On May 5, Beijing time, the final of the 2024 Badminton Thomas Cup began, and in the end, the Chinese men's team defeated Indonesia 3-1 and won the championship with the excellent performance of Shi Yuqi, Liang Wang and any combination. This is the 11th time that the national team has won the soup cup, and it is also the first time in 6 years that it has reached the top of the soup cup.
In the final of this year's Cup, the line-up of the two sides is exactly the same as in the semi-finals, with the Indonesian team sending Ginting, Jonatan and Ziko in three singles, the double-Arab pair and the Scud pair in two doubles, the Chinese team sending Shi Yuqi, Li Shifeng and Lu Guangzu in the singles, and the Liang Wang combination and any pair in the doubles.
In the first single, Shi Yuqi Vs Ginting, World No. 2 Vs World No. 7, in the first game, the two sides played normally, Shi Yuqi exerted his strength in the middle game, opened the score, and took the next city 21:15. In the second game, Shi Yuqi played even better, with a momentum like a rainbow, and played a disparity of 15:1 at the beginning, and finally won another game 21:6, winning the opponent 2-0 and making a good start for the national feather.
A pair of Liang Wang combination Vs double A combination, the first game up, Liang Wang entered the state slowly, the opening was suppressed by the opponent, once 4:10 behind, the battle to the middle game, Liang Wang gradually found the state, a wave of 9:2, 13:12 to overtake the score, after that, the scores of the two sides rose alternately, to 18:18, Liang Wang scored three points in a row, 21:18 first. In the second game, Liang Wang fell into passivity at the beginning, fell behind 3:6, entered the middle game, Liang Wang gradually tied the score, the two sides entered a stalemate, and the battle reached the end of the game, ShuangA gradually opened the score and pulled back a game with 21:17. The decisive game, the beginning is the same as the first two games, the Shuanga combination once led 8:4, Liang Wang scored four points in a row, chasing an 8:8 draw, after that, the two sides entered a stalemate again, Liang Wang always lagged behind 1~2 points, to the end of the game, Liang Wang combination gradually tied the score, and overtook 18:17, and finally won the tiebreaker 21:17, while justifying his name, but also won a key victory for the Chinese team.
Second singles Li Shifeng Vs Jonatan, in the first game, Li Shifeng took the lead and took a 5:2 lead, Jonatan stabilized his position, scored 7 points in a row, and overtook 9:5, Li Shifeng adjusted in time, scored 7 points in a row and regained the lead with 12:9, and then, Jonatan played a wave of 7:2 to overtake 16:14, and chased after the victory, taking the lead 21:16. In the second game, Jonatan took the initiative at the beginning and took the lead 6:3, Li Shifeng strengthened the control of the landing point, patiently maneuvered, waited for the opportunity to attack, and gradually overtook the score, leading 16:10, and firmly grasped the advantage, and pulled back a game with 21:15. In the decisive game, Li Shifeng started very passively, fell behind 4:7, and finally chased it into a 7:7 draw, and made consecutive mistakes, and was overtaken by the opponent, and opened the score with 16:10, 18:11, Li Shifeng, who was behind by a big score, did not give up, played extremely tenacious, continued to chase points, and chased the score to 16:18 only two points, but in the end, because he was too far behind, he was powerless to return to the sky, and lost 17:21. Jonatan withstood the pressure and pulled one back for Indonesia.
In the first game, after a short period of mutual testing between the two sides, any combination took the lead in entering the state, playing actively, with momentum like a rainbow, suppressing the opponent with speed, quickly occupying the advantage, opening the score, and taking the lead with 21:11. After 7:7, any combination suddenly exerted its strength and won in a row, opening the score with 13:8 and 16:10, and won 21:15 to lock the victory for the Chinese team.
Looking at the whole game, whether it was the winning Shi Yuqi and Liang Wang combination, or the regrettable defeat of Li Shifeng, they all played at a very high level, especially any combination, and they played at their peak, the only regret is that they have no chance to participate in the Olympic Games.
So far, this year's Tang You Cup has come to an end, and the Chinese men's and women's teams have both won the championship and made a strong recovery, making a good start for the upcoming Paris Olympics. It can really be said: not only to recover the rivers and mountains, but also to harvest hope!