The 2021 Thomas Cup began its final competition, with young players playing as the main player to meet the top seed of the tournament, Indonesia. In this game, Shi Yuqi, the number one main player in the men's singles of the national feather, could not play due to injury, lu Guangzu was appointed as the first singles player to meet the Indonesian team's Jin Ting, Lu Guangzu won the first set, and was reversed by Jin Ting in two consecutive sets.
In this game, all the members of the national women's team that won the Uber Cup yesterday cheered for the men's team in the stands, and Jia Yifan became the cheerleader and led his teammates to cheer for the men's team.
In yesterday's semi-finals, Kuniwa defeated Japan 3-1 and Indonesia defeated host Denmark 3-1. Shi Yuqi, who played as the first singles player, chose to retire from the game at the second inning for physical reasons, and after the game he said that he had a physical problem, and today he further explained that his right foot blistered, and the left foot paronychia recured, and he could not play in today's game. Therefore, today's first singles for the national feather is Lu Guangzu, who has maintained a full victory in three full-time group stages and has not played in the first two knockout matches. Born in 1996, Lu Guangzu won his first world title with the team in the recent Sudirman Cup. Indonesia's first singles player is still the world's fifth-ranked Kim Ting, who has played twice before, and Kim Ting has maintained a complete victory. Today, Lu Guangzu, who was in danger, only needed to give it a go.
In the first set, the two sides started 2-2, and then Lu Guangzu, who used tactics well, maintained a small lead, 5-3, 7-5, and entered the break with an 11-8 lead. During the break, chen Yu, an off-court coach, asked Lu Guangzu to be fast in his eyes and hands, to keep an eye on the ball and hit the ball. In the second half of the set, Lu Guangzu continued to maintain the lead, although Jin Ting also chased the score to 13 draws, 17 draws, Lu Guangzu was not soft on key points, when Jin Ting chased the game to 18-19, scored 2 consecutive points, 2 points, 21-18 to win the first set.
In the second set, Lu Guangzu and Jin Ting started a 3 draw, and then Jin Ting scored 6 consecutive points in one go, pulling the score 9-3 and entering the break 11-5. After the break, Lu Guangzu did not give up, chasing back one point at a time, once chasing the score to 14-18, but with three mistakes, Jin Ting won the second set 21-14, chasing the big score to 1-1.
In the decider, Jin Ting opened a fierce scramble, took the initiative to speed up, and took a 5-1 lead, and then Jin Ting frequently smashed his hand, Lu Guangzu could not keep up with the rhythm of Jin Ting, Jin Ting expanded the lead 9-2, entered the break at 11-4, and the two sides exchanged venues. In the second half of the set, Quintin used the overhead split to continue to lead 12-6, 15-9, to get the first game point 20-14, Lu Guangzu saved two field points, Quintin still won the decider 21-16, the big score 2-1 reverse victory over Lu Guangzu, helped the Indonesian team to win the first point, the big score 1-0 lead the national feather.
Then the Chinese team played the first doubles with He Jiting/Zhou Haodong, while the Indonesian team sent the Alfian/AdiAnto combination, and the rookie Li Shifeng, who had previously performed in the two games, continued to play the second singles, against Jonatan, Liu Cheng/Wang Yilu in the second doubles, against Martin/Sukamuyo, weng Hongyang as the third singles, against Ruth commission.