Olympics-Badminton-Indonesia's Gideon and Sukamuljo lead 'group of death'


FILE PHOTO: 2019 Badminton World Championships - St. Jakobshalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland - August 21, 2019 Indonesia's Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon during their second round men's doubles match against South Korea's Choi Solgyu and Seo Seung Jae REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

TOKYO, Japan - Four key men's doubles teams - dubbed by the Badminton World Federation as "the group of death" - will take over two courts side-by-side on Saturday just after noon in Tokyo, in matches that already have the badminton world a-buzz.

What is formally known as Group A pits teams from Indonesia, Taiwan, India and Britain against one another - the former three are ranked top-10.

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