China News Agency, Beijing, February 20th. On the 19th local time, the final of the Badminton Asian Mixed Team Championship was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Chinese team defeated the South Korean team 3:1 to win the championship.
The top four in this competition will qualify for the Sudirman Cup.
Since the Chinese team is the defending champion of the Sudirman Cup, it has automatically qualified for the Sudirman Cup to be held in Suzhou in May. Therefore, this competition is mainly about training, and the Olympic champion Huang Dongping will lead a group of teenagers to play.
Previously in the group stage, the Chinese team won three games in a row and advanced to the top of the group.
In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, the Chinese team beat Malaysia and India 3:2 respectively.
In the first men's singles match, Lei Lanxi defeated Korean player Li Youkui at 21:16 and 21:15, scoring the first point for the Chinese team.
In the following women's singles match, Gao Fangjie defeated South Korean player Jin Jiaen with two 21:15, making another victory for the Chinese team.
In the third men's doubles match, He Jiting/Zhou Haodong were reversed by their opponents after winning a game first. They lost to South Korea's Kim Won-ho/Luo Xingsheng at 21:19, 16:21 and 17:21, and the South Korean team regained a point.
The women's doubles Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning who played in the fourth game did not give the South Korean team another chance. They easily defeated the Korean team Zheng Nayin/Lee Soo Hee at 21:11 and 21:10, helping the Chinese team to seal the victory with 3:1.
Next, the Chinese badminton team will prepare for a series of events held in Europe in March.
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