TOKYO, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Defending champions China sailed into the finals for the 12th time in a row at the Uber Cup badminton championships here after beating Germany on Thursday.

    Germany, who advanced to the last four for the first time in history, could not cope with their Chinese opponents as they gave up the match in the first two singles and one doubles.

    "We know that the two teams are not on the same level, so we are aiming to learn something from world top team China," said 31-year-old Chinese German player Xu Huaiwen, adding that they just relaxed themselves in the match.

    "We are going to prepare perfectly, and I am quite confident that no team can stop our winning streak," Chinese head coach Li Yongbo said of the finals on Saturday.

    In the first singles, Olympic champion and world number one Zhang Ning had to work hard to defeat struggling Xu, winning at 21-17 and 21-14.

    Then the Chinese went to a 2-0 lead after reigning world champion Xie Xingfang also finished the second singles 21-17, 21-16.

    The winning point of the match came to China in the following second doubles as the world and Olympic champions Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen ousted Michaela Peiffer and Sandra Marinello 21-9, 21-4. The match lasted one hour and 50 minutes.

    China, targeting for the fifth title in a row this time, entered the world most prestigious women team event in 1984, collecting altogether nine titles in the previous 11 performances.Enditem