On December 13, Beijing time, the BWF officially announced the schedule of the second matchday of the World Championships. On the first matchday, The national feather has won all six matches, and the second match day will still play three matches, which are two men's doubles and one women's singles matchup. In addition, famous players such as Acelon, Li Zijia and Anton Sen will also play on this matchday.
Ken Di and Chang Wang will play in Match 6 of Venue 1, against the Japanese duo of Kei Koga and Taiichi Saito. Koga/Taiichi Saito are currently ranked 20th in the world, while Ken Di and Chang Wang are ranked 40th in the world. The two sides met once at the 2019 Thailand Masters, when Koga/Taiichi Saito won in a reversal.
In another doubles match, Ou Xuanyi and Zhang Nan will face challenges from the Indian duo of George and Shukla. Ou Xuanyi and Zhang Nan are ranked 27th in the world, while their opponents are ranked 92nd in the world. The two sides have never played each other before, and this match is the first time they have met.
In the 13th match of venue 1, Zhang Yiman and Zhang Yanyi launched an encounter. Zhang Yiman is ranked 46th in the world, and Zhang Yanyi is ranked 35th in the world. The two are very close in terms of rankings, and this match is also the first meeting between the two sides.
In addition, in the men's singles, the No. 2 seed Acelon will meet Luo Jianyou, who is ranked No. 1 in the world and Luo Jianyou is ranked 22nd. The two sides have met a total of 4 times before, and Acelon has won the final victory. In last month's Indonesia Open final, Acelon defeated Luo Jianyou to win the championship.
Antonsen, ranked No. 3 in the world, will face Russia's Markov in the first round, and the two sides have met twice before, and Antonsen has won both matches. No. 6 seed Li Zijia will be challenged by Canada's He Shu in the first round of the competition, and in 2016 Li Zijia won the only meeting between the two.