Make up for the regret of Uber Cup 4 years ago
The national feather women’s team is only one win away from the championship
Guangzhou Daily All Media Reporter Yang Min
The 2022 Thomas Cup Uber World Badminton Men’s and Women’s Team Championships concluded yesterday in Bangkok, Thailand in the men’s and women’s semi-finals. In the women’s team semi-final, the defending champion Chinese women’s team eliminated the host Thailand women’s team in straight sets and successfully entered the final, one victory away from lifting the Uber Cup again. In the semi-finals of the first half, the Korean women’s team defeated the championship-winning Japanese women’s team in straight sets to secure another final seat. In this way, the Uber Cup final, which kicks off at 14:00 today, will be between the Chinese women’s team and the South Korean women’s team.
China and South Korea compete for the 7th Uber Cup title
This is the third time in a row that the Chinese women’s team played against the Thai women’s team in the Uber Cup semi-finals. The 2018 Tangyu Cup was held in Bangkok, Thailand. At that time, the Chinese women’s team, which was in the transition period between the old and the new, fought hard for 5 sets and lost 2-3 to the Thai women’s team. The latter entered the Uber Cup final for the first time. The Chinese women’s team scored two points with two pairs of women’s doubles in this semifinal and lost three sets of singles. In October last year, the 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup, which was postponed for a year and a half, was held in Aarhus, Denmark. The Chinese women’s team made a strong comeback, defeating the Thai women’s team 3-0 in the semi-finals, and 3-1 over the Japanese women’s team in the final to regain the Uber Cup.
This year, the Tom Yu Cup is once again held in Bangkok. The Chinese women’s team is recognized as the favorite to win the championship, and the team’s goal is also very clear, which is to achieve two consecutive Uber Cup championships. In this semi-final, the Chinese women’s team continued to send the Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Yufei to take the lead. She defeated the Thailand women’s team’s number one singles Inthanon 2-0 and scored the first point. Chen Qingchen from Guangdong continued to be entrusted with the important task by the coach of Guoyu. She and her partner Jia Yifan were the number one women’s doubles player in the crucial second set. They played three games against their rivals Jon Kapan/Ravinda and won 17-21, 21-13, 21-15. This is the 13th time the two pairs have played against each other in the international arena, and it is also the 13th victory for Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan.
In the third set of the women’s singles matchup, He Bingjiao, the No. 2 women’s singles of Guoyu, beat the Thai women’s team No. 2 singles Li Weiwei 21-15, 21-15, and won the third point to set the victory. In this way, No. 2 women’s doubles Huang Dongping/Li Wenmei and No. 3 women’s singles Wang Zhiyi do not need to appear. The Chinese women’s team defeated the Thai women’s team 3-0 in the first three sets and successfully entered the Uber Cup final.
Since 1984, the Chinese women’s team has participated in the Uber Cup 19 times, reached the finals 18 times, won the championship 15 times, and won silver 3 times. The worst result was missing the final in 2018 and only tied for third. In the past 19 tournaments, the Chinese women’s team and the South Korean women’s team have met in the Uber Cup finals 6 times. The Chinese team has won 5 times, and the only defeat was in 2010. This afternoon, China and South Korea will meet for the seventh time in the Uber Cup final.
Chinese women’s team successfully “revenge” to make up for regrets
The Chinese women’s team failed to defend their title in the 2018 Tangyou Cup held in Bangkok four years ago, and suffered the worst result in the history of the 34-year competition. At that time, in the women’s team semi-final, the team lost to the host Thailand women’s team 2-3. The regret 4 years ago was finally made up yesterday. In the same arena, the Chinese women’s team “revenge” perfectly 3-0.
Although Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan scored 1 point in the women’s doubles at the time, they still hoped to join hands with their teammates to defeat the Thai women’s team in the semifinal after 4 years and make up for their regrets. Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan had never lost to Thailand’s top women’s doubles doubles Joan Kapan/Ravinda in the international arena before, but despite this, they still prepared for the match seriously. The opponent was aggressive and went to the next game 21 to 17. Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan came from behind and won two games in a row. Chen Qingchen said frankly after the game that every fight is a new beginning, and no matter how many times he has won before, he cannot take it lightly. She and Jia Yifan didn’t play well in the first game, but they firmly believed that the stronger the stronger the better, and the timely correction of their mistakes, they would definitely be able to defeat their opponents. In the face of the upcoming women’s team final, they revealed that the outside world has a high voice for the Chinese women’s team to defend their title, believing that the team’s overall strength is the strongest, and on this basis, they will be fully prepared.
Chen Yufei, the number one women’s singles player, has the same mood as Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan. In the Uber Cup semi-final four years ago, she was the No. 1 women’s singles who lost to Indanon and failed to take the lead for Guoyu. After losing the first point, the Chinese women’s team fell into a passive position. Although two pairs of women’s doubles contributed two points, all three sets of women’s singles were lost.
Facing the same opponent, Chen Yufei made full preparations this time and demanded that she must win the first game, because it was very exciting. Indanon, who once won the 2013 Guangzhou World Championships women’s singles champion, is very strong. She has been stalemate with Chen Yufei and lost the first game 18-21. Chen Yufei felt that she didn’t do a good job in the details of the first game. Entering the second game, the Olympic women’s singles champion dealt with her opponent more patiently, winning 21-12. This victory allowed Chen Yufei to make up for the regrets she had suffered four years ago, and she was also full of confidence in her teammates. For the upcoming final, she believes that the South Korean team’s number one women’s singles An Se Young is not easy to deal with, and she will go all out. According to the confrontation record, Chen Yufei won 6 games against An Xiying. The last two matches between the two were in last year’s Tokyo Olympics women’s singles quarter-finals and Sudirman Cup semi-finals.
After advancing to the final, Chen Yufei posted a post expressing that the victory was not easy to come by. She said that the victory in the semi-final made her see the light of hope in the trough. The final is the last battle of the Uber Cup, and she will work hard to win no matter how dark it is. own light”.