BADMINTON: Chengdu 2024 Thomas and Uber Cup Begins with Strong Start for China Teams

　　Chengdu 2024 Thomas and Uber Cup will start

　　China’s men’s and women’s teams got off to a good start with a score of 5:0 in two games.

On April 25, with the clear and pure voices of the children singing “Million dreams”, the opening ceremony of the 2024 Thomas and Uber Cup finals (known as the Chengdu 2024 Thomas and Uber Cup) was held in Chengdu.

Chengdu 2024 Thomas & Uber Cup will be the fourth time the Thomas & Uber Cup has been held in mainland China, following Guangzhou in 2002, Wuhan in 2012, and Kunshan in 2016. It is also the first when this event was held by a city in western China.

In the nine days from April 27 to May 5, 32 teams (16 men and 16 women) from 20 countries and regions around the world will participate in the competition.

On April 27, the Thomas and Uber Chengdu 2024 Cup kicked off at the Chengdu High-Tech Sports Center. The national men’s and women’s badminton teams defeated their opponents 5:0 respectively, winning a “good start”.

　　Uber

The national featherweight team won their first battle

Sichuan general Zhang Shuxian said that he is more motivated when he plays at home

On April 27, the Thomas and Uber Chengdu 2024 Cup kicked off at the Chengdu High-Tech Sports Center. In the opening match, the Chinese women’s badminton team defeated the Singaporean team 5-0 without any doubt in the group stage of the Uber Cup. Sichuan player Zhang Shuxian joined his compatriot Zheng Yu to appear in the fourth game. After easily defeating his opponent, Zhang Shuxian said he felt more energetic and motivated when playing in Chengdu.

He Bingjiao was the first player to represent the Chinese team. Bingjiao was not particularly satisfied with being behind 0:6 at the start. She said: “Because it was the first match and the first singles, my mind was still changing when I first came to the court.”

As the first single to participate in the Uber Cup, He Bingjiao felt different from the previous games “First, I have to be the earliest, and then I hope to perform better in the game and bring out the team’s momentum then the Chinese team The performance of the players on the stage was very satisfactory After all, the overall strength of the Chinese team is much stronger.

Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning, China’s first women’s doubles pair, easily defeated Wang Xiaoen/Jin Jiayu 21:4, 21:11. Give yourself plenty of time to prepare.”

Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu, who appeared as women’s second doubles, also had a smooth match. Zhang Shuxian is very happy about playing locally. a strong desire to win.” It was the young Zhang Shuxian who made his debut in the Uber Cup. In the Sudirman Cup World Badminton Mixed Team Championship held last year, she won the tournament with the team and became the first women’s badminton world champion in the history of Sichuan badminton.

Playing in the Uber Cup locally, Zhang Shuxian is expected to win the world championship again. “Today’s performance was relatively normal. Both the field conditions and the wind direction in the previous test were within the normal range.” She said, of course, the team competition and the singles competition are different. He works hard together.

Metropolis West China Daily – Cover News Reporter Chen Ganlu and Li Jiayu

　　thomas cup

The strongest line appears

The men’s national badminton team is aiming to regain the championship

On the evening of April 27, the Chinese men’s badminton team introduced the first match of the 2024 Thomas Cup at the Chengdu High-Tech Zone Sports Center, facing the Australian team. Under the leadership of “First Brother” Shi Yuqi, the Chinese men’s team put up the strongest line and beat the Australian team 5:0 without any doubt.

The first men’s singles match is between Shi Yuqi, the “big brother” of the national feather team and ranked second in the world, against Australian player Ricky Tang, who is outside the top 100 in the world. Due to the large strength gap between the two sides, the game lost its suspense early on. Shi Yuqi only spent 29

In minutes, they swept the victory easily with 21:3, 21:13. Some netizens even joked that Shi Yuqi “didn’t even break a sweat. “

However, after the game, Shi Yuqi said that the most important thing to start is to adapt to the place and the rhythm of the game. “I was a bit nervous and excited when I first came on the court. I didn’t know my opponent very well. The whole pace of the first match was fast. I will change my strategy based on the -situation later.”

In comparison to the national women’s badminton team “cycling” snow that morning,

Hiding the Olympic champion Chen Yufei and “double pair” Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, the Chinese men’s team made their debut in the Thomas Cup. Captain Shi Yuqi said: “Maybe the coach wants to use the strongest line to get a good start.”

Then the national badminton “couple” Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang defeated the Australian team members Zhu Zhehui/Tang Huaidong 21:15, 21:7. As the new champion of the Asian Championship and the world’s greatest doubles team, “Liang Wang” was severely bitten by his opponent in the first match. “I was a bit excited and nervous when I first came on stage, including various complex psychological factors and environmental factors. The team competition is different from the individual competition half. The team championship is an honor for a group, so there is pressure.” After the game, Wang Chang admitted that he was stressed. Of course, for the men’s national badminton team, the biggest pressure and motivation is to win the tournament at home. “Because we want to get the Thomas Cup back we lost three years ago.”

Li Shifeng, a member of the national badminton team who played in the “second single”, said that the only goal is to win the Thomas Cup: “I definitely hope that the Chinese team can win the tournament. As the ‘second single’, I hope to make my own contribution and also hope that I can go beyond the competition to bring back the feeling of last year’s Asian Games.”

On April 28, the Chinese men’s team will face the Canadian team in the second match of the group stage.

West China Daily Metropolis – News Reporter Cover Chen Ganlu, Li Jiayu, Chen Yuxiao