Second crown for dominant China

Published: May 18, 2008, 8:18 pm

Tags: indonesia sports, indonesia thomas, indonesia uber, second crown for dominant china, thomas uber 2008

China defeated first-time finalist South Korea 3-1 on Sunday to clinch its third-straight Thomas Cup men’s badminton crown in Senayan, Jakarta. The victory highlighted China’s dominance over the badminton world after its women’s team romped Saturday to the Uber Cup title with a win over host Indonesia. With the double crown in the sport’s most prestigious team events, China looks a good bet to take home plenty of Olympic gold in front of their fans in Beijing in August. The Chinese men’s team, with three of world’s top four singles players and the second-ranked doubles team in the world, had a clear edge on paper over the Korean team, led by world No. 9 Park Sung-hwan. However, the Koreans refused to roll over and made China work for the victory. World number one Lin Dan, eager to make amends for his loss to Malaysian ace Lee Chong Wei in the semifinals, lost the opening game 21-10 to an in-form Sung-hwan. Looking nervous throughout the game and

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