China are Thomas Cup champions once again!
Title No.10 was won after a pitched Men’s Doubles battle that swung late in China’s favour, giving them a 3-1 win over Japan in the title clash of the TOTAL BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2018 today in Bangkok.
Having arrived at the event with a glittering cast of World and Olympic champions, China recaptured the Cup that they’d last held aloft in 2012.
And yet, while the Chinese team boasted of many a big name, it was the young pair of Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen that saw them through after the most riveting of all the Men’s Doubles matches in the competition – a contest that was so nearly Japan’s.
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