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Preview of 2024 Thomas Cup and You Cup: “Three pillars” of the Thomas Cup and You Cup are vying for supremacy.
China News Service, Beijing, April 27 (Reporter Hao Lingyu) From April 27 to May 5, the 2024 Thomas and Uber Cup World Badminton Team Championships will be held in Chengdu. As one of the most important team events in badminton, this year’s Thomas and Uber Cup brings together many famous badminton players from around the world. The competition for the Thomas Cup presents a situation where many strong players are competing. The final winner of the Uber Cup may come from the three teams of China, Japan and South Korea. one.
The Thomas Cup is the world’s highest honor for men’s teams in badminton. The Indian team, Denmark team, Indonesian team and Chinese team all have the chance to compete for the championship. The Chinese Taipei team and the Malaysian team also have the possibility of achieving an upset.
The Indian team is the winner of the last Thomas Cup. The main men’s doubles Rankireddy/Shetty are currently ranked third in the world and are the men’s doubles champions of the 2023 Asian Championships and Asian Games; the men’s singles Prannoy and Lakshya are both ranked in the world. He is in the top 20 and has defeated the top ten players in the world in international competitions. This time the Indian team aims to defend the title.
The Danish team is led by Tokyo Olympic champion and world number one men’s singles Axelsen. Antonsen in the team is also among the top five in the world. The men’s doubles Astrup/Rasmussen are strong and will be the 2023 World Championships. Men’s doubles runner-up. The Danish team is expected to take an advantage in the team competition.
The Indonesian team has won the championship 14 times in history and is the team with the best record in the history of Thomas Cup. The current Indonesian team has men’s singles “twin stars” Jonatan and Ginting. Jonatan has won the All England Open and Asian Championship men’s singles championships this season and is in good shape recently. Coupled with two powerful men’s doubles pairs of Alfian/Ardianto and Fikri/Maulana, the Indonesian men’s team is looking forward to another championship in Chengdu.
Chinese Taipei and Malaysia both have super strong combinations in men’s doubles, especially Malaysia’s Wu Shifei/Izuddin who have performed well recently. They upset two seed pairs at the Ningbo Asian Championships in April and reached the finals. Both teams are fully capable of pulling off upsets.
Compared with the combination of multiple players in the Thomas Cup, the situation in the U Cup is clearer. The three teams from China, Japan and South Korea will become the main contenders for the championship. Among them, the defending champion Korean women’s team will become the strongest opponent of the Chinese women’s team.
The South Korean team is led by Ahn Se-young, who is currently ranked number one in the world in women’s singles. This “genius girl” swept 10 championships last year and also led the South Korean team to defeat the Chinese team in the Asian Games women’s team final. In addition, South Korea’s No. 1 women’s doubles team Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee were in good condition after winning the gold medal at the Asian Championships, and the second women’s doubles team Kim So Young/Kong Hee Yong are also very capable.
The Japanese women’s team includes Akane Yamaguchi, Aya Ohori, Nozomi Okuhara, Naomi Matsuyama, Chihiro Shida and other famous players. Compared with the Chinese and Korean teams, the Japanese women’s team players are mostly known for their excellent running and delicate skills, and will become a difficult opponent for the Chinese and Korean teams in the game.
The Chinese team, which has been in good form recently, is determined to avenge its past humiliation. In the last tournament, the Chinese team missed two trophies at the same time for the first time since 1996. In this Thomas and Uber Cup, the Chinese team will send its highest-ranked and strongest players in each event. Shi Yuqi, Chen Yufei, Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang and Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan will participate.
Li Shifeng, who reached the finals at the Asian Championships and has recovered, will serve as the second men’s singles. The experienced Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi and the fast-growing He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu are also capable of sharing the pressure for the team’s first men’s doubles Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang. As for the women’s team, the four women’s singles players Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao, Han Yue and Wang Zhiyi who performed amazingly at the Asian Championships will play together. The world’s number one women’s doubles combination Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan will be the most stable link in the women’s doubles.
At the Asian Championships that ended in April, the Chinese team won 3 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 7 bronze medals, becoming the only team to fully qualify for the Paris Olympic badminton event. Taking advantage of the victory, the Chinese team will launch an attack on the two Thomas and Uber Cup championship trophies and strive to pass the major test before the Paris Olympics with excellent results.
2024-04-27 09:08:35
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