PROTON-BWF THOMAS CUP 2010 FINALS: Easy start for champs
News 9:59 AM
Defending Thomas Cup champions China opened their campaign with an easy 5-0 hammering of Peru at the Putra Stadium in Kuala Lumpur with only one match - Chen Long's 31-minute 21-11, 21-8 victory over Rodrigo Pacheco - lasting more than half an hour.
Chai Biao-Zhang Nan's 21-12, 21-8 win over Pacheco-Andres Corpancho was the quickest match, lasting a mere 19 minutes as China completed all their matches in 112 minutes.
While there was no doubting the outcome, it was the way his players when about crushing Peru which pleased China's head coach Li Yongbo the most.
Speaking to the Chinese media, the former world champion said: "I'm proud our players didn't take Peru lightly. They didn't hold anything back, even after we secured an unassailable 3-0 lead.
"We are not focusing on South Korea as that match will decide the Group A champions. I hope the boys will be able to repeat today's performance."
China will meet South Korea on May 11, a day after the Koreans meet Peru.
Meanwhile, Japan survived an early scare in the Uber Cup when their top singles player, Eriko Hirose, lost 21-15, 21-12 to Germany's Juliane Schenk.
The Asian giants, however, came back strongly to register a 4-1 victory to take a step closer to qualifying for the quarter-finals. Germany will look to bounce back when they play Russia on Monday.
AFTERNOON RESULTS
THOMAS CUP
GROUP A
China 5 Peru 0 (Lin Dan bt Antonio De Vinatea 21-4 21-6; Chen Jin bt Andres Corpancho 21-9, 21-8; Chen Long bt Rodrigo Pacheco 21-11, 21-8; Guo Zhendong-Chen Xu bt Antonio De Vinatea-Martin Del Valle 21-6, 21-6; Chai Biao-Zhang Nan bt Rodrigo Pacheco-Andres Corpancho 21-12, 21-8)
GROUP D
Indonesia 5 Australia 0 (Taufik Hidayat bt Jeff Tho 21-12, 21-12; Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan bt Ross Smith-Glenn Warfe 21-14, 24-22; Simon Santoso bt Chad Whitehead 21-13, 21-4; Nova Widianto-Muhammad Ahsan bt Raj Veeran-Jeff Tho 21-13, 21-6; Dyonisius Hayom Rumbaka bt Stuart Gomez 21-12, 21-10)
UBER CUP
GROUP B
Indonesia 5 Australia 0 (Maria Febe Kusumastutibt Leanne Choo 21-13, 21-5; Greysia Polii-Nitya Krishinda Maheswari bt Renuga Veeran-He Tian Tang 21-16, 21-11; Adriyant Firdasari bt Erica Pong 21-12, 21-5; Shendy Puspa Irawati-Lilyana Natsir bt Kate Wilson Smith-Eugenia Tanaka 21-13, 21-11; Maria Kristin Yulianti bt Chia Chi Huang 21-6, 21-13
GROUP C
Japan 4 Germany 1 (Eriko Hirose lost Juliane Schenk 15-21, 12-21; Mizuki Fujii-Reika Kakiiwa bt Carla Nelte-Johanna Goliszewski 21-16, 21-18; Ai Goto bt Karin Schnaase 21-15, 21-10; Satoko Suetsuna-Miyuki Maeda bt Juliane Schenk-Birgit Overzier 21-17, 18-21, 21-11; Yu Hirayama bt Fabienne Deprez 21-16, 21-3)
While there was no doubting the outcome, it was the way his players when about crushing Peru which pleased China's head coach Li Yongbo the most.
Speaking to the Chinese media, the former world champion said: "I'm proud our players didn't take Peru lightly. They didn't hold anything back, even after we secured an unassailable 3-0 lead.
"We are not focusing on South Korea as that match will decide the Group A champions. I hope the boys will be able to repeat today's performance."
China will meet South Korea on May 11, a day after the Koreans meet Peru.
Meanwhile, Japan survived an early scare in the Uber Cup when their top singles player, Eriko Hirose, lost 21-15, 21-12 to Germany's Juliane Schenk.
The Asian giants, however, came back strongly to register a 4-1 victory to take a step closer to qualifying for the quarter-finals. Germany will look to bounce back when they play Russia on Monday.
AFTERNOON RESULTS
THOMAS CUP
GROUP A
China 5 Peru 0 (Lin Dan bt Antonio De Vinatea 21-4 21-6; Chen Jin bt Andres Corpancho 21-9, 21-8; Chen Long bt Rodrigo Pacheco 21-11, 21-8; Guo Zhendong-Chen Xu bt Antonio De Vinatea-Martin Del Valle 21-6, 21-6; Chai Biao-Zhang Nan bt Rodrigo Pacheco-Andres Corpancho 21-12, 21-8)
GROUP D
Indonesia 5 Australia 0 (Taufik Hidayat bt Jeff Tho 21-12, 21-12; Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan bt Ross Smith-Glenn Warfe 21-14, 24-22; Simon Santoso bt Chad Whitehead 21-13, 21-4; Nova Widianto-Muhammad Ahsan bt Raj Veeran-Jeff Tho 21-13, 21-6; Dyonisius Hayom Rumbaka bt Stuart Gomez 21-12, 21-10)
UBER CUP
GROUP B
Indonesia 5 Australia 0 (Maria Febe Kusumastutibt Leanne Choo 21-13, 21-5; Greysia Polii-Nitya Krishinda Maheswari bt Renuga Veeran-He Tian Tang 21-16, 21-11; Adriyant Firdasari bt Erica Pong 21-12, 21-5; Shendy Puspa Irawati-Lilyana Natsir bt Kate Wilson Smith-Eugenia Tanaka 21-13, 21-11; Maria Kristin Yulianti bt Chia Chi Huang 21-6, 21-13
GROUP C
Japan 4 Germany 1 (Eriko Hirose lost Juliane Schenk 15-21, 12-21; Mizuki Fujii-Reika Kakiiwa bt Carla Nelte-Johanna Goliszewski 21-16, 21-18; Ai Goto bt Karin Schnaase 21-15, 21-10; Satoko Suetsuna-Miyuki Maeda bt Juliane Schenk-Birgit Overzier 21-17, 18-21, 21-11; Yu Hirayama bt Fabienne Deprez 21-16, 21-3)
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