Team China makes flying start at Sudirman Cup
Release time：2024-05-21 20:57:09 Source：Global Genesis news portal
Chinese men's doubles pair Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi. [Photo/the organizing committee of 2023 BWF Sudirman Cup]
The Chinese badminton team got off to a flying start at the 2023 BWF Sudirman Cup Finals on Sunday, romping to a 5-0 victory over Egypt in Suzhou, Jiangsu province.
Mixed doubles pair Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping won Team China its first point of the prestigious mixed team competition by crushing Egypt's Ahmed Salah and Hana Tarek Zaher 21-3, 21-8. Men's singles ace Shi Yuqi then cruised to a 21-11, 21-13 triumph over Egypt's Adham Hatem Elgamal.
Olympic women's singles champion Chen Yufei was utterly dominant in the third match-up, thrashing Rahma Mohamed Saad Eladawy 21-2, 21-3. In the men's doubles, Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi won 21-6, 21-7, before women's doubles pair Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu completed the rout with an emphatic 21-2, 21-4 victory.
"Our rivals didn't give us too much trouble in the opening match, but I was a little bit nervous before I stepped onto the court as this is a team event and we were playing the first match," said mixed doubles player Huang.
"My serve wasn't too good and this is the first time I've played at the Sudirman Cup with my partner. So I just wanted us to be at our best in front of the home crowd."
After enjoying such an easy opening encounter, women's single ace Chen told reporters that Team China is wary of complacency setting in and that mistakes will need to be avoided against tougher opponents.
China is the reigning Sudirman Cup champion and is the most successful team in the event's history, winning 12 of the past 17 editions of the tournament. With the exception of 2003 and 2017, China has won each edition of the mixed team competition since 1995.
Next up for Team China is a Group A match against Singapore on Tuesday before it faces a world-class Denmark team on Thursday.
The tournament concludes in Suzhou on next Sunday, May 21.
- Previous：Jodie Turner
- Next：David Ortiz is humbled by being honored in New York again; this time for post
Related articles
- DR MARTIN SCURR: How losing your hearing may cause dementia
- Meet The Richardsons fans fear show will be cancelled after Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont's nine
- Enjoy last night's solar eclipse? How to tell if it could have PERMANENTLY damaged your eyes
- London restaurant transforms into Charlie and the Chocolate factory
- Judge blocks Biden administration from enforcing new gun sales background check rule in Texas
- Pay offer a 'significant loss' to frontline officers
- I put my night sweats down to early menopause
- Could you get your best ever career advice from a ROBOT? The pros and cons of using AI on the job
- Strictly star Nadiya Bychkova reveals she doesn't know if she's on the show's 2024 line
- Spotify hikes its prices for millions of UK customers: Premium plans jump by up to 13%
- Iran helicopter crash: President Raisi, the supreme leader's protege, dies at 63
- Hong Kong's leading bookstores decline to stock new book by last governor Chris Patten
- More than 200 US chemical plants must reduce toxic emissions under new EPA rule
- London restaurant transforms into Charlie and the Chocolate factory
- Queen Camilla reveals she's seen the first season of Bridgerton
- How Los Angeles police are fighting back against organized retail theft
- Seabed mining critics furious after company pulls out of hearings
- Early man's best friend was the fox as the animal was domesticated by humans, research suggests
- Should you claim child benefit? What it's worth
- Forget what you saw in Sex and the City! Most singletons are actually introverts, study finds
Random recommendation
- Copyright © 2024 Powered by Team China makes flying start at Sudirman Cup ,Global Genesis news portal sitemap