Pan Am M&F Cup 2024 Recap

Two teams represented the U.S. in the Pan Am M&F Cup in Sao Paulo, Brazil between February 15-18, 2024.

The Pan Am M&F Cup is the continental event to determine the country that will represent Pan Am at the 2024 Thomas & Uber Cup Finals. The Team Events format at the Pan Am Cup is based on the Thomas/Uber Cup format where each tie consists of three singles and two doubles.

The USA Men’s Team was in Group B with Brazil, Mexico, and Paraguay. The USA Women’s Team was in Group A with Peru and Mexico.

Finishing 3rd in Group B, USA Men’s Team beat El Salvador 3-0 in the 5th-8th place match, and secured 5th place by winning 3-0 against Peru.

In the Pan Am Cup Men’s Team event, the U.S. is represented by:

Howard Shu
Enrico Keoni Asuncion
Ryan Ma
Garret Tan
Arthur Heng Lee
Samuel W Li
Kelvin Chong
Kai Chong
Jeffrey Chang
Nicholas Chiu

Coming out of Group A in 1st place, USA Women’s Team defeated Brazil 3-0 in the semifinals and lost 0-3 to Canada in the Finals. Finishing second in the tournament.

In the Pan Am Cup Women’s Team event, the U.S. is represented by:

Beiwen Zhang
Ella Lin
Esther Shi
Veronica Yang
Francesca Corbett
Allison Lee
Annie Xu
Kerry Xu
Katelin Ngo
Joline Siu

Special thank you to Men’s Team Head Coach Abhishek Ahlawat, Women’s Team Head Coach Andy Chong, Assistant Coach for both teams Coach Ben Lee and Team Manager Esther Lin, for supporting our athletes in Brazil!

We are very proud of our athletes’ achievements at Pan Am M&F Cup 2024!

Pan Am Cup Women's Team Qualifying for Uber Cup Finals 2024

On February 21, 2024, the USA Women’s Team was invited to participate in the 2024 Thomas & Uber Cup Finals. The tournament will be hosted from April 27 – May 5, 2024, in Chengdu, China.

BWF rankings from February 20, 2024, were used to determine the teams that qualify through World Rankings.

The following players will represent USA in the Uber Cup Finals (*replacement due to withdrawal):

Beiwen Zhang
Ella Lin
Esther Shi
Veronica Yang
Annie Xu
Kerry Xu
Katelin Ngo
Joline Siu
Chloe Ho*
Alice Wang*

The 2024 Uber Cup team will be supported by Team Manager Esther Lin, Head Coach Andy Chong, and Assistant Coach Abhishek Ahlawat. Stay tune for more updates!

Let’s go USA!

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