SUZHOU, China, May 21 (Xinhua) — China was topped on the 2023 Sudirman Cup after whitewashing South Korea 3-0 within the remaining right here on Sunday.
With the triumph, the hosts have thus clinched the title thrice in a row, and received 13 championships up to now 18 editions.
Mixed doubles Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong recovered from one recreation all the way down to beat Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jung 18-21, 22-20, 21-8 earlier than Shi Yuqi made it 2-0 by thrashing Lee Yun-gyu 21-13, 21-17 within the males’s singles.
“I think because of our firm belief and the aura we exuded, our opponents were a little bit scared, and they obviously missed the last two receivers, which I think is probably not a coincidence,” Zheng advised Xinhua.
“We are very united and we also have a good mentality on key points. So I think these are the strengths of the Chinese team,” Shi added after the essential tie.
Olympic girls’s singles champion Chen Yufei sealed the victory for China after defeating world No. 2 An Se-young 21-16, 22-20.
“She was in good shape and won a lot of matches, but I didn’t think too much about it, I went into the match with the mindset of learning from her,” Chen stated as she recalled how she felt on the courtroom.
With the hard-fought victory, in-form Chen broke her three-time dropping streak in opposition to An and enabled the holders to efficiently defend their title.
“It was a tough experience to win the championship. The mixed team competition is a little different from other matches because it requires the whole team to work together and believe that we can get through no matter what adversity or desperation we encounter,” the Chinese Badminton Association president Zhang Jun defined to Xinhua after the match.
“For us, the most difficult team to play is South Korea, the second is Japan and the third is Indonesia, and we have played against the three strongest teams all the way through,” he added. “I think our players performed very well by demonstrating the spirit of never giving up until the last point.”
China, essentially the most profitable group in event historical past, additionally received revenge as they have been surprised 3-2 by South Korea within the remaining six years in the past.
The biennial event, hosted in Suzhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province, has attracted large consideration because it serves as the primary qualifying event for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The 2025 Sudirman Cup will proceed to be held in China, with the host metropolis to be decided.