On May 5, 2024, Beijing time, the 2024 BWF Men's and Women's Team Championships Tong Uber Cup ushered in the final day, and the champions and runners-up of the competition will be determined on this competition day. The Uber Cup is the world's highest-level women's badminton team competition, held every two years, and there are 5 national teams in history to win the Uber Cup, of which the Chinese team is proud of the competition 15 times, and has achieved six consecutive championships from 1998 to 2008, followed by the Japanese team, which has won the championship 6 times. In the last Uber Cup held in Bangkok, Thailand, the Chinese team won 2:3, and the South Korean team was the runner-up.
In the group stage, the national feather women's team defeated India, Canada and Singapore with a big score of 5:0 in a row, and advanced to the knockout round with the first place in the group. In the 1/4 match, the national feather women's team faced the Danish team and easily won the game with a big score of 3:0 to advance to the semifinals. Facing the Japanese team in the semifinals, the national feather women's team swept the Japanese team with a big score of 3:0 to advance to the finals after Chen Yufei, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, and He Bingjiao played, and will compete with the Indonesian team for the championship of this competition on this match day. Here's how the game went.
Chen Yufei 2:0 Mariska
Chen Yufei is ranked No. 2 in the world, and Indonesian player Mariska is ranked No. 9, and the two sides have met 13 times before, with Chen Yufei having an absolute advantage of 10 wins and 3 losses. The highlight of Chen Yufei's career was winning the Tokyo Olympics, becoming the world champion and firmly sitting in the position of the national women's singles sister, winning the Indonesia Open and French Open last season, but the season began with poor form, and the best result of the season was the runner-up of the Indonesia Open. In the women's singles, under the current F4 dominance, Chen Yufei faces the other three F4 with fewer wins and more losses.
In this game, whether in terms of historical results or world rankings, Chen Yufei has an advantage. In the first game, Chen Yufei quickly entered the state after the start of the game, taking a 4:1 lead at the beginning, and then continued to lead, achieving an 11:6 advantage in the first half. In the second half, Chen Yufei firmly controlled the game, and with a wave of 10:0 scoring climax, she finally won the game 21:7 and got off to a good start. In the second game, Chen Yufei took advantage of the victory to chase down, and continued to score through control in front of the net and smashes in the backcourt, and entered the technical break with 11:8. Returning to the game, although Mariska continued to chase points, Chen Yufei played steadily and steadily, and finally won the next game 21:16, winning 2:0.
Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan 2:0 Ramadanti/Libica
Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan are ranked No. 1 in the world, while Ramadanti/Rebecca are ranked No. 9, and this is the first time that the two sides have met in their careers. Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan have been partners for 10 years since 2014, and the two have won the World Championships for three consecutive years from 2021 to 2023, reaching the final at the Tokyo Olympics and finally finishing second. The Van Chen duo can achieve a Grand Slam without one Olympic title in their careers, and although they won the French Open this season, they are not in good form.
At the beginning of the game, due to the disparity in strength between the two sides, there was no pressure on the Fanchen combination. In the first game, at the beginning, the Fanchen combination was full of firepower, constantly speeding up to control the game, and entered the technical break with 11:7 in the first half. Back on the field, the Fanchen combination continued to expand the score advantage, and finally won the first game 21:11 and got off to a good start. In the second game, the Indonesian combination completely gave up resistance, and the Fanchen combination took advantage of the victory to chase and entered the technical break with 11:4. In the second half, the Fanchen combination continued to maintain the score lead, and finally won the next game 21:8, winning 2:0, establishing a 2:0 advantage for the Chinese team.
He Bingjiao 2:1 Esther
He Bingjiao is ranked 6th in the world, Esther is ranked 38th, and the two sides have no record of fighting, from the world ranking and historical results, He Bingjiao has an absolute advantage. He Bingjiao is the second sister of the national feather women's singles, but her results have been tepid in the past two seasons, and her career development has encountered a bottleneck. He Bingjiao has not won the badminton tournament in two seasons since winning the French Open in 2022, with her best result of the season being the semi-finals of the Indonesia Masters.
In the first game of the game, He Bingjiao seemed to be slow to heat up, and Esther quickly entered the state, taking an 8-4 lead at the beginning, and entering the technical break with 11-4 in the first half. In the second half, He Bingjiao chased the score to 10:11 in a row, and then dropped the line again, Esther's net became He Bingjiao's unsolvable problem, and with Esther played a wave of 10:0 scoring, and finally won the game 21:10. In the second game, He Bingjiao's own mistakes were reduced, and she took an 11:9 lead in the first half. In the second half, He Bingjiao played a wave of 6:0 scoring climax, and finally pulled back a game at 21:15. In the decisive game, the two sides launched a fierce battle after the beginning, and He Bingjiao led 11:10 in the first half. In the second half, He Bingjiao continued to maintain the lead, and finally won the game 21:17, and won the game with a big score of 2:1.