HORSENS (Denmark), April 24 — Defending Thomas and Uber Cup champions China began their campaigns by effortlessly demolishing their opponents at the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup...
Indira Gandhi’s case: Back in court today after 17 years of countless Ipoh-KL trips in quest to reunite with daughterChina’s singles player Li Shi Feng in action against Australia’s Shrey Dhand during a Group A match of the 2026 Thomas and Uber Cup in Horsens, Denmark, April 24, 2026.
— Bernama pic! Plus, enjoy an additional FREE RM10 when you sign up using code VERSAMM10 with a min. cash-in of RM100 today. T&Cs apply. HORSENS , April 24 — Defending Thomas and Uber Cup champions China began their campaigns by effortlessly demolishing their opponents at the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup Finals 2026 at Forum Horsens here today.
China’s Thomas Cup team cruised to a 5-0 win over Australia in Group A, with their main singles and world number one Shi Yu Qi taking only 31 minutes to oust Ephraim Sam, 21-14, 21-10. World number five men’s doubles pair, Liang Wei Keng-Wang Chang, outplayed Jack Yu-Rizky Hidayat, 21-11, 21-12 in 22-minutes for the second point while second singles Li Shi Feng had to put in a bit more effort for the winning point by beating Shrey Dhand, 21-15, 17-21, 21-16.
The 11-time champions continued their domination through Chen Bo Yang-Liu Yi, who came out tops against Andika Ramadiansyah-Frederick Zhao, 21-8, 21-12 before third singles Lu Guang Zu completed the rout with his 21-7, 21-6 victory over Rishi Honda Boopathy. Speaking after the match at mixed zone, Guang Zu was pleased to see China made a strong start in the tournament.
“However, the campaign might get increasingly difficult as we go. We can’t let our guard down just because of a 5-0 win in the first match,” he said. China continued their show of dominance today as their Uber Cup team steamrolled Ukraine in straight set wins for a flawless 5-0 win in their Group A match.
World number four Chen Yu Fei opened proceedings with a 21-9, 21-14 win over Sofiia Lavrova followed by Han Yue’s 21-7, 21-12 victory against Anastasiia Alymova. Xu Wen Jing barely broke a sweat as she beat Raiia Almalalha 21-6, 21-6 for the winning point, and Jia Yi Fan-Zhang Shu Xian beat Alymova, who returned to the court with Mariia Stoliarenko 21-13, 21-12.
Li Yi Jing-Luo Xu Min then secured the clean sweep with a dominant 21-5, 21-8 win over Almalalha-Lavrova in 23 minutes. After the match, Yi Jing expressed her delight with the team’s perfect start and hoped China could maintain the same intensity in their next challenge against hosts Denmark tomorrow. — Bernama
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