China News Agency, Beijing, October 12th. On the 12th local time, the Thomas Cup of the World Men's Badminton Team Championships started the second round of the group match in Aarhus, Denmark.
After defeating Tahiti 5-0 in the first game, the Chinese men's team once again defeated the Dutch team with the same score, reaping two consecutive victories in the group stage and qualifying early to advance to the quarter-finals of the current cup.
The Chinese men's team is the defending Thomas Cup champion, winning a total of 10 times in history.
This year's Cup lacks veterans such as Lin Dan and Chen Long, and the Chinese team is composed of the new generation of main players.
The men's singles lineup for this game is the same as that of the first match, and the main player Shi Yuqi is still on a truce.
In the first match, Lu Guangzu played against Dutch player Quicker. The two sides had never played against each other before.
In the first round, Lu Guangzu quickly entered the game, taking the lead with 21:15; in the second round, Quaker's state improved, and he took a lead of 18:12 in the middle game. Lu Guangzu made a small climax after adjusting, and finally reached 21:19. He came from behind and defeated his opponent by 2:0 and scored a point for Guoyu.
Lu Guangzu, who participated in the soup cup for the first time, said that he encountered certain difficulties in this game and was eventually able to reverse it, and he also gained experience from it.
"Teached me how to deal with falling behind in the competition."
The second men's doubles match was played by He Jiting/Zhou Haodong. The two were the champions of the Su Cup. Not long ago, the two partners narrowly defeated the Japanese combination in the Su Cup final and scored a key point for the Chinese team.
In the game that day, the two were in full control of the rhythm of the game and defeated the Dutch combination Yella/Vanderlake 21:11 and 21:7 in two consecutive games.
Li Shifeng, who played in the third game, won more easily.
He defeated the Dutch player Messmann 21:7, 21:8 in just 24 minutes, helping the Chinese team to seal the victory with 3:0.
According to the rules, the soup cup group stage needs to play five games.
In the last two games, the Tokyo Olympics mixed doubles champion Wang Yilyu partnered with the World Championship men's doubles champion Liu Cheng to defeat Bugik/Vasink 21:14, 21:10, and Weng Hongyang defeated Duisi 21:10, 21:6. , The Chinese team defeated the Dutch team 5:0, and the five games were won 2:0.
After achieving two consecutive victories in the group stage, the Chinese men's team has advanced to the quarter-finals of the Soup Cup ahead of schedule.
Next, the Chinese team will face the Indian team, the last opponent in the group stage.
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