Confidence was tinged with circumspection when representatives of the top teams discussed their chances on the eve of the TOTAL BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2018 in Bangkok

Players like Viktor Axelsen (Denmark), Chen Long (China) and Nozomi Okuhara (Japan) and their respective national coaches Kenneth Jonassen, Xia Xuanze and Park Joo Bong alike agreed that this edition of the World Men’s and Women’s Team Championships was too close to call. Perhaps for the first time in many years, several teams were arriving with balanced squads, with depth in singles and doubles, making the outcome difficult to predict.

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