Thomas Cup for China Again

Favorite China won their fourth Thomas Cup title in a row and their eighth title. The master had better quality in skill and mental compared to Indonesia that they humbled the 13-time champion just 3-0.

Four-time All England and three-time world champion Lin Dan excelled Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat 21-7, 21-14 in just 44 minutes. Mighty Lin Dan effortlessly led the match in the first set. And the score was 11-1 for Lin Dan when the players took a break in the first set. Lin Dan won 5 smash winners and 7 net winners, compared to Taufik's 3 and 1.



In the beginning of the second set, Taufik tried to show some fight by leading 2-0, but Lin Dan was able to equalized the score until he left Taufik 7-4 and 12-5 to win 21-14 and clinched China's first point.

Lin Dan celebrated his win by hugging his coach after his win.

Lin Dan is happy with his straight-set win

I am tired, very tired. I hope to change my economy class ticket to first class when we return home tonight,” he said.

“I am happy to have got the chance to play (Lee) Chong Wei and Taufik and beating them both. They are two of the best players in the world. Chong Wei is still the most difficult player to play against.

“Today, we (Taufik and myself) tried to win the first point for our country. It was our responsibility to get the first point and I won.

“I put in a lot of effort in my win but I must say that I am not a class above the rest as many have made out. Chong Wei, Taufik and Peter (Gade Christensen) are at the same level.

“We have players like Chen Jin, Bao Chunlai and Chen Hong in the next group.”

Chinese team pose

In the second match, Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng fought hard to defeat 2008 Olympic gold medalists Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan 25-23, 16-21, and 21-12 - making China led 2-0.

In the last match, Indonesia's Simon Santoso surprised China's Chen Jin with a 19-21 first-set win. However, Chen Jin struggled to grasp the second-set win and downed Simon's mental in the third set that Chen Jin won easily 21-7. With a 19-21, 21-17, and 21-7 victory, Chen Jin contributed it to China's 3-0 win.

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Malaysia Thomas Cup team

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Back to Final

Roger Federer celebrates his win

Madrid - Defending champion Roger Federer reached his first final after Australian Open last January. He worked hard to outlast local player David Ferrer 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. He is closer to equalizing Andre Agassi's and Rafael Nadal's 17 ATP Masters Series or now ATP-Masters 1000 tally.

Last year's final will be repeated as Federer will take on Rafael Nadal who defeated another Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 4-6, 6-2, and 6-2 in the semi-final.

Federer said after his victory: "I think I served really well. In the first set, there was some of my best serving in a long time.

"I knew on clay I was always going to go through a tougher period as well. That's what happened in the second set. I was serving with the old balls, the next change was coming and then one game after, I missed the two first serves, double faulted on the third and I was down 0-40 and he took advantage of that and it just shows what a tough competitor he is.

"He's one of the great return players in the game on the second serve. He makes you work extremely hard and that´s why he´s been so successful on clay.

"He doesn't miss much and he fights like crazy and it works well. He´s really improved a lot of the last couple of years. So I knew the danger and I'm extremely happy that I prevailed."

This win becomes a boost for Federer to defend his French Open title next month.

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Korean Girls Make History

Kuala Lumpur (5/15) - For the first time in history, South Korea will bring home the Uber Cup after embarrassing defending champions China 3-1.

The Chinese girls who played today are in the top spots of the BWF World Ranking, like Wang Yihan (1), Ma Jin/Wang Xiaoli (1), Wang Xin (2), and Du Jing/Yu Yang (2). China had also beaten Korea five times previously in the Uber Cup final and they would do it again, so boasted the Chinese manager Li Yongbo. Despite that fact and remark, the Koreans were not overawed.

Bae Sung-hee boosted her teammates' spirit as well as depressing the opponent's side, conquering 2009 All England winner Wang Yihan in just straight sets 23-21 and 21-11.

In the second match, Lee Hyo-jung and Kim Min-jung extended their country's advantage. After struggling 18-21 in the first set, Lee and Kim were never left behind by Ma Jin and Wang Xiaoli to capture the second and third sets 21-12 and 21-15.

Wang Xin gave her country a moment to breathe by subduing Sung Ji-hyun 21-14, 16-21, and 21-7.

The fourth match was an exciting one. Lee Kyung-won and Ha Jung-eun well knew that they should win if they wanted to win the cup, while Du Jing and Yu Yang had to win also if they desired the cup to stay longer in their country.

Lee and Ha made a late start when they surrendered in the first set 19-21, but took the second 21-14. The third was the decider. Du and Yu saved 2 match points before bowing out 19-21.

The Koreans rushed into the court to celebrate their first ever Uber Cup victory.

"This is a historic day for Korean badminton. We reached the finals five times before and we were beaten in all five by China. But today it was a different story, we were not the second fiddle.

"We've had enough of losing to the Chinese. The players were determined to break the jinx and we did it in Kuala Lumpur," said Korean manager Kim Jong-soo.

Meanwhile, Li Yongbo blamed inexperience for the defeat of his team and covered his disappointment by saying that it would be boring if China kept on winning.

"So it is good to let Korea win the Cup to give badminton some variety," he conceded.

But he also admitted that the Koreans "deserve to lift the Cup. They were the better team."

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Too Powerful for Host

Kuala Lumpur (5/14) - China progress into Thomas Cup Final after destroying Malaysia 3-0. The defending champion is too powerful for the home players that all of the Chinese players only need two sets to win.

2008 Olympic gold-medalist and three-time world champion Lin Dan overcame world number one Lee Chong Wei 21-17 and 21-8 to give China their first point. Lin Dan also stopped Lee Chong Wei's unbeatable run in Thomas Cup.

In the end of the match, Lin Dan took off his shirt and performed a break dance.



“Malaysia have not won the Cup for 18 years and there were great expectations on him (Chong Wei).

“There was too much pressure on him,” said Lin Dan. “It is not that Chong Wei's game was predictable but, I think, he was under pressure and could not play his game.

“I knew that I could not let Chong Wei win the first point and I played well from the start. It was an important match for China too.”

Asked whether taking off his shirt was a celebration ritual for him, Lin Dan said humorously: “The first time I took off my shirt was at the 2004 Thomas Cup Finals. I was so happy when I defeated Peter (Gade-Christensen of Denmark). I was young then.

“This time, I took off to see whether I am as muscular as before!”

Lin Dan's head-to-head against Lee Chong Wei is now 13-5. While Lin Dan was happy, Lee Chong Wei was very sad.

“I’m disappointed and sorry for the fans as I could not deliver a point.

“It suddenly felt like the court was too small and I could not see any space to hit the shuttle. I was demoralised when he retrieved all my attacking shots,” said Chong Wei.

“He took a 10-3 lead in the opening game and that rattled me. I lost my focus and found it hard to narrow the gap,” said Chong Wei

“All of a sudden I felt that my standard had dropped. Lin Dan was too good today.”

“I didn’t play well today at all. I’m not giving any excuses or say that there was added pressure on me to deliver due to the large crowd. Lin was just too good today."

More Defeat

Fans were disappointed again when another world number one Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong were defeated easily by Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng in a 36-minute match, 15-21 and 21-10.

Boon Heong admitted that “we lost to a better pair”.

“They were good in all departments today. They were fast in their attack, solid in defence and able to read our game,” said Boon Heong.

“Overall, they were more solid. Kien Keat and I tried our best but it just did not happen for us.”

“We have lost to them in team events for four times. It is not because we are not good team players. We are but they were just too good today. We will work harder to get the better of them," said Kien Keat.

Ultimately, Chen Jin of China ended Malaysia with a 21-16, 21-7 victory over Wong Choong Hann.


Chen Jin shakes hand with Choong Hann

In the other semi-final which was held earlier, Indonesia beat Japan 3-1. After Taufik Hidayat defeat Kenichi Tago and Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan defeat Kenichi Hayakawa/Kenta Kazuno in comfortable two-set matches, Japanese Sho Sasaki stunned Simon Santoso 21-19, 13-21, and 21-11.

Japan almost equalized the score 2-2 when Hiroyuki Endo and Noriyasu Hirata chased Nova Widhianto/Alvent Yulianto's points in the second set. Left 15-20, Hiroyuki/Noriyasu made it 20-20 but failed to create a good finish that the Indonesian pair won 21-14 and 22-20.

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Uber Cup: Korea to Set Up Final Clash with Defending Champion

Lee Hyo-jung and Kim Min-jung celebrates win

Kuala Lumpur (5/13) - Defeating Japan 3-1 in Stadium Putra, Korea advances to Uber Cup final to face defending champion China.

Bae Seung-hee delivered first point for Korea as she vanquished Eriko Hirose 21-12 and 21-16. Lee Hyo-jung and Kim Min-jung contributed more point for Korea with a 21-19, 21-10 victory over Japanese Satoko Suetsuna and Miyuki Maeda.

Japan gained 1 point from their second singles player, Ai Goto, who subdued Bae Yoon-joo 21-10, 22-20. Finally, Lee Kyung-won and Ha Jung-eun brought Korea to their sixth final after defeating Mizuki Fujii/Reika Kakiiwa 21-14 and 21-18.

Korean team

In the other semi-final, China was too powerful for last Uber Cup runner-up Indonesia. Wang Yihan overthrew Maria Febe in an easy 37-minute match, 21-7 and 21-12. Moreover, world number one pair Ma Jin and Wang Xiaoli prevailed over Greysia Polii/Meiliana Jauhari 21-17, 21-13 before Wang Xin (left) clinched China's winning point with a 21-17, 21-15 triumph over Indonesia's Adrianti Firdasari.

After the match, coach Li Yongbo boasted his team will beat Korea in the final. "The final will be tough but the outcome will be same...we will win again. We have beaten the Koreans in our previous five meetings in the final. Come this Saturday, we will make it six,” said Yongbo.

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Double Repeated Matches

There are two same matches in Thomas Cup quarter-final: China vs. Korea and Indonesia vs. India. China had beaten Korea in the last Group A match 4-1 and Indonesia had beat India also 4-1 in the last Group D match.

And again, China downed Korea to ease into Thomas Cup semi-final. Both China and Korea used the same formation as yesterday. Lin Dan surpassed Park Sung-hwan again and this time was easier then the previous one. He only needed two sets to give China a 1-0 lead with a 21-16, 21-15 triumph.

"I am playing better and better. My form is okay but I will not underrate any opponent,"Lin Dan uttered.

Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng outshone Jung Jae-sung and Shin Baek-cheol 21-11, 21-16, continued by Chen Jin's 21-15, 21-12 win over Shon Wan-ho to give China a semi-final ticket.

In Indonesia clash, India failed to show any battle to Indonesia except for Kashyap Parupalli's striving to defeat Taufik Hidayat in the first match. However, he still lost 21-12, 10-21, and 17-21. In the second match, Markid Kido/Hendra Setiawan defeated Sanave Thomas and Akshay Dewalkar in straight sets, 21-16 and 21-17. Simon Santoso surmounted Arvind Bhat 21-8, 21-10 without any effort for the winning point.

Commenting the twice meeting with Korea, China manager Li Yongbo said that the redraw was very funny. "We played against the same line-up from Korea, on the same court and in the same stadium and won the same matches. Our fans at home might have thought it was a replay of the previous day's match. This is really funny."

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Japan 3-1 Germany; Malaysia 3-2 Denmark

Japanese Kenichi Tago successfully defeated Marc Zwiebler in the first men's singles match of Japan vs Germany. Zwiebler gave Kenichi a tough fight that Kenichi had struggled to win in rubber sets, 15-21, 21-18, and 21-18.

However, Michael Fuchs/Kristof Hopp stunned Hiroyuki Endo/Yoshiteru Hirobe 16-21, 21-19, and 24-22, tying 1-1. Sho Sasaki gave Japan a lead 2-1 with a 21-19, 21-17 victory until Kenichi Hayakawa and Kenta Kazuno conquered Ingo Kinderwater and Johannes Schoettler 21-16, 21-16 to book a semi-final place against Indonesia.

In other Thomas Cup match, Malaysia almost met the same fate as losing to Japan as they survived a scare to beat Denmark. It seemed clear that Malaysia would surely progress to the semi-final as Lee Chong Wei and Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong again made the lead 2-0.

Wong Choong Hann failed to score 3-0 that he went down 20-22, 21-16, and 18-21 by Jan O Jorgensen. And Zakry, now partnered with Hoon Thien How, added Denmark's joy to make the point 2-2 as the Malaysians bowed down to Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen 26-24, 12-21, and 19-21.

Joachim Persson did not use the opportunity to bring his team to the semi-final after losing to Hafiz Hashim 12-21 and 10-21. Malaysia won 3-2 to meet defending champion China in the semi-final.

Uber Cup Quarter-final Results:

Indonesia 3-0 Malaysia

Adriyanti Firdasari def. Wong Mew Choo

Greysia Polii/Nitya Krishinda def. Wong Pei Tty/Chin Eei Hui

Maria Kristin def. Tee Jing Yee

Japan 3-1 Denmark

Eriko Hirose def. Camilla Sorensen

Kamilla Rytter Juhl/Christinna Pedersen def. Satoko Suetsuna/Miyuki Maeda

Ai Goto def. Karina Jorgensen

Mizuki Fujii/Reika Kakiiwa def. Lena Frier Kristiansen/Maria Ropke

China 3-0 India

Wang Yihan def. Saina Nehwal

Ma Jin/Wang Xiaoli def. Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnapa

Wang Xin def. Sayali Gokhale

Korea 3-1 Russia

Bae Sung-hee def. Ella Diehl

Lee Hyo-jung/Kim Min-jung def. Valeria Sorokina/Nina Vislova

Tatjana Bibik def. Sung Ji-hyun

Ha Jung-eun/Jang Kyung-eun def. Ksenia Polikarpova/Anastasia Russkikh

China Top Group A

Kuala Lumpur (5/11) - As the defending champion, China topped both group A in Thomas and Uber Cup.

China beat last Thomas Cup runner-up Korea 4-1 to confirm their place as Thomas Cup Group A winner. Three-times world champion Lin Dan played Korean Park Sung-hwan in the first match. The match was not easy for the Chinese. He led the first set against Korean Park Sung-hwan 21-18. However, in the second set, Park forced Lin Dan to play deuce. 26-year-old Lin Dan finally conquered Park 25-23.

“I was not so focused in the second game but I was lucky at the net. I was prepared to play a rubber game at that point but it did not happen,” Lin Dan said after the match.

“I think Sung-hwan is capable of playing a much better game. He certainly did not give a 100% effort today.”

Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng played their first match in Thomas Cup, defeating Shin Baek-cheol and Jung Jae-sung 21-11 and 21-12. Finally, Chen Jin assured the winning of China by beating Shon Wan-ho 21-14 and 21-13.

China failed to win perfect 5-0 as their second men's doubles pair, Guo Zhendong/Xu Chen, bowed down in the hands of Yoo Yeon-seong/Ko Sung-hyun in a three-set match, 19-21, 21-19, and 19-21. In the last match, Bao Chunlai surmounted Lee Hyun-il 21-18 and 21-15.

In the Uber Cup, China showed their class to Malaysia as they mastered the latter 5-0. Instead of playing their best singles' player Wong Mew Choo, Malaysia place Sanatasah Saniru to meet world number one Wang Yihan. Wang beat Sanatasah in a comfortable 21-11, 21-8 win.

It seemed that Malaysia had surrendered from the first that they did not play their best doubles pair also. Goh Liu Ying and Ng Hui Lin played against Ma Jin and Wang Xiaoli. Again the Chinese pair overpowered Goh an Ng 21-18, 21-10. Wang Xin clasped the winning after subdueing Tee Jing Yi 21-12 and 21-5. Yu Yang/Du Jing and Jiang Yanjiao added China two more points.

Home Falls to Japan, Tazari Shows Bad Manner

Watched by their fans, Thomas Cup home team Malaysia was humbled surprisingly 2-3 by Japan. The deciding key to Japan's victory is Sho Sasaki's win over 33-year-old Wong Choong Hann in the second singles match. Even though Lee Chong Wei and Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong had won in the first two matches, Japan did lose their power and hope as they rose from early defeat.

Sho subjugated Choong Hann to made the point 1-2 in straight sets, 21-17, 21-18. Choong Hann, who was recalled to the national team, said, "I was hesitant and was comfortable with the way I played. I was playing against Sasaki for the first time and he did well to play a patient game.

After Choong Hann's defeat, Zakry and Fairuzizuan Tazari brought more grieves to the fans as they lost 15-21, 12-21 to Kenichi Hayakawa and Kenta Kazuno. Even Tazari could not control himself after receiving jeers from emotional fans and reacted to them. But he quickly apologized at the press conference with tears in his eyes.

Japanese Shoji Sato put Japan to the top of Group B as he won the deciding match against Hafiz Hashim in three sets, 21-10, 14-21, and 21-18.

"I am disappointed with what some of the fans did to Zakry and Fairuzizuan. Yes, maybe it was not their good day but booing and criticizing us openly is not the way to do it," commented Zakry and Tazari's compatriot Chong Wei.

"As a team captain, I feel for my teammates. No one in my team is playing to lose. They are here to give their best."

Uber Cup results:

Japan 5-0 Russia

South Korea 4-1 India

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A Boost for Korea to Face China

In the second day of Thomas and Uber Cup in Stadium Putra, Kuala Lumpur, South Korea Thomas Cup Team played a good start with a 5-0 win over Peru even though their greatest player, Lee Yong-dae, were not present. 21-year-old Lee was not called to play for his country due to injury.

Their young player Shon Wan-ho played the first match and downed Andreas Corpancho 21-9 and 21-15. Yoo Yeon-seong and Cho Gun-woo gave Korea their second point with a 21-14, 21-10 triumph over Antonio de Vinatea/Martin del Valle. Hong Ji-hoon brought Korea to a winning 3-0 lead.

Korea did not play Lee's regular, senior partner, Jung Jae-sung, in their first match, but playing Shin Baek-cheol and Kim Ki-jung in the fourth match. Shin and Kim extended the lead to 4-0 before veteran Lee Hyun-il's easy 21-8, 21-5 win over Rodrigo Pacheco made Korea win 5-0.

Sony's Injury Gives India 1 Point

Indonesia Thomas Cup team was not quite lucky as their second singles player, Sony Dwi Kuncoro, suffered back injury. Sony had won 21-19 in the first set against Arvind Bhatt. However, Bhatt defeated Sony in the second set 21-9 before Sony withdrew. Sony's retirement made the point 2-1 for Indonesia after Taufik Hidayat's and Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan's earlier victories.

Nonetheless, Alvent Yulianto/Hendra Gunawan, who played the deciding match, were able to change the situation after a lose in the first round to Rupesh Kumar and Diju Viliyaveetil. The Indonesian pair won 14-21, 21-13, and 21-11. Simon Santoso completed the victory by vanquishing Anup Sridhard 21-8, 21-17.

Japanese Thomas Cup team defeated Nigeria, who lost walkover to Malaysia yesterday, 5-0. Kenichi Tago, Kenichi Hayakawa/Kenta Kazuno, and Sho Sasaki ensured Japan by their straight-set victories. In the last two matches, singles player Shoji Sato overpowered Nigerian Abah Eneojo 21-9 and 21-11 in 25 minutes, and Noriyasu Hirata/Hirokatsu Hashimoto finished the match with 21-4, 21-13 win.

The Last Consolation

London - As their two greatest missiles were back to play together again, Arsenal showed their supremacy to Fulham with four goals by Andrei Arshavin, Robin van Persie, Carlos Vela, and a Fulham own goal. Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski once again made a clean sheet. After they never won in the last four Premier League matches, this victory was like a refreshing air for the Gunners.

Arshavin, who returned after injury, scored Arsenal's first goalat the 21st minute. The Russian gets the ball to the byline, comes back to a more comfortable angle and firest into the back of the net.

Five minutes later, Theo Walcott controlled the ball on the right and pulled it back to van Persie but hit the bar. But the ball came back to him and smashes it right into the net.

And once again, Walcott crossed from the right but the ball was deflected. Fortunately, Fulham player Chris Baird turned the ball into his own net.

The score was 3-0 until half-time. At the 77th minute, Carlos Vela substituted Arshavin, and he scored Arsenal's fourth goal seven minutes later.

Arsenal finished third in the final standing of the English Premier League with 75 points. Tottenham, losing 4-2 to relegated Burnley, was behind Arsenal with 70. Chelsea won their fourth English Premier League title after finishing Wigan 8-0 with 85 points. Manchester United stayed in the second with one point behind Chelsea.

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Thomas Cup: Smooth Start for Seeded Teams

Kuala Lumpur - In the first day of Proton-BWF Thomas and Uber Cup 2010, seeded teams did not find any trouble.

First-seeded Thomas Cup team China grabbed the victory easily 5-0 over Peru in Group A first match. 2008 Olympic gold-medalist Lin Dan opened the match by competing against Antonio de Vinatea in straight sets, 21-4 and 21-6. Chen Jin continued the lead 2-0 as he beat Andreas Corpancho. And Chen Long made sure for China's win as he beat Rodrigo Pacheco.

Two last matches which were men's doubles matches were won easily by Chinese pairs, Guo Zhendong/Xu Chen and Chai Biao/Zhang Nan.

“My opponent was not strong but I took this opportunity to play against him seriously. I tried all my strokes. Now, I have a better idea on what to expect in this stadium. It was a great warm-up session for me,” Lin Dan said after the match. The three times world champion also looked forward and prepared to meet South Korea.

"South Korea are still a strong team even without their top players, (Lee) Yong-dae. Our team have a day's rest and will be ready for the battle against the Koreans," he said.

Second-seeded Indonesia also conquered Australia 5-0. They did not play Sony Dwi Kuncoro as the second singles player, so Simon Santoso replaced Sony. And Simon did well as he made Indonesia lead 3-0 with a 21-13 and 21-4 triumph over Chad Whitehead.

Meanwhile, the home team Malaysia gained a matchless win because their opponent, the Nigerian players, did not arrive at stadium on time. Thus, it was announced that Malaysia won 5-0 with every players won 21-0, 21-0.

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Thomas and Uber Cup Selected Squad

Thomas Cup..........................................................Uber Cup

China (1/1)

Lin Dan..............................................................Wang Yihan
Chen Jin.............................................................Wang Xin
Bao Chunlai........................................................Wang Shixian
Chen Long..........................................................Jiang Yanjiao
Xu Chen..............................................................Ma Jin
Guo Zhendong...................................................Wang Xiaoli

Cai Yun..............................................................Yu Yang

Fu Haifeng..........................................................Du Jing

Chai Biao............................................................Tian Qing

Zhang Nan.........................................................Pan Pan

Indonesia (2/4)

Taufik Hidayat..................................................Maria Febe

Sony Dwi Kuncoro...........................................Adriyanti Firdasari

Simon Santoso.................................................Maria Kristin

Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka............................Lindaweni Fanetri

Markis Kido......................................................Greysia Polii

Hendra Setiawan.............................................Nitya Krishinda Maheswari

Alvent Yulianto................................................Shendy Puspa Irawati

Hendra Aprida Gunawan................................Meiliana Jauhari

Muhammad Ahsan..........................................Anneke Feinya Agustin

Nova Widhianto...............................................Lilyana Natsir

Malaysia (3/6)

Lee Chong Wei..................................................Wong Mew Choo

Wong Choong Hann..........................................Tee Jing Yi

Muhammad Hafiz Hashim...............................Sannatasah Saniru

Tan Chun Seang...............................................Sonya Cheah

Koo Kien Keat...................................................Chin Eei Hui

Tan Boon Heong...............................................Wong Pei Tty

M Zakry Abdul Latif.........................................Woon Khe Wei

M Fairuzizuan Tazari.......................................Vivian Hoo

Hoon Thien How..............................................Goh Liu Ying

Ong Soon Hock.................................................Ng Hui Lin

Denmark (4/5)

Peter Gade.......................................................Camilla Sorensen

Jan O Jorgensen..............................................Karina Jorgensen

Joachim Persson..............................................Line Kruse

Viktor Axelsen.................................................Mette Poulsen

Kenneth Jonassen...........................................Maria Ropke

Mathias Boe......................................................Lena Frier Kristiansen

Carsten Mogensen..........................................Kamilla Rytter Juhl

Jonas Rasmussen............................................Christinna Pedersen

Lars Paaske.....................................................Mia Schjott-Kristensen

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Korea (5/2)

Park Sung-hwan..............................................Bae Seung-hee

Shon Wan-ho....................................................Sung Ji-hyun

Hong Ji-hoon....................................................Bae Youn-joo

Lee Hyun-il.......................................................Lee Yun-hwa

Shin Baek-cheol...............................................Jung Kyung-eun

Ko Sung-hyun...................................................Ha Jung-eun

Yoo Yeon-seong...............................................Kim Min-jung

Jung Jae-sung..................................................Jang Ye-na

Kim Ki-jung......................................................Lee Hyo-jung

Cho Gun-woo...................................................Lee Kyung-won

Japan (6/3)

Kenichi Tago.....................................................Eriko Hirose

Kazushi Yamada..............................................Ai Goto

Sho Sasaki.........................................................Sayaka Sato

Shoji Sato..........................................................Yu Hirayama

Hiroyuki Endo..................................................Mizuki Fujii

Kenta Kazuno...................................................Reika Kakiiwa

Kenichi Hayakawa...........................................Mami Naito

Hirokatsu Hashimoto......................................Shizuka Matsuo

Noriyasu Hirata.................................................Miyuki Maeda

Yoshiteru Hirobe..............................................Satoko Suetsuna

(/) means (seed in Thomas Cup/seed in Uber Cup)