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Debutant Kanta Tsuneyama delivers winning point for Japan to enter Thomas Cup Finals

Bangkok

Kanta Tsuneyama delivered the winning point against Denmark to take Japan into the Thomas Cup final.

The 21-year-old Tsuneyama put up a confident show to beat Jan O Jorgesen 21-18, 21-18 in the deciding match at the Impact Arena on Friday (May 25).

Earlier, Japan and Denmark were tied 2-2.

The 2014 Thomas Cup champions won the points through Kento Momota and Kenta Nishimoto, who played exceptionally well to blow away Viktor Axelsen and Hans-Kristian Vittinghus respectively.

Japan take on China in the final on Sunday (May 27, 2pm Malaysian time) and will be out to make it a double joy.

Japan have also made it to the Uber Cup final and take on surprise finalists Thailand on Saturday (May 26).

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Japan bt Denmark 3-2 (Kento Momota bt Viktor Axelsen 21-17, 21-9; Takeshi Kamura-Keigo Sonoda bt Mathias Boe-Mads Conrad-Petersen 18-21, 15-21; Kenta Nishimoto bt Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 21-19, 21-12; Takuto Inoue-Yuli Kaneko bt Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21-17, 16-21, 15-21; Kanta Tsuneyama bt Jan O Jorgensen 21-18, 21-11).