In the competition for the third matchday of the Badminton World Championships in Spain, the national men's singles three tigers achieved a record of 2 wins and 1 loss, Lu Guangzu encountered strong opponents in two consecutive rounds, following the elimination of the world youth champion Thai teenager Kunravut in the previous round, and this round was 2-1 (14-21/21-15/21-15/21-15) against Zhou Tiancheng, the no. 4 seed who won the championship, Chinese Taipei. After beating Japan's Kōki Watanabe 2-0 (21-11/21-15), Cho joined Lu Guangzu in the round of 16. Men's singles hope rising star Li Shifeng 1-2 (21-15/18-21/17-21) was reversed by India's Srikans to stop the second round.
There were many accidents in the men's singles field of this badminton World Championships, first the world champion Japan's Kento Momota, Indonesia's Kim Ting, the Asian Games champion Jonathan and so on all withdrew, followed by the top seed Denmark's Olympic champion Anseron was eliminated by Singapore's Luo Jianyou in the first round, which gave many dark horses the opportunity to become famous. China's men's singles brother Chen Long and Shi Yuqi did not participate, and the three players sent out, Lu Guangzu, Zhao Junpeng and Li Shifeng, were also a combination of old and middle-aged youth, and after the second round of the competition, two of the three advanced to the round of 16.
Lu Guangzu as the highest ranking player in the men's singles world, he did not rank among the seeded players, the first round met the powerful Thai teenager Kun Lawut, once won the World Youth Championship, but Lu Guangzu still won the second round with a weak victory, ushered in the more powerful No. 4 seed Zhou Tiancheng! Before the two people met 3 times Zhou Tiancheng all won, the first game Zhou Tiancheng also controlled the rhythm of the field, the fake action of the shot was frequently won, and soon won the first set victory at 21-14, Lu Guangzu adapted to Zhou Tiancheng's shooting habit line, and in the middle of the 2nd game, he played a wave of 8-1 small climax to 21-15 and also in color, the decisive game in the contest Lu Guangzu made fewer mistakes, the offensive threat was greater, the defense was not leaky, and the opponent was eliminated in 21-15 to advance to the round of 16.
Zhao Junpeng's opponent, The Japanese player Watanabe Hanggui, is of average strength and does not have too good results in the international arena, and the strength of the two predicts between Bo Zhong before the game, but the 2-game competition process is very relaxed, and Zhao Junpeng also advanced to the round of 16 after eliminating Japanese players 21-11 and 21-15.
Lee was the biggest gain of the Thomas Cup, as he played as the second singles player, beating Thailand's Quinavut and Japan's Kenta Tokiyama. This round of matches is against India's Srikans, who was once ranked No. 1 in the world, and both sides have a chance to win. In the first game, Li Shifeng was obviously more familiar with Srikans' ball path research and 21-15, but after the subsequent game Srikans adapted to Li Shifeng's rhythm, 21-18 and 21-17 reversed the hope star of the national men's singles, this game Li Shifeng still lost in inexperience and could not keep up with the changes in the opponent.