Jakarta (ANTARA) – Several countries have sent teams containing star players to the 2021 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Badminton, which will take place in Vantaa, Finland, from September 26 to October 3.
Reported by the official website of the BWF, China as the most dominant team with 11 titles in the Sudirman Cup will appear with a fairly strong team, including two representatives of the Olympic gold winners, namely the women’s singles Chen Yu Fei and mixed doubles Wang Yi Lyu / Huang Dong Ping.
In the absence of Olympic silver medalist Chen Long in the roster, the responsibility of the Chinese men’s singles will rest on the shoulders of Shi Yu Qi. He will be supported by Lu Guang Zu and Youth Olympic Games champion Li Shi Feng.
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In the women’s singles sector, Chen Yu Fei will be reinforced by 21-year-old He Bing Jiao and Wang Zhi Yi.
Men’s doubles mainstays Li Jun Hui / Liu Yu Chen are not yet in the squad, but China still have other talents, including Liu Cheng, Feng Yan Zhe, He Ji Ting and Tan Qiang.
Kento Momota leads the Japanese team
Japan will not be reinforced by its leading double men such as Takeshi Kamura, Keigo Sonoda and Hiroyuki Endo in the Sudirman Cup 2021. However, the Land of the Rising Sun can count on finalist Kejuaraan Dunia Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi serta Akira Koga / Taichi Saito.
In addition, Japan will also be bolstered by a number of other star players, such as Kento Momota, Nozomi Okuhara, Akane Yamaguchi, Mayu Matsumoto, Wakana Nagahara, Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino.
Indonesia sends experienced players
Indonesia, which plans to win the Sudirman Cup after 1989, will field a squad made up mostly of experienced players, including world champions Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan, Kevin Sanjaya / Marcus Fernaldi Gidoen and Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto.
Olympic gold medalists Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu will lead the women’s doubles team, which will also be reinforced by Siti Fadia Silva / Ribka Sugiarto.
Olympic bronze medalists Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Jonatan Christie and Shesar Hiren Rhustavito bolstered the men’s singles squad. Meanwhile, 19-year-old Putri Kusuma Wardani and her teenage colleague Ester Nurumi Tri Wardoyo will support Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in the women’s singles sector.
Praveen Jordan / Melati Daeva Oktavianti and Rinov Rivaldy / Pitha Haningtyas Mentari will be responsible for the mixed doubles.
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Denmark full power
Denmark has the best team led by Olympic gold medalist Viktor Axelsen.
Axelsen will be supported by other top players, such as Mia Blichfeldt (women’s singles), Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (men’s doubles), Sara Thygesen and Maiken Fruergaard (women’s doubles) and Mathias Christiansen and Alexandra Boje (mixed doubles) ).
Taiwan tanpa Tai Tzu Ying dan Lee Yang / Wang Chi Lin
Taiwan won’t send their strongest team as they are without world number one Tai Tzu Ying and Olympic gold medalist in men’s doubles Lee Yang / Wang Chi-Lin. World number 11 in men’s singles Wang Tzu Wai will also not participate in this mixed team tournament.
Thus, the world number four men’s singles Chou Tien Chen will assume the responsibility of being the captain of the Taiwan team.
Likewise, India will be deprived of its flagship players in women’s singles, namely Pusarla V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal.
Meanwhile, Malaysia decided not to field the two top-ranked mixed doubles to represent the team at the 2021 Sudirman Cup. However, they chose Hoo Pang Ron / Cheah Yee See and Cen Tang Jie / Peck Yen Wei. .
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Reporter: Shofi Ayudiana
Editor: Fitri Supratiwi
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