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The Chinese team He Bingjiao celebrates the victory Xinhua News Agency pictured the same
The Uber Cup Badminton Tournament in Denmark ended early this morning, Beijing time. The Chinese team defeated Thailand 3-0, Japan defeated South Korea 3-1, and China will compete with Japan for the championship.
In the last Uber Cup semi-final, the Chinese team lost to Thailand 2 to 3. At that time, the Thai team won all three singles matches. Three years later, China’s women’s singles has made significant progress. Chen Yufei won the Tokyo Olympics champion, and He Bingjiao also reached the top four of the Olympic women’s singles.
In the semi-finals early this morning, the Thai team let the former World Championship champion Intanon, who had never played before, play the first single. She played only a few minutes and announced her retirement when she fell behind 2 to 5 in the first game. Chen Yufei easily scored the first point for the Chinese team.
The Thai team arranged in this way so that their previous first singles and second singles can face the second and third singles of the Chinese team, hoping to find a breakthrough in defeating China. Intanon said after the game: “I didn’t train for two months because of my family’s affairs. My physical and strength were very poor, and my shoulders felt uncomfortable. If I played against such a strong opponent, I might suffer more injuries. I am happy to come to Denmark to play and fight side by side with the team. As the ranking is relatively high, I have the responsibility to bear this point, so as to protect the position of teammates.”
However, the Thai team’s tactics of 4 games after giving up the first singles did not succeed. In the second women’s doubles match, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan won two games in a row 21-15 and 21-10, defeating the Thai combination Prajungga/Supaji Lakul.
In the third match, He Bingjiao, ranked 9th in the world, played against Li Weihua, ranked 10th in the world of Thailand. Li Meiwei defeated He Bingjiao in the All England game last year, but in today’s game He Bingjiao always took the initiative on the court, winning in straight sets 21-15 and 21-16, helping the Chinese team with 3 to 0 swept the Thai team.
Japanese team player Sasa Takahashi also added in the game
In the other semi-finals, the Japanese team’s first single, Akane Yamaguchi, lost to South Korea’s Anse Ying 0-2, and then with two pairs of doubles Yuki Fukushima/Matsumoto Matsumoto, Misa Matsumoto/Nami Matsuyama and the second single. Takahashi also added the victory and eliminated the South Korean team. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Wang Zhiling)
Editor: Lu Weixin
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