Beijing time on December 14 news, the 2021 Badminton World Championships women's singles first round, the national featherweight youngster Zhang Yiman eliminated Zhang Yanyi 2-0, and because the next round opponent Okuhara hopes to retire, therefore, Zhang Yiman passed two levels in a row and entered the women's singles round of 16. Olympic champion Zhang Nan played in the men's doubles and easily advanced. Kuniyu also suffered a loss, and Di Zijian's partner Wang Chang was defeated by the Japanese combination!
Zhang Yiman, 24, once beat Olympic champion Li Xuerui in 2019. At this year's National Games, Zhang Yiman finally ranked 5th in the women's singles competition!
Today, Zhang Yiman represented the Chinese team in the World Championships, won the opening red, her opponent is Zhang Yanyi, and finally won two straight sets, 21-10, 21-13.
After winning, Zhang Yiman passed on the good news again, and the No. 3 seed, Japan's famous Okuhara, hoped to retire, so Zhang Yiman directly reached the round of 16.
On this match day, Guoyu also had 2 men's doubles matches, and Zhang Nan, the Olympic champion and world champion of Guoyu, played with Ou Xuanyi to defeat George/Shuhukara 21-15, 21-14 to advance to the second round.
Zhang Nan, 31 years old, is now a Grand Slam player, winning many championships including the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the Asian Games, the Asian Championships and so on. As early as 10 years ago, he became the world champion of badminton. At the London Olympics, Zhang Nan partnered with Zhao Yunlei to win the gold. However, Zhang Nan eventually married another teammate of Guo Yu, Tian Qing. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Zhang Nan partnered with Fu Haifeng and won the men's doubles gold medal. Over the past year, Zhang Nan has been plagued by injuries and illnesses. Now, the 31-year-old veteran is finally back!
The other pair of men's doubles was not so lucky, Di Zijian partner Wang Chang was out of the World Championships, they were 9-21, 13-21 Koga Kei / Saito Taiichi, missed the round of 32.
Starting at 18:00 Beijing time on December 14, more national featherweight players will play, including singles players such as Li Shifeng, He Bingjiao, Lu Guangzu, and other singles players, as well as women's doubles combinations such as Chen Qingchen/ Jia Yifan. At 2:00 a.m. Beijing time on December 15, the mixed doubles defending champion combination Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong will play.