On May 5, 2024, Beijing time, the badminton Tang You Cup came to the last men's team final! The Chinese men's team played against the Indonesian men's team! The last time the Chinese team won the Thomas Cup was in 2018, and the Chinese team unexpectedly lost to the Indian team in the final of 2023 last year.
The Chinese team of this Thomas Cup sent Shi Yuqi, Li Shifeng, Lu Guangzu, Liang Weihang/Wang Chang and He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu to the targeted lineup, and the Indonesian team also sent the strongest lineup: Ginting, Jonatan, Zico, Alfian/Ardianto and Fikri/Maulana, the specific matches are as follows:
Shi Yuqi VS Ginting
Leung Wai Hang/Wang Chang vs Alfian/Ardianto
Li Shifeng VS Jonatan
He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu VS Fikri/Maulana
Lu Guangzu VS Ziko
Judging from the above arrangement, the Chinese team is bound to win the first game, the best state of the Indonesian team is the veteran Jonatan, and the mainland second singles Li Shifeng has not been in good shape recently, which shows that the national feather is psychologically prepared to consider the second single loss, and is also ready to fight the decisive 5 sets, pinning hopes on the most critical fifth set Lu Guangzu, after all, according to the strength, Lu Guangzu's comprehensive strength is still slightly better than Zko!
The game was played by Shi Yuqi against Ginting, Shi Yuqi is currently ranked 2nd in the world, Ginting is ranked 7th in the world, from the recent state and strength of both sides, Shi Yuqi is obviously better! In the first game of the game, Shi Yuqi took the lead in entering the state, and has been controlling the rhythm on the court, Ginting did not play his own rhythm, has been in a passive situation, and made more mistakes, and finally Shi Yuqi led 11-7 into the technical timeout! But then Ginting quickened the pace and launched a crazy counterattack! chased 5 points in a row, chasing the score to 16-18, but Shi Yuqi adjusted his mentality to stabilize the situation and won the first game 21-17!
In the second game, Ginting was obviously a little anxious, and had been trying to quickly establish an advantage by speeding up the tempo, but the result was a constant mistake, and finally Shi Yuqi took a dream lead with 11-1 and entered a technical timeout! After the pause, Ginting still did not improve, and there were consecutive low-level mistakes, and his psychology had completely collapsed, and finally Shi Yuqi won another game with 21-6! The total score was 2-0 to sweep Ginting to win a good start for the Chinese team!