The group stage of the 2024 Thomas Cup held in Chengdu has all ended, although the third round of the top match, the host national feather encountered the stubborn resistance of the South Korean team, but they still relied on the excellent performance of the three singles, and the bitter five games laughed to the end, the sixth match day of the main event, 1/ 4 finals kicked off, the national feather encountered the defending champion Indian team, the first game Shi Yuqi faced the old opponent Prannoy, in the case of losing a game at the beginning, the first brother of the national feather reversed the decline, staged a big reversal, helped the national feather blow the horn to pick down the defending champion, Leung Wei Keng Wang Chang also bottomed out and rebounded for the national feather to go to the next city, although Li Shifeng failed to take revenge on Lakshya and swallowed his first defeat in this event, but He Jiting Ren Xiangyu beat the opponent and helped the national feather eliminate the defending champion Indian team 3-1!
Shi Yuqi, the first brother of the national feather in this Thomas Cup, is in excellent condition, he was all singled in the first three group games, and lived up to expectations to help the team get off to a good start, this campaign faced the world's No. 1 Prannoy, Shi Yuqi seemed to be in a hurry at the beginning, too many mistakes and blind attacks, so that Prannoy took an 11-5 lead early, although under the reminder of the coach, the first brother of the national feather calmed down, and once chased the difference to only 2 points, but Prannoy was more daring to shoot at the decisive moment, and made a good start with 21-15。
Despite the unfavorable start, the fans at home are still cheering for Shi Yuqi, in the second game Shi Yuqi completed a substitution, came up and directly hit the opponent 11-4, and easily equalized the score 21-11, although Prannoy played more and more tenacious in the decisive game, but he could not stop Shi Yuqi's iconic overhead kill, the latter gradually opened the score in the middle of the game, and finally locked the victory 21-14.
In the second game, facing the former world No. 1 world No. 1 Rankireddy and Shetty, the Indian ace started in a sluggish state, allowing the Liang Wang combination to play with momentum and establish an 8-1 lead early, although the opponent did not give up, but Leung Wei Keng and Wang Chang did not give the opponent a chance to turn the tables and took the lead 21-15.
In the second game, the Liang Wang combination once again grabbed a good start, established a 5-0 lead early, but unfortunately did not withstand the opponent's desperate fight, allowing Rankireddy and Shetty to equalize the score 21-11, fortunately in the deciding game, Leung Wei Keng Wang Chang regained his form, high-quality defense, so that the Indian ace men's doubles attack again and again in vain, and as long as he had the opportunity to attack, he decisively started, after playing his own offensive rhythm, with an 11-4 lead to exchange venues, and 21-12 to the end。
Li Shifeng, who was responsible for locking the victory for the national feather, encountered Lakshya, who had beaten him 6 times, in the first game, Li Shifeng was behind, and directly staged a reversal and made a good start with 21-13, but in the second game, Li Shifeng's physical fitness began to have problems, and he lost 8-21, and the third game was also passively beaten, allowing Lakshya to pull back a city 21-14.
In the crucial fourth men's doubles matchup, it was He Jiting and Ren Xiangyu who represented Guoyu to face the Indian combination Kapila and Plantic, who had never played against each other, any combination played with momentum, and the two games were early to take a big lead, and finally with the same score of 21-10, helping Guoyu advance to the semifinals!