Thomas Cup: Tien Chen inspires Taiwan to stunning win over Denmark

CHENGDU: Taiwan pulled off the biggest upset of the Thomas Cup 2024 so far by toppling one of the tournament favourites, Denmark, with a convincing 3-...

Taiwan’s Chou Tien-chen reacts after winning a point against Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen during their men’s singles quarter-final match at the Thomas and Uber Cup badminton tournament in Chengdu, in China’s southwest Sichuan province. - AFPPIX

In today’s match, Chou Tien Chen, the world number 14, was instrumental in Taiwan’s victory as he battled for 68 minutes to defeat world number one Viktor Axelsen with scores of 21-19, 14-21, 21-19, securing the first point for his country at the Chengdu High-Tech Sports Zone Centre. However, world number four Anders Antonsen gave a glimmer of hope to Denmark by reducing the deficit to 2-1 when he came from a game down to subdue Lin Chun-Yi 14-21, 21-10, 21-14 in 72-minutes.

Taiwan’s previous best record in the world’s most prestigious badminton team tournament was advancing to the quarter-finals three times before in 2016, 2018 and 2022.

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