Chin’s players celebrate with the trophy after their victory over Japan in Nanning on May 26, 2019.
Japan have never won the badminton world mixed-team championship and their search goes on after they were well beaten 3-0 in the Chinese city of Nanning. Roared on by the home crowd, China went 1-0 up through their men’s doubles and then took a 2-0 lead after a captivating women’s singles match between Chen Yufei and Akane Yamaguchi.The world No 1 had defeated second-ranked Shi four times in five previous meetings, including last year’s world championship final.
The 23-year-old Shi raced to the second game 21-5 and took that searing momentum into the decider, winning the third game – and with it the Sudirman Cup – 21-11.
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