxun 21-10, 21-15, and the Chinese team won the game 3-2.
In the previous You Cup match, the Chinese team faced India, which also won both games, in the final round of the group stage. The Indian team, which lacks Sindhu and other main players, does not pose much threat to the Chinese team. Chen Yufei, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, Han Yue, Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning, and Wang Zhiyi defeated their respective opponents without losing a game. On 1 May, the group stage of the Tongyou Cup will continue, and after all the evening matches are over, the rankings and draws will be based on the world rankings to determine the matchups in the upper and lower halves and quarter-finals. (Photo source: Chengdu 2024 Tangyou Cup Organizing Committee)