Chengdu, May 2 (Xinhua) -- In the 2024 Tongyou Cup, a number of quarterfinals will be held on the 2nd, with the Chinese men's team defeating the Indian men's team 3:1 and the Chinese women's team defeating the Danish women's team 3:0 to advance to the semifinals of the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup respectively.
In the Thomas Cup quarter-finals, China faced the defending champion India. In the first matchup with Indian star Prannoy, Shi Yuqi, the "first brother" of the national feather men's singles, felt tight on the downwind side at the beginning. After losing the first game at 15:21, Shi Yuqi began to take the initiative in the second game, winning two games in a row at 21:11 and 21:14 to win the first game for the Chinese team. "I wasn't in a hurry when I was down in the first game, I knew what the problem was, and I quickly found a way to turn the game around in the second game. Shi Yuqi said.
The No. 1 men's doubles team in the national feather team, Leung Wai Keng/Wang Chang, and Rankireddy/Shetty also battled in three games. After the first two games were tied, the "Liang Wang" combination took a 5-0 lead at the beginning of the tiebreaker, and then continued to expand the advantage and won the tiebreaker 21-12. Speaking after the match, Leung said: "Today in the third game, we learned the lessons of the last game (defeat) and we played very firmly. ”
In the third game, the Chinese team Li Shifeng faced Lakshya, and the two sides won one game each and entered the tiebreaker. In the first half of the tiebreaker, the scores of the two sides rose alternately, and after 12 draws, Li Shifeng seemed to suddenly "lose power", and was scored 6 points in a row by the opponent, losing the game 14:21.
He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu then took on India's Kapila/Pratik, but the "any" pair didn't give their opponents any chance and won the match 21-10.
China will compete with Malaysia for a place in the final, which defeated Japan 3-1 in the match on the 2nd to advance to the semifinals.
In the Uber Cup quarterfinals in the morning, the national women's team defeated Denmark with an aggregate score of 3-0 to advance to the semifinals and will face Japan in the semifinals.