Defending Thomas and Uber Cup champions China have opened their campaign at this year\u2019s edition in Horsens, Denmark in convincing styles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the Thomas Cup, China cruised to a 5-0 win over Australia while their women\u2019s team also picked up an easy 5-0 win over Ukraine in the Uber Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
China rested their top ranked Wang Ziyi in the Uber Cup competition, but still packed too much power over their European rivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chen Yufei was fielded as the first singles and she gave the Chinese side the opening point defeating Sofia Lavrova 21-9, 21-14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Chinese singles juggernaut was so strong that world number five Han Yue, playing the second singles cruised past Anastasiia Alymova 21-7, 21-12. Xu Wenjing put the tie beyond doubt as the she defeated Raiia Almalalha 21-6, 21-6 in the deciding singles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They won both the doubles to take tie 5-0 comfortably.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the Thomas Cup, second singles Li Shifeng was the only player to drop a game. But he kept his composure to beat Shrey Dhand 21-15, 17-21, 21-6 to give them an unassailable 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier, Shi Yuqi defeated Stephan Sam Ephraim 21-14, 21-10 for th eopening point and the pair of Liang Wei Keng-Wang Chang were also bot troubles by Rizky Hidayat-Jack Yu, winning the first doubles 21-11, 21-12. The won both the remaining dead rubbers for their opening win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In another Group A Thomas Cup tie, India overcame an opening singles match defeat to beat Canada 4-1. The only blemish for the Indians was the 18-21, 19-21, 10-21 defeat for their top singles player Lakshya Sen. Canadian Pan American champion Victor Lai came back strongly to take the win after a 71-minute battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, India asserted their strength winning all the remaining matches in the tie without dropping a single game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n UBER CUP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n GROUP A:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n China bt Ukraine<\/strong> 5-0 <\/strong>(Chen Yufei bt Sofia Lavrova 21-9, 21-14; Han Yue bt Anastasiia Alymova 21-7, 21-12; Xu Wenjing bt Raiia Almalalha 21-6, 21-6; Jia Yifan-Zhang Shuxian bt Anastasiia Alymova-Mariia Stoliarenko 21-13, 21-12; Li Yijing-Luo Xumin bt Raiia Almalalha-Sofiia Lavrova 21-5, 21-8)<\/p>\n\n\n\n GROUP A<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Korea beat Spain 5-0 <\/strong>(An Se-young bt Clara Azurmendi 21-15, 21-11; Jeong Na-eun-Kim Hye-jeong bt Nikol Carulla-Carmen Maria Jiminez 21-11, 21-4; Kim Ga-eun bt Christina Teruel 21-7, 21-5; Lee Seo-jin-Lee Yeon-woo bt Paula Lopez-Lucia Rodriguez 21-12, 21-12; Kim Ga-eun bt Ines Costero 21-9, 21-8)<\/p>\n\n\n\n THOMAS CUP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n GROUP A:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n China bt Australia 5-0 <\/strong>(Shi Yuqi bt Stephan Sam Ephraim 21-14, 21-10; Liang Wei Keng-Wang Chang bt Rizky Hidayat-Jack Yu 21-11, 21-12; Li Shifeng bt Shrey Dhand 21-15, 17-21, 21-6; Chen Bo Yang-Liu Yi bt Andika Ramadiansyah-Frederick Zhao 21-8, 21-12; Lu Guangzu bt Rishi Honda Boobathy 21-7, 21-6)<\/p>\n\n\n\n India bt Canada 4-1 <\/strong>(Laksya Sen (Ind) lost to Victor Lai 21-18, 19-21, 10-21; Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty bt Jonathan Lai Bing Tsai 21-10, 21-11; Ayush Shetty bt Brian Yang 21-13, 21-17; Hariharan Amsakumaran-M.R. Arjun bt Ty Alexander Lindeman-Nyl Yakura 21-7, 21-15; Kidambi Srikanth BT Joshua Nguyen 21-17, 21-12)<\/p>\n\n\n\n GROUP D<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thailand beat France 4-1 <\/strong>(Kunlavut Vitidsarn bt Christo Popov 21-15, 22-20; Panitchapon Teeraratsakul bt Alex Lanier 21-17, 21-19; Puritat Arree lost to Toma Junior Popov 6-21, 7-21; Ruttanapak Oupthong-Dechapol Puavaranukroh beat Julien Maio-Willam Villeger 21-15, 17-21, 21-10; Peeratchai Sukphun-Pakkapon Teeraratsakul bt Christo Popov-Toma Junior Popov 11-21, 21-11,21-12)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Defending Thomas and Uber Cup champions China have opened their campaign at this year\u2019s edition in Horsens, Denmark<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[75],"class_list":["post-12092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-badminton"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t