Hosts China stormed into the semifinals of badminton's Sudirman Cup after sweeping Indonesia 3-0 here.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
China, who have won 12 of the past 17 editions and have never missed the semifinals, will next take on Japan, who edged Thailand 3-2 earlier on Friday, reports Xinhua.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mixed doubles pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong suffered a scare before rallying past Rinov Rivaldy and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja in the opening tie.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Indonesian duo took the first set 21-13, but Zheng and Huang recovered to clinch the second 23-21. The Chinese pair kept their momentum to win the decider 21-11.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Neither of us felt very nervous, but maybe because of that, we didn't notice that our bodies were too relaxed to play," Huang commented on the thriller.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We haven't played the mixed team competition for a long time, so I was a little overwhelmed when I came on court," said Zheng.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"When we were 19-14 down in the second set, I suddenly felt like there were clear chants and cheers behind us. Then we believed we had something to lean on."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Shi Yuqi also came back from 18-12 down in the first set to win his men's singles tie 22-20, 21-14 against Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, before Olympic women's singles champion Chen Yufei secured the holders' semifinal berth by beating Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in straight sets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"There are endless possibilities in the mixed team competition," Shi said of his comeback win. "In a team competition, you must have faith to win."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Men's singles world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen retired from his match against Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia due to a left hamstring injury as Denmark were eliminated 3-1.<\/p>\r\n\r\n