China meets South Korea in final
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May 26, 2013, Sunday
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EIGHT-TIME champion China reached its 10th consecutive Sudirman Cup final yesterday, seeing off Denmark in Kuala Lumpur and setting up a clash for the title with South Korea.
Three-time champion South Korea reached its seventh Cup final with a 3-1 defeat of Thailand in the other semifinal.
Today's final will be the fourth time between the two countries. South Korea beat China in 2003 but lost in 1997 and 2009, but China has dominated the Sudirman Cup over the past decade.
It has shown some vulnerability this week, however, surviving an earlier scare in the quarterfinals when Indonesia dragged it to the limit.
Yesterday, world and Olympic champions Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng fell 16-21, 17-21 to Denmark's world No. 1 pair Carsten Mogensen and Mathias Boe in the men's doubles.
"They (Cai and Fu) have beaten them in many big tournaments, including the Olympic final a year ago. It was just not their day," said China coach Li Yongbo.
But China made the final thanks to a straightforward 21-15, 21-12 victory by the mixed doubles pair Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei over Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen.
Chen Long also got past Jan O Jorgensen 21-16, 21-16 in the men's singles, and Olympic champion Li Xuerui crushed 19-year-old Line Kjaersfeldt 21-13, 21-9 in 26 minutes.
Denmark head coach Lars Uhre said China was just too strong. "We always believe we can beat China but it didn't happen today. Denmark and the rest of the world will have to work harder to stop China's domination," he said.
Ko Sung-hyun was the hero for the South Koreans, winning his mixed and men's doubles matches. "It wasn't easy. The match was very different from that of our group encounter (South Korea won 5-0). This is the semifinals and it is definitely harder," said Ko.
Ko and Kim Ha-na outplayed former All-England runners-up Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thoungthongkam 21-18, 21-19 in only 26 minutes.
Thai veteran Boonsak Ponsana then levelled the match when he thrashed Lee Dong-keun 21-9, 21-12.
Ko and Lee Yong-dae made it 2-1 for South Korea with a comprehensive 21-12, 21-11 victory over Maneepong Jongjit and Nipitphon Puangpuapech.
Sung Ji-hyun then outplayed three-time world junior champion Ratchanok Inthanon 21-17, 21-14 to clinch victory against the Thais, who were in their first-ever Sudirman semifinal.
Three-time champion South Korea reached its seventh Cup final with a 3-1 defeat of Thailand in the other semifinal.
Today's final will be the fourth time between the two countries. South Korea beat China in 2003 but lost in 1997 and 2009, but China has dominated the Sudirman Cup over the past decade.
It has shown some vulnerability this week, however, surviving an earlier scare in the quarterfinals when Indonesia dragged it to the limit.
Yesterday, world and Olympic champions Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng fell 16-21, 17-21 to Denmark's world No. 1 pair Carsten Mogensen and Mathias Boe in the men's doubles.
"They (Cai and Fu) have beaten them in many big tournaments, including the Olympic final a year ago. It was just not their day," said China coach Li Yongbo.
But China made the final thanks to a straightforward 21-15, 21-12 victory by the mixed doubles pair Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei over Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen.
Chen Long also got past Jan O Jorgensen 21-16, 21-16 in the men's singles, and Olympic champion Li Xuerui crushed 19-year-old Line Kjaersfeldt 21-13, 21-9 in 26 minutes.
Denmark head coach Lars Uhre said China was just too strong. "We always believe we can beat China but it didn't happen today. Denmark and the rest of the world will have to work harder to stop China's domination," he said.
Ko Sung-hyun was the hero for the South Koreans, winning his mixed and men's doubles matches. "It wasn't easy. The match was very different from that of our group encounter (South Korea won 5-0). This is the semifinals and it is definitely harder," said Ko.
Ko and Kim Ha-na outplayed former All-England runners-up Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thoungthongkam 21-18, 21-19 in only 26 minutes.
Thai veteran Boonsak Ponsana then levelled the match when he thrashed Lee Dong-keun 21-9, 21-12.
Ko and Lee Yong-dae made it 2-1 for South Korea with a comprehensive 21-12, 21-11 victory over Maneepong Jongjit and Nipitphon Puangpuapech.
Sung Ji-hyun then outplayed three-time world junior champion Ratchanok Inthanon 21-17, 21-14 to clinch victory against the Thais, who were in their first-ever Sudirman semifinal.
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