Original title: Tangyou Cup starts tomorrow
Tomorrow, the 2022 Thomas Cup and Uber Cup badminton team matches will start in Bangkok, Thailand. The Uber Cup final will be held on the 14th, and the soup cup champion will be decided on the 15th. Although the situation of the Chinese men’s and women’s teams is different, they will strive to achieve good results in the first world competition of the season.
Rivals are waiting for the seed rankings are not high
The Tom Yu Cup is held every two years in principle. In October last year, the 2020 Cup, which was postponed for a year and a half due to the epidemic, was held in Aarhus, Denmark. At that time, the Chinese team performed very well. The women’s team made it to the final, and fought with the Japanese team for more than five hours. They reversed their opponents 3-1 and won the Uber Cup after five years. The men’s team maintained a strong team stance even when they were not optimistic before the game. They reversed the Japanese team by losing a set in the semi-finals, but lost to the veteran powerhouse Indonesia in the final and missed the defense.
However, due to the long-term absence of international competitions, personnel adjustments, injuries and other reasons, the overall world ranking of the Chinese team’s players this year is low, and the seeding ranking is not high. Among them, the women’s team is the No. 3 seed, and the top two are Japan and South Korea. The Japanese team is also the biggest “stumbling block” for the Chinese team in defending the UEFA Cup. In the singles, there are famous players such as Akane Yamaguchi, Nozomi Okuhara, and Sayaka Takahashi. In the women’s doubles, there are three pairs of top 10 players in the world. The 2016 Olympic women’s doubles champion Matsutomo Misaki Also in line.
In the soup cup, the Chinese team, which is short of major generals, is only the No. 7 seed. The top six are Indonesia, Japan, Denmark, Chinese Taipei, India and Malaysia. The Indonesian team has strong overall strength and is the most popular to win the championship. The rest of the teams also have their own strengths in different individual items.
The women’s team is lined up to defend the title
In this competition, the Chinese women’s team made every effort to have the main force, the lineup was neat, and the goal was to defend the title.
In singles, the Chinese team is led by Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Yufei, and He Bingjiao, who has won two titles this season, is also in charge. In addition, Wang Zhiyi, a rising star who just won the Asian Championships, and Han Yue, who participated in the previous competition, were also selected for the entry list. Zhang Yiman, who entered the top four in last year’s World Championships and this year’s German Open, is the “fifth person”, which can be said to have Certain group advantage.
World No. 1 Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan will be the women’s doubles team, with Du Yue, Li Wenmei, Zheng Yu, Zhang Shuxian and Tokyo Olympic mixed doubles champion Huang Dongping. After the launch of a new combination this season, the Chinese team’s “arrangement and combination” method in this Jubilee Cup is also expected. Among them, Zheng Yu/Li Wenmei are old partners, Zheng Yu/Zhang Shuxian won the runner-up at the All England Open this season, and Du Yue/Li Wenmei, both new duo, just won the bronze medal in the Asian Championships. Last season, Huang Dongping first teamed up with Li Wenmei, defeated Matsutomo Misaki/Matsuyama Naomi in the Jupiter Cup final, and then cooperated with Zheng Yu to win the Danish Open Championship.
According to the competition system, the 16 men and 16 women’s teams participating in this Tangyou Cup will first be divided into four groups. After a single round robin, the top two teams in each group will enter the top 8, and then draw lots again to start the single-elimination knockout round. The Chinese women’s team is in Group B with Chinese Taipei, Spain and Australia. There is almost no suspense in the group’s first place. The only thing to watch is whether they can score points against the world-class women’s singles Tai Tzu Ying and Marin.
The men’s team lacks major generals looking forward to surprises
Due to the absence of famous players, the Chinese men’s team may be a more realistic goal to be among the top four.
The Olympic champion Chen Long is still holding a free card this season, while the famous Shi Yuqi is in the suspension period. Among the five singles players sent by Guoyu this time, Lu Guangzu, the world‘s highest ranked player, is only ranked 25th, and the rest are Zhao Junpeng, Li Shifeng, Weng Hongyang, Sun Feixiang. The doubles players are He Jiting, Zhou Haodong, Liu Yuchen, Ou Xuanyi, Tan Qiang, Ren Xiangyu and Liu Cheng. Olympic champions Wang Yilyu, Zhang Nan and world champion Zheng Siwei did not participate.
However, the young Chinese men’s team may also create surprises. He Jiting/Zhou Haodong had a good performance as a temporary partner last season, Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi have entered the finals twice this year, and Ren Xiangyu/Tan Qiang have defeated three World Championships in the Asian Championships. Champion and top seed Ah Shan/Hendra, together with former World Championship Men’s Doubles champion Liu Cheng, are the goals of the doubles group to score points for the team. The singles rookie Weng Hongyang won the Korea Open championship this season, and the Asian Championships won two consecutive victories, Sri Kanter and Ginting, and entered the top four. Li Shifeng also defeated Lakshya and Wang Ziwei in the Asian Championships. Handy. In the last Tang Cup semi-finals, the Chinese team reversed the Japanese team by virtue of the daring and hard work of the legendary soldiers He Jiting/Zhou Haodong and the second single Li Shifeng and the stable performance of the veteran Wang Yilu/Liu Cheng. Weak beats the strong”.
In the group stage, there should be no suspense for the Chinese team to defeat France and Algeria.