People's Daily Online, Beijing, May 6 (reporter Ou Xingrong) "It's a big challenge for me to be appointed as the captain of the National Feather Men's Team. I think the best thing I can do is to win all six matches in the Thomas Cup this year." Shi Yuqi said at the post match press conference of the National Feather Men's Team's Team's recapture of the Thomas Cup, "I really feel very happy to make contributions to the national feather championship."

On the evening of May 5, members of the Chinese team celebrated their championship at the award ceremony. Photographed by Jiang Hongjing, reporter of Xinhua News Agency

In the peak match on the evening of the 5th, Guoyu Men's Team defeated Indonesia 3:1 and won the Thomas Cup again after six years, which was the 11th time in the team's history. At the same time, the National Feather Men's Team was even more shameful. After all, in the past two Thomas Cup, it was the Indonesian team that blocked the Chinese team from climbing to the top.

Shi Yuqi can be called the "Sea Stabilizing Needle" of Guoyu Men's Team in this Thomas Cup, winning all six appearances. In the final, Shi Yuqi took the lead as a single player. In the face of Jin Ting, the seventh ranked player in the world, he simply swept the opponent with a big score of 2-0. In the second game, he scored a huge score of 21:6, laying a good start for the Chinese team to win the championship.

In the second set, Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang, who ranked first in the world, played against Alfian/Adianto, who ranked seventh in the world. The game was inextricably fought. After the first game of "Liang Wang Combination" was hard won, the second game was leveled by the opponent. In the decisive game, after the two sides were 17 tied, Wang Chang stole scores from the opponent's backcourt repeatedly and locked the victory with 21:17. Wang Chang said after the game: "It depends on who dares to play the key ball after the 17 draw. I dare to steal the back court, and he dare to rush the front court. I have a good communication with my partner. After the service, the division of labor is clear, and the key points are well prepared."

The two singles duel was launched between Li Shifeng and Jonathan, who has become famous for a long time and is in excellent condition this year. They have successively won the All England Championship and the Asian Championships. The two have played six times before, and Jonathan has a clear advantage of 5 wins and 1 loss. Li Shifeng showed tenacious willpower in this game, but he still lost after three games with the other side. Li Shifeng said after the game that the other side's strength was really strong. He came on with an aggressive attitude and wanted to catch up with the score at the final stage, but he failed to reverse it.

He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu played the role of "Terminator" again after the semi-final. They played against Fikeri/Mullana as the second pair. In the cheering of the whole audience, they fully demonstrated the technical characteristics of fast and consistent in front of the net, no longer gave the opponent any chance to overturn, and won the decisive victory in two straight sets to help China defeat India. After the match, Ren Xiangyu said happily that it was a good feeling to win the world championship with his own hands. He felt that everything was worth it.

In the Uber Cup final on the morning of the 5th, the women's team of Guoyu defeated Indonesia 3-0, winning the cup for the 16th time in history. Therefore, the men's team of Guoyu won the Thomas Cup again, which became the second time that the Chinese team won the "Tang You Double Cup" after 2012. Zhang Jun, president of the China Badminton Association, said at the post match press conference: "It will undoubtedly play a positive role in the team's momentum and morale to regain the Tang You Cup. We will be more confident to win gold and silver at the Paris Olympic Games."

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