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Sudirman Cup: Team USA Results

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May 13, 1999 (NEW SHUTTLENWS) - Following are the round-robin match results for Team USA at the world mixed team championships of badminton that is being played in Copenhagen, Denmark this week (Team USA was playing in Group A of the fourth division and was trying to win promotion to the third division):

USA versus Switzerland - May 10 (Names of USA players first)
USA lost to Switzerland 2 matches to 3
(Mixed Doubles - Mark Manha and Yeping Tang lost to Morten Bundgaard and Santi Wibowo 1 game to 2
Men's Singles - Kevin Han beat Markus Arnet 2-0
Women's Singles - Yeping Tang beat Corinne Joerg 2-0
Men's Doubles - Mark Manha and Chris Hales lost to Thomas Wapp and Remy Matthey De L'Etang 1-2
Women's Doubles - Lily Chen and Elie Wu lost to Corinne Joerg and Fabienne Baumeyer 0-2)

USA versus Czechia - May 11 (Names of USA players first)
USA beat Czechia 4-1
(Mixed Doubles - Chris Hales and Yeping Tang lost to Jan Vondra and Hana Prochazkova 1-2
Men's Singles - Kevin Han beat Jan Vondra 2-1
Women's Singles - Yeping Tang beat Eva Brozova 2-1
Men's Doubles - Mark Manha and Kevin Han beat Jan Frohlich and Jan Vondra 2-1
Women's Doubles - Lily Chen and Elie Wu beat Hana Prochazkova and Eva Brozova 2-0)

USA versus Iceland - May 12 (Names of USA players first)
USA beat Iceland 3-2
(Men's Singles - Kevin Han beat Tomas Wiborg 2-0
Women's Singles - Yeping Tang beat Sara Jonsdottir 2-0
Women's Doubles - Lily Chen and Elie Wu lost to Brynja Pettursdottir and Vigdis Asgeirsdottir 0-2
Men's Doubles - Mark Manha and Kevin Han beat Broddi Kristjansson and Tryggvi Nielsen 2-1
Mixed Doubles - Chris Hales and Yeping Tang lost to Svein Solvasson and Drifa Hardardottir 0-2)

Team USA, Iceland and Switzerland finished with identical 2 win - 1 loss records. Iceland had the better games won-games lost ratio which is used as a tiebreaker and gained the right to play for promotion to the third division against Wales, the winner of Group 4B (Wales beat Iceland in the promotion playoff).

Team USA came in third behind Switzerland after the tiebreaking system was applied and they will play Group 4B third-placer Poland tomorrow to decide fifth and sixth places in the fourth division.

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