China's men and women teams scored easy victories Sunday at the Thomas and Uber Cups Badminton Championships, on an opening day in which favorites all won comfortably. China's men's team, chasing a third straight Thomas Cup, swept Nigeria 5-0. Playing at Jakarta's Senayan Sports Palace, the world's top men singles player Lin Dan beat Nigeria's Greg Orobosa Okuonghea 21-6, 21-11 while third-ranked Bao Chunlai outclassed Akeem Ogunseye 21-9, 21-3. The remaining singles match and both doubles were all won in straight games by the No. 1 seed China. In other men's results Sunday, the only realistic non-Asian title contender Denmark signaled its threat to China's title ambitions with a 5-0 demolition of New Zealand and Malaysia swept England 5-0 as all the top teams made strong starts. In the only closely contested tie, Thailand won the final two matches to beat Germany 3
