2016 TOTAL BWF Thomas-Uber Cup Finals - Day 4 (18th May) : Group Stage

Venue : Kunshan Sports Center Stadium, Kunshan-Jiangsu Province, CHN

Category : BWF Events (non prize money)

BWF page : http://bwfbadminton.com/events/2594/total-bwf-thomas-uber-cup-finals-2016/

Tournament website : http://en.ks2016.com/

Live Streaming :
- http://videostream.dn.ua/videopage/videoPage.php?g=c2J2b2JoK2F0Y3ZsbmhZ&c=en&i=eWlhaXVidGd1bA№f№f
- http://www.zoptv.com/live/cctv-5
- http://www.zoptv.com/live/cctv-5-plus

CHN time : http://www.worldtimezone.com/time/wtzresult.php?CiID=16739&forma=Find Time

THOMAS Cup
Malaysia defied the odds to tackle Korean men's team who much relied on their formidable doubles category. 2014 runner-up scooped all three singles discipline thorugh captain Lee Chong Wei, the much-improved Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin and 2015 SEA Games gold medalist Chong Wei Feng. Group C has completed all matches, both MAS and KOR advance to last eight, England managed third position as they beat Germany 4-1.

Indonesia assured quarterfinal spot after pocketed second winning in group B, defeated team Thailand, 4-1. The experimenting pair Dechapol/Issara denied former champion to create clean-sweep, they overcame Indonesian young duo Gideon/Sukamuljo in rubber games.

Team India must ended their journey here as they suffered second defeat narrowly, 2-3 to Hong Kong men’s team. They will complete the group B fixture against the favourite Indonesia tomorrow. Sai B Praneeth and Sourabh Varma once again scored points for their team, this time to tackle two HKG veterans who often surprise top players, Hu Yun and Wei Nan.

Denmark and Chinese Taipei grab quarterfinal spot as both of them blanked weak team, New Zealand and South Africa respectively. TPE’s first singles Chou Tien Chen was troubled by Jacob Maliekal in second game, needed extra point to sealed the match, 21-14 / 22-20.

UBER Cup
A close battle of DEN v MAS begun day three tournament, Danish women’s team led 2-0 earlier through Line Kjaersfeldt and world number five Pedersen/Juhl then teen wonder Goh Jin Wei also scratch pair Goh LY/Vivian Hoo leveled it 2-2. The winning point was decided by third singles, Anna Thea Madsen ended Malaysian route to book last eight, she lost first game narrowly to Ho Yen Mei, 22-24 then bounced back in next two games comfortably, 21-13 / 21-13.

Team Thailand topped group C after defeated INA 3-2 in thrilling atmosphere, particularly the last two matches, Kititharakul/Prajongjai guaranteed Thailand won 3-1. Indonesian reserve player, Gregoria Mariska saved three match point before prevailed, 22-20 against the more experienced NIchaon Jindapon. INA women's team finished as runner-up of group C.

Another whitewash for title-holder China against Spain, Wang Shixian spent 87 minutes in very close battle to stun two-time world champion Carolina Marin, then lopsided matches for four remaining ties. Hong Kong managed third position of group C, they edged past Bulgaria 3-2. Group D leading team, Japan and India as predicted secure quarterfinal berth, eliminated Australia and Germany.

DAY 4 Schedule (three sessions, 08.30am/01.30pm/07.00pm, 4 court) => http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/s...FF39E5-3CE5-4D78-A9E6-4199026B3C5D&d=20160518

*Morning session [08.30am]

THOMAS Cup
- DEN v TPE (court 1) => https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/...98FF39E5-3CE5-4D78-A9E6-4199026B3C5D&match=56
Title contender Denmark will top group D considering their higher-ranked status, Axelsen v Chou TC should be tight contest while second singles Jorgensen has advantage to knock out Hsu JH.

- FRA v MEX (court 3) =>https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/...98FF39E5-3CE5-4D78-A9E6-4199026B3C5D&match=16
The inspiring French men’s team did a wonderful job to push heavyweight team, China and Japan worked hard, they will grab third position of group A.

UBER Cup
- ESP v MAS (court 2) => https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/...98FF39E5-3CE5-4D78-A9E6-4199026B3C5D&match=95
Carolina Marin will be challenged by the reigning world junior champion Goh Jin Wei, team MAS drops Tee Jing Yi who failed to fulfill expectation.

- MRI v USA (court 4) => https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/...8FF39E5-3CE5-4D78-A9E6-4199026B3C5D&match=111

On afternoon session a do or die match will pit Thailand Thomas team v Hong Kong to determine who will join Indonesia in knock-out stage. These two teams defeated India narrowly then lost to group B leading contender, Indonesia.

Japan Uber team will take on India, two engaging duel of their leading ladies at stake, Nozomi Okuhara v Saina Nehwal and Akane Yamaguchi v P.V. Sindhu. Another Uber Cup frontrunner, Korea will be tested by Chinese Taipei, first and second singles will feature possible line-up, Sung Ji Hyun v Tai Tzu Ying and Bae Yeon Ju v Pai Yu Po. The doubles category should go to KOR through Chang YN/Lee SH and Jung KE/Shin SC.

Tomorrow’s evening session will present host China completes their group stage fixture, Uber team should no problem to keep their winning record against European champion Denmark. A strong resistance is predicted will coming from first doubles Pedersen/Juhl who will face either Tang YT/Yu Y or the Olympic Champion Tian Q/Zhao YL.

Revenge in the air for China men’s team as they will be all out ro redeem bitter memory two years ago in New Delhi. Sho Sasaki will be first real test for Chen Long to carry his burden and paving the way for China to grab group A top position, the sluggish Lin Dan will find resilient Takuma Ueda and Tian Houwei is potentially will face tricky Riichi Takeshita. The doubles category will offer possible clash, Fu HF/Zhang N v Endo/Hayakawa and Li JH/Liu YC v Kamura/Sonoda. China is favoured to tame the weakened defending champion but they should be extra wary for Japanese superb fighting spirit.

Knock-out draw will be conducted tonight after the last match is completed.