Fu Haifeng, right, and Zhang Nan of China celebrate after defeating Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa of Japan in their final match during the 2015 S
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Fu Haifeng, right, and Zhang Nan of China celebrate after defeating Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa of Japan in their final match during the 2015 Sudirman Cup BWF World Mixed Team Championships in Dongguan city, south China's Guangdong province, 17 May 2015. China won their sixth consecutive Sudirman Cup on Sunday (17 May 2015), defeating Japan, which had reached the badminton tournament's finals for the first time. Thousands welcomed home team China with horns and drums as they entered and huddled to chants of "go China, go", with jeers heard when the Japanese team arrived on the court in the southern Chinese city of Dongguan. China swept Japan 3-0 in a series of tightly contested matches during the final day of the event, with Chinese superstar Lin Dan jumping in the air and pumping his fist after winning his men's single match against Japan's Takuma Ueda 21-15, 21-13. "It (the win) means a lot to me because I was in the men's singles for the finals and made the contribution for our team's win, " Lin told reporters after receiving his gold medal. But the 31-year-old Lin also said he felt a bit nervous coming into the match. "I had the confidence to beat Ueda, but I couldn't tell why I felt a little nervous and pressure when I played the game, " he said. "We wanted to have the consecutive win to keep the Sudirman Cup in China, " he added. Lin also said that the Japanese badminton team would be a strong opponent for China in the upcoming Thomas Cup in 2016. China's Li Xuerui, the top seeded women's singles player, exchanged leads with her opponent Akane Yamaguchi in the first game, but ultimately handed Yamaguchi a defeat, winning 23-21, 21-14. China's Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan also contributed to the nation's tenth win at the Sudirman Cup, which was first held in 1989, winning 21-17, 20-22, 21-17 in a tight men's doubles against Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa.