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The Thomas Cup and Uber Cup badminton match kicked off today in Aarhus, Denmark. The Chinese women’s badminton team will face the Canadian team in the group match this afternoon. The first group match of the Chinese men’s team will be held the day after tomorrow.
The Chinese team did not send the strongest lineup this time. The first men’s singles Chen Long, the first men’s doubles Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen, doubles stars Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong, the five players who won silver medals at the Tokyo Olympics, did not participate.
This lineup adjustment has a great impact on the Chinese men’s team. The absence of Chen Long made Shi Yuqi the number one men’s single. The second and third singles had to use young players Lu Guangzu and Li Shifeng. The absence of three of China’s best male doubles players left the Chinese team with only one strong male doubles player, Wang Yilyu. But Wang Yilu’s main item is mixed doubles, and the men’s doubles ranking is very low. Therefore, no matter who he is partnered with, he can basically only play the second doubles. The first men’s doubles will fall on the young players such as Zhou Haodong and He Jiting.
Judging from the current strength of the Chinese men’s team, it is less likely to defend the title. The Indonesian team and the host Denmark team will be the most powerful contenders for the Thomas Cup.
The Indonesian team has the strongest overall strength. In the men’s doubles, there are two pairs of the world‘s top two stars, Sucamyo/Gideen and Asan/Setiawan. In the men’s singles, there are Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Jin Ting and Asian Games champion Jonathan. The Danish team is strong in men’s singles. The team has the Tokyo Olympic champion Ansailong, the world‘s third-ranked Antonsen and two other men’s singles players in the world‘s top 20. There is a great chance for any team to win three games. Men’s singles. Although the Danish men’s doubles are dominated by newcomers, they are at least not inferior to the Chinese team. Denmark’s first men’s doubles defeated China’s Zhou Haodong and He Jiting in the recent Sudirman Cup 2-1.
National Games Men’s Singles and runner-up Lu Guangzu
The last runner-up Japanese team retired after the Olympics due to two main men’s doubles, and their overall strength is not as good as the previous one. And Kento Momota’s successive losses in the Tokyo Olympics and the Sudirman Cup made him start to step down the altar. The Japanese team does not seem to have the upper hand even against the Chinese team.
The Chinese Taipei team has Olympic men’s doubles champion Li Yang/Wang Qilin, as well as men’s singles players Zhou Tiancheng and Wang Ziwei. They also have the hope of getting a good result. In addition, the Malaysian team and the South Korean team are also expected to reach the semi-finals of the Soup Cup.
Unlike the men’s team, which is not easy to enter the semi-finals, the Chinese women’s badminton team should be the strongest team in this Uber Cup. Especially in the women’s singles, the Chinese team has Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Yufei, Tokyo Olympic No. 4 He Bingjiao, and powerful rookie Wang Zhiyi. They have the strength to hold two points against any team. The women’s doubles Chinese team is led by Olympic runner-ups Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan. Zheng Yu and Li Wenmei also have strong strengths. Although the second doubles Du Yue and Li Yinhui are absent, the strength of the Chinese women’s team has not been greatly affected.
Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan combination
In the last Uber Cup, the Chinese team was accidentally eliminated by the Thai team, which broke a big upset. But this is not what it used to be. It is impossible for the Chinese women’s singles to lose three consecutive games to the Thai team. Although the Thai team still has the strength to reach the semi-finals, it is very difficult to beat the Chinese team. The biggest threat to the Chinese women’s team is the South Korean team and the Japanese team. The South Korean team’s two pairs of women’s doubles are close to the strength of the Chinese team, and the two young singles players An Xianying and Jin Jiaen also have a certain impact. The Japanese women’s team was the last Uber Cup champion. If all the main players play, they should be comparable to the Chinese team. But because women’s singles star Okuhara hopes to be absent due to injury, the Japanese team is already at a disadvantage in singles. Although Akane Yamaguchi defeated Chen Yufei in the Sudirman Cup final, there was a clear gap between the Japanese team’s second and third singles and the Chinese team. The Japanese women’s doubles was the overlord of the last Olympic cycle, with three pairs of the world‘s top women’s doubles. However, due to injury, only one of Japan’s best three pairs of women’s doubles will participate in the Uber Cup this time, which means that Japan’s two pairs of women’s doubles will be a new combination of temporary matches. Early morning and Jia Yifan will have a certain advantage in the first doubles match. In the Sudirman Cup final not long ago, Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan scored a key point for the Chinese team’s victory over the Japanese team.
If the Thomas Cup is a dispute between the powers and Indonesia and Denmark have a slight advantage, the Uber Cup is a situation where the Chinese team takes the lead and South Korea, Japan and Thailand are struggling to catch up. The Chinese women’s team has a 70% chance of winning the Uber Cup, while the Chinese men’s team has no more than 30% chance of defending. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Wang Zhiling)
Editor: Lu Weixin
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