On December 14, 2021, the Badminton World Championships entered the second round of the competition, the national men's singles sent good news, Lu Guangzu 2-1 reverse Chinese Taipei star Zhou Tiancheng, ending the three consecutive defeats between the two sides, the first victory over the world's fourth to advance to the round of 16, Li Shifeng lost 1-2 to India's Srikant, men's doubles Liu Cheng / Huang Kaixiang lost 1-2 to the Japanese combination of Homu Zhuolang / Kobayashi Yugo, the women's team won two games.
Li Shifeng had a prominent performance in this year's Thomas Cup, the upset victory over Japan's famous Changshan Kanta, the young player after 00, became the focus of Chinese fans' attention, the second round against the famous Srikanter, who once ranked first in the world in the men's singles, Li Shifeng played 21-15 to take the lead, Andricante took the lead, with 21-18, 21-17 consecutive sets, reverse Li Shifeng to advance to the round of 16.
Lu Guangzu challenged Chinese Taipei star Zhou Tiancheng, the latter ranked fourth in the world, the gap between the strength of the two is large, Lu Guangzu has never won Zhou Tiancheng, all aspects are in the ascendant, Lu Guangzu's game experience is very rich, but the winning rate in the face of top masters is too low.
In the first set, Zhou Tiancheng led 11-8 into the midfield timeout, and after returning, Zhou Tiancheng expanded the point difference to 17-11, followed by 21-14 first, and in the second set, Zhou Tiancheng fell behind to 9 draws, Lu Guangzu scored 2 points and 11-9 lead, Zhou Tiancheng stepped up the offensive, the two sides launched a fierce battle, Zhou Tiancheng stabilized his position and chased to 14 draws, Lu Guangzu scored 6 points in a row 20-14 innings, followed by a 21-15 equalizer.
Tiebreaker 8 draw Lu Guangzu scored 3 points and led 11-8 consecutive points, and then Lu Guangzu led in an all-round way, Zhou Tiancheng gradually lost physical strength, Lu Guangzu played steadily, and finally locked up the victory at 21-15, 2-1 reverse Zhou Tiancheng to advance to the men's singles round of 16, which was the first time in Lu Guangzu's career to defeat Zhou Tiancheng, made a major breakthrough, and then there was Zhao Junpeng's game, his opponent was Japanese teenager Watanabe Hanggui.
The men's doubles were eliminated by the Japanese combination for two consecutive games, first the World Youth Champion Wang Chang / Di Zijian lost 0-2 to Koga Hui / Saito Taiichi, followed by Liu Cheng / Huang Kaixiang lost 1-2 to Hoki Zhuo lang / Kobayashi Yugo, Liu Cheng partner Zhang Nan won the World Championship, the coaching staff arranged two people to lead the young players to participate, now it seems that the effect is not ideal, there are still Tan Qiang / He Jiting, Zhang Nan / Ou Xuanyi.
The women's singles trio advanced to the round of 16, He Bingjiao defeated France's Bartomeini 21-12, 21-15, Han Yue and Zhang Yiman's opponents withdrew from the game due to injury, and Wang Zhiyi's match was not played, the women's doubles Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan swept the Peruvian combination Salazar / Regal 21-11, 21-4, Olympic champion Chen Yufei was absent due to injury, He Bingjiao's performance is worth looking forward to, may bring unexpected surprises.