On May 1, Beijing time, the group stage of the 2024 Chengdu Tangyou Cup will be over. The knockout matches were then released. In the 1/4 finals of the Uber Cup, the national team played against the Danish team and started the 16th crown journey. In the 1/4 finals of the Thomas Cup, the national feather team played against the Chinese Taipei team and launched an attack on the 11th crown.
Since participating in the first Uber Cup in 1984, as of 2022, the Chinese team has participated in the Uber Cup 20 times and reached the finals 19 times, making it the absolute king of the Uber Cup. Among them, 15 times have won the championship, five consecutive championships from 84 to 92, six consecutive championships from 98 to 08 years, and three consecutive championships from 12 to 16 years, and the last time the Chinese team won the championship was in 2020. In the 2022 Uber Cup in Bangkok, Thailand, after a 7-hour marathon battle, the Chinese team was reversed by the South Korean team with a two-time lead by a large score, losing 2-3 to the opponent and missing the opportunity to defend the Uber Cup
Guoyu's first sister Chen Yufei
Number one women's doubles "Fan Chen combination"
In this Uber Cup, the Chinese team made a comeback and vowed to win the championship. The lineup is composed of four singles players, Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao, Han Yue, and Wang Zhiyi, as well as "Fanchen Combination" Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning, Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu. In the group stage, the Chinese team defeated the Singapore team, the Canadian team, and the Indian team, won all three games in the group stage, and successfully qualified for the first place in the group without losing a game. According to the draw, the Chinese team will face Denmark in the quarterfinals, and the winner will compete for a place in the final between Japan and India. The matches in the second half of the zone are Indonesia vs. Thailand, and Chinese Taipei vs. South Korea. Not surprisingly, the final will still be a showdown between China and South Korea. The quarter-final match between China and Denmark will be played at 9:30 a.m. on May 2.
Compared to the absolute dominance of the Chinese team in the Uber Cup, the Chinese team's performance in the Thomas Cup is relatively weak, but it is also only behind Indonesia's 13 crowns with 10 titles. Since participating in the Thomas Cup for the first time in 1982, the Chinese team has participated in 21 times, reached the finals 13 times, won the championship 10 times, won the runner-up 3 times, won the bronze medal 6 times, and reached the quarterfinals 2 times. At the 2022 Thomas Cup in Bangkok, Thailand, the Chinese team, which was dominated by young players, lost 0-3 to the defending champion Indonesia, stopping in the quarterfinals, and Ping Guoyu's worst result in 40 years. In the end, the Indian team swept the defending champion Indonesia 3-0 and won the Thomas Cup for the first time.
Male single brother Shi Yuqi
Men's singles second brother Li Shifeng
In this Thomas Cup, the national feather team played the main team, Shi Yuqi, Li Shifeng, Lu Guangzu and Weng Hongyang played in singles, and Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang, Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi, He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu were three pairs of men's doubles pairs. The first two rounds of the group stage are 5-0 Australia and Canada. In the final crucial match with the South Korean team, although the Chinese team lost in two doubles matches, they finally defeated the South Korean team with an aggregate score of 3-2 with the advantage established by Shi Yuqi, Li Shifeng and Lu Guangzu in the singles field, ranking first in Group A and advancing to the quarterfinals.
The draw for the Thomas Cup has just been completed, and China has drawn a good lot, and is in the upper half of the zone with Japan, while the powerful Indonesia and Denmark are in the bottom half. The specific matchups are as follows: China vs India, Japan vs Malaysia in the first half. In the second half, Indonesia vs South Korea, Denmark vs Chinese Taipei. Tomorrow afternoon at 17:00, the 1/4 finals between China and India will start!
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