Competition time-table Daily Schedule/Result/LiveScore : https://bwfthomasubercups.bwfbadmin...wf-thomas-and-uber-cup-finals-2022/2022-05-08 GROUP STAGE DRAW *GROUP D : New Zealand is replaced by USA team LIVE TV COVERAGE 2020 MEDALISTS THOMAS Cup Gold - Indonesia Silver - China Bronze - Denmark & Japan UBER Cup Gold - China Silver - Japan Bronze - Thailand & Korea Less than a year, just seven months precisely one of BWF major team events rolling again that offering more or less same squad and rivalry between title contenders. Men's team competition presents more intrigue and potential to spark an unexpected outcome, on contrary it's slim chance to expect a deviation in Uber Cup result as women's team complete strength still limited on few nations. ROCKY ROAD TO REPEAT Defending Champion Indonesia still big favourite to extend glory one more time but little bit worrisome emerges that might undermine their solidity to witness the fluctuation of singles players performance especially Anthony Ginting. Fourteen-time champion as usual will banking on doubles prowess as winning contributor. The top-seed is drawn in tough group alongside Korea, Thailand and Singapore, resemblances last edition group of death where none of group rival is minnow rather than challenging opponent including Singapore which has experienced impressive development lately through Loh KY and Terry Hee/Loh KH. The unheralded KOR also home team as well which relying on their singles, powered by recent GER Open winner Kunlavut Vitidsarn are strong candidate for runner-up position. The nearly unstoppable Viktor Axelsen spearheads Danish team which once again is slated to be closest rival for title holder. Denmark has more depth than other group B member as their squad consists of seasoned-campaigners. Last year beaten finalist China has no better option than handing over the onus to back-ups, coming-of-age shuttlers as Shi YQ is facing one-year ban from CBA, impact of his grotesque decision to retire in Thomas Cup semifinal against Momota plus unacceptable answer in post-match interview which tarnish sportivity. French deploys very minimized squad which comprises of 6 players only where Popov brothers have double duties. Chance is wide open for 5/8th seed India to topple more fancied Chinese Taipei and tops Group C, Sen-Srikanth-Prannoy and Rankireddy/Shetty are capable enough to beat TPE mainstays like Chou TC, Wang TW and Lee/Wang who scored sensational story in Tokyo OG but being off the radar recently and didn't produce any stand out performance since then. Being group winner, Indian team might go further in this tournament to avoid the faves in last eight. Group D will serve riveting contest which contains unpredictability to determine the winner between Japan and Malaysia. The key factor possibly would depend on first singles whether Lee or Momota could lead earlier as morale booster for next matches and overall team. The off form Kento Momota raises high doubt whether he could regain finest touch just in time following a number of lacklustre performances lately. Lee Zii Jia brimming confidence after pocketed BAC title will lead MAS team to get better result here. In Aarhus, JPN beat MAS, 4-1 in group stage. THE UNSTOPPABLE CHINA? China is the team to beat despite only occupies 3/4th seed due to their players lower ranking as impact taking non-stop absence in BWF tournament however the quality doesn’t subside. The star-studded team will feat powerful singles players, no huge gap detected between number 1, 2 and 3 in terms of technical skill despite the Olympic Champion Chen Yufei seems lack of sterling feat since clinched Olympic gold in Tokyo last Summer. Their surprising stuff perhaps goes to second doubles as highly likely the scratch pair will be fielded since the beginning of tournament as they only bring Chen/Jia as established pair. Arch-rival Japan arrives in Bangkok with complete cast this time, Yamaguchi-Okuhara-Takahashi plus three remarkable doubles combinations Fukushima/Hirota, Matsumoto/Nagahara and Matsuyama/Shida as the backbone to reclaim the coveted women’s team trophy. The well-balanced team Japan should be no problem to top group A with their depth in almost all department though Okuhara performance hasn’t convincing yet, she retired in first round of Badminton Asia Championships recently. Korea and Thailand are next in line which probably might derail those primary contenders ideal script. Korea relying on the teen gem An SY and stalwart doubles players but vulnerable in second and third singles while Thailand strong point laying on singles department that led by former World Champion Ratchanok Intanon. Some regular notable protagonists had been registered to enforce their respective team, Tai Tzu Ying, Carolina Marin and Pusarla Sindhu as well. DAY-1 | GROUP STAGE (09.00am, 02.00pm, 07.00pm) : https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/...68E080-BF68-463C-ACA6-AAFFA60C31C0&d=20220508
Lakshya Sen slotted as MS1 ahead of Dikambi? Dikambi’s rank is lower than Lakshya’s? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I can^t paste the url here. Go to rtmklik and click rtm for the live stream. For this match, the commentary is in English.
There are many different sessions this early in the tournament, I still have hope that Gill will appear.
Dikambi?. You mean kidambi?. He is 11 in the rankings. So, Sen will be top MS player and kidambi will be 2nd singles player. Prannoy be the 3rd. There is another player in the group who topped the selection trials. I dont know when he will be allowed to play.
