Dominate the badminton world

Chapter 335 The Thomas Cup Begins
On May 2014, 5, the Tongyou Cup competition finally ushered in.

Early in the morning, Wang Yu set off from the hotel with the team. With anticipation and indomitable momentum, he went to Siri Fort Sports Complex and started his journey for the Thomas Cup.

As for the men's team, the result of the draw has come out, and the Chinese team has been placed in Group D. The opponents are Russia, France, and Taiwan.

The first is the group round robin, and all five games must be played.

For the Chinese team, the opponents in Group D are basically no threat. Even if Wang Yu does not make it, the Chinese team will not have a big problem in qualifying.

From the 18th to the 21st, there are group matches for 4 consecutive days. After the top two of each group qualify, the quarter-finals will be held on the 22nd.

On the 23rd is the semi-final, on the 24th the Uber Cup final, and on the 25th the Thomas Cup final, which means that the men’s team players have a day off on the 24th, which is just right for everyone A more exciting game.

However, after the Chinese team came to the venue, the men's team did not have any games in the morning or afternoon. The Chinese men's team's game was at [-]:[-] pm. The reason why they came so early was to quickly adapt to the atmosphere of the scene. Most of the time they would train in the training hall.

Wang Yu is also practicing with his teammates on the training ground, among which Du Pengyu and Lin Dan are practicing against each other, and Wang Yu and Chen Long are practicing against each other.

While taking the ball with Wang Yuping, Chen Long said, "This is your first time participating in the Thomas Cup, are you nervous?"

Wang Yu held the racket with his forehand, continued to press down the ball that Chen Long had pushed back, and said with a smile, "Why should I be nervous, and I have never lost before. As long as you can stand it, then it is not a big problem."

"Hehe." Hearing this, Chen Long raised his eyebrows, chuckled, and said, "The only person I fear is Li Zongwei, but he is mostly left to you to deal with, there is no pressure at all."

Wang Yu nodded with a smile and didn't speak, but he knew it. In Wang Yu's memory, in the Thomas Cup in 14, the Chinese team played against the Japanese team in the semi-finals. Tian Erxian, the team's first men's singles match, was defeated by Tian Erxian with a big score of 2-0 against Chen Long, which stunned countless fans and Chinese people, and caused countless people to curse.

"It's so pitiful..." Wang Yu looked at Chen Long with some sympathy, and when he was seen by Chen Long, his face was slightly taken aback.

Seeing Wang Yu's eyes full of pity, Chen Long couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, let's continue practicing." Wang Yu smiled and murmured, "This time I will take the lead, but the rest will be up to you..."

In fact, Wang Yu was still a little worried. Although he was sure of winning, this was a team competition after all, and one person's win or loss could not represent the team.

There are a total of five games, as long as you lose three games, you lose.

Wang Yu glanced at Lin Dan who was training with Du Pengyu, and comforted himself: "With Chen Long's current strength, there are not many people who can threaten him. As long as I win with him, Brother Dan will have a chance to play. He... There should be no problem!"

Lin Dan has rarely participated in competitions in the past two years. The only highlight moment was last year's World Championships, which made Wang Yu feel somewhat uneasy.

Feeling that, when Lin Dan was hanging with Du Pengyu, he turned his head to look at Wang Yu, and smiled at Wang Yu: "What? Do you want to fight me now?"

"That can't be done. If we want to fight, we have to go to the arena, hahaha." Wang Yu laughed loudly, and then practiced against Chen Long.

During the whole day on May 5th, Wang Yu and the others spent time at the training ground, and only went to the arena to watch the games of other teams when they were resting.

The time soon approached [-] o'clock, and the Chinese team also stopped training around [-] o'clock, but went back to pack up, relax, and replenish supplies. At around [-] o'clock, the Chinese team came to the field to prepare.

In the first round of the group stage, the Chinese team will play against the French team in Court No. 53.

Although Wang Yu is the number one men's singles player in the Chinese team, after discussions with Li Yongbo and his coaching staff, it was decided that Wang Yu would not be allowed to play in the group stage, and Du Pengyu would play as a substitute.

When playing against the French team, Chen Long became the first men's singles, Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan were the first men's doubles, Lin Dan was the second men's singles, Cheng Yanchen and Long Haotian were the second men's doubles, Du Pengyu was the third men's doubles one.

Watching Chen Long and France's Bliss Lifordes play, Xia Zexuan said beside Li Yongbo worriedly: "Isn't this arrangement too risky?"

"If they can't even win, then we won't be able to win in the future." Li Yongbo said calmly: "Don't worry, even if there is a change, it will not be too late to adjust the next group."

Xia Xuanze nodded slightly, sat down next to Li Yongbo, and quietly watched Chen Long play.

Wang Yu sat behind the coaches with other teammates, with a slight smile on his face. He had no objection to Li Yongbo's arrangement.

Du Pengyu and Cheng Yanchen are substitutes. If they can't play in the group stage, it will be difficult to have a chance to play in the following games.

As for Lin Dan, it is necessary to let Lin Dan play to regain the feeling of the game. Wang Yu understands very well, and Wang Yu does not want to waste time and energy on these small fights. This arrangement also makes him worry-free.

In the first match between Chen Long and Bliss Liverders, Chen Long did not disappoint everyone. He crushed his opponent 2-0 with a big score and scored a good start for the Chinese team.

Then there was the match between Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan. The two also defeated the No. [-] men's doubles of the French team without any pressure.

It was Lin Dan's turn to play in the third match. Although Lin Dan hadn't played for a long time, he was the king of badminton after all. Facing the little-known players of the French team, he won easily.

Although in the match between the Chinese team and the French team, the Chinese team has won three out of three games, but the competition stipulates that the group stage must play all five games, so in the fourth game, Cheng Yanchen and Long Haotian still need to continue to represent the Chinese team. .

Cheng Yanchen and Long Haotian were just substitutes. Like Wang Yu, it was their first time to participate in this level of competition, but they did not have Wang Yu's experience and strength to support them, so nervousness was inevitable.

"There's nothing to be nervous about. We've already won. You should seize the opportunity. This is an opportunity to train the two of you." Wang Yu patted Cheng Yanchen's shoulder, smiled and encouraged Cheng Yanchen and Long Haotian.

Although Cheng Yanchen and Long Haotian knew they had already won, they didn't want to lose. Unfortunately, the French team's second men's doubles team had much more practical experience than Cheng Yanchen and Long Haotian. 11 lost games.

In the second game, Cheng Yanchen and Long Haotian made some adjustments, but they still couldn't save the defeat. In the end, they lost to the French team's second men's doubles with two losses.

In the last match, Du Pengyu played as the third men's singles. After all, Du Pengyu was once ranked second in the world, and he easily defeated the third men's singles of the French team.

So far, the first round of the Group D group stage has ended, and the second round will be played on the 19th, also at [-]:[-] pm.

At that time, the opponent of the Chinese team will be replaced by the opponent sent by the disobedient young son of China, who is destined to be beaten by his father's team.

　The summer class is over, and I found that it has not been updated for a long time. I have been reviewing my homework for the past two days, and I am also searching for the information of the Tangyou Cup that year, and then resumed updating one after another.

　　
　
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