Chilled! Badminton World Championships mixed doubles top seeds Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong first game out

In the early morning of Beijing time this morning, the Badminton World Championships being held in Huelva, Spain, ended the third day of competition. Mixed doubles top seed and defending champions Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong broke out in the first match and were reversed by the "Second Combination" in Hong Kong, China, 1-2. Men's singles player Lu Guangzu once again picked out the high ranking players and advanced to the round of 16.

The "IELTS" combination was very eager to test the results of the training with the competition, but unfortunately lost the first game. Courtesy of Visual China

■ Two-pair mixed pairs were eliminated

At the Tokyo Olympics, the national mixed doubles "IELTS" combination, which once sat firmly at the top of the world ranking for many years, lost to teammates Wang Yilu /Huang Dongping in the final. In the subsequent Shaanxi National Games, the two once again lost to the "Yellow Duck" combination in the final. After winning silver in two consecutive competitions, the "IELTS" combination did not play with the team in the Sudirman Cup and the Toyo Cup, but made adjustments for a period of time. During this period, the two participated in some business activities, and Zheng Siwei also entered the marriage hall.

In this World Championships, in the absence of Olympic champion Chen Yufei and the "Yellow Duck" combination, the "IELTS" group made a comeback as a leading figure and won three consecutive championships. Before the game, Zheng Siwei said that after a period of adjustment, his injury recovery was better, and his state was also good, and he was very eager to use the game to test the training results.

As the top seed, the "IELTS" group had a first-round bye, and the second round welcomed The Hong Kong group of China and the world's 28th-ranked Zhang Dezheng / Wu Yongyao. Although the opponent is not very famous, it has been tied with the "IELTS" combination in the previous two encounters. In this encounter, the "IELTS" combination in the first game always had the advantage, taking the lead 21-16. In the second set, the situation on the field suddenly changed, Zhang Dezheng / Wu Yongyao completely occupied the initiative, always maintained the lead, and pulled back a city 21-13. In the decider, the "IELTS" combination was still passive from the opening stage, trying to catch up without results, and finally lost another set at 17-21, and was eliminated in the first game.

Another mixed doubles pair, Ou Xuanyi and Feng Xueying, also failed to qualify, with the young Chinese duo losing 2-0 to the European Championship winner of The New Branch and the Russian Badminton Association's Alimov/Daviletova, the winner of the European Championships in Xinke.

In addition, after the first round bye of the main players Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan and He Bingjiao, the main players of the national feather, also completed the debut battle in this round, and both passed the level 2-0. The "Mortal Dust" combination took only 25 minutes to sweep a pair of Peruvian players 21-11, 21-4. After the game, Jia Yifan said that he and his partner had not won medals in the first two competitions, "I hope there will be a breakthrough this time." "National Feather" No. 2 women's singles "He Bingjiao" eliminated The World No. 58 French player Bartomo with a 2-0 elimination, and also successfully advanced to the round of 16.

In addition, in a men's doubles competition, Liu Cheng / Huang Kaixiang lost 1-2 to the Japanese team of Hogi Tsurugi / Yugo Kobayashi, stopping the second round.

■ "No. 3 men's singles" again defeated the enemy

The national mixed doubles star was upset, and the men's singles "number three" brought surprises again after the first round - Lu Guangzu fought hard for 79 minutes to reverse the No. 4 seed and Chinese Taipei's zhou Tiancheng 2-1 to reach the round of 16.

Due to the absence of Olympians Chen Long and Shi Yuqi, China's men's singles was not optimistic about the outside world before the competition. But Lu Guangzu, who is ranked 27th in the world, sent a surprise in the first round, lightly winning the 18th-ranked World Youth Championship "Triple Crown" and Thai rising star Quinravuut. After the match, he said that he hoped that in the next round, he would be able to defeat Zhou Tiancheng, who had never won before, and show a positive state in the last event of the year, laying the foundation for next year.

Lu Guangzu did. In the first set of this campaign, Zhou Tiancheng completely occupied the advantage, taking the lead 21-14. But the Chinese guy did not give up, but instead took the initiative in the second set, equalizing the set 21-15. In the decider, Lu Guangzu gradually extended his lead after the two men fought to 8 draws, and went to the next city 21-15.

"The opponent is very strong, and all I can do is try to impact him as much as possible and find a way to make things difficult for him." After the game, Lu Guangzu said that he did not think too much about the result on the field, but tried his best to do a good job, "In this mentality, whether he is leading or lagging behind, his rhythm is not chaotic, especially the last two sets are more fluent." He also said bluntly that the three-game battle made him very tired, "This game has a lot of shooting, the number of rounds is also relatively large, and the consumption is very large." But I kept scoring until the end of the game, and the psychological consumption was a little less, so I looked as if I was physically energetic. ”

In the next round, Lu Guangzu will continue to challenge the master - against the 14th seed of the tournament, India's famous Srikante. The latter defeated Chinese rookie Li Shifeng 2-1 in this round and advanced to a thrilling promotion. "Let's get ready for the odds." Lu Guangzu said that no matter what the situation, we must try to control the rhythm, play their own playing style characteristics, minimize unnecessary loss of points, and form a stalemate with the opponent, "As for the result, as long as the process is done well, the result will naturally be good." Let's go fight every game. ”

In another men's singles competition, World No. 42 Zhao Junpeng swept Japan's Hang takashi Watanabe, who was ranked 40th, 21-15, 21-15, to advance to the round of 16 with Lu Guangzu.

Source Beijing Evening News

Process Editor Wu Yue