Today, Beijing time, the round of 16 of the Badminton World Championships, which is being held in Huelva, Spain, has all been produced. The Chinese team occupied 9 seats in 5 individual events, of which only one singles person stopped the first two rounds, and the doubles event was "a heavy loss".
A total of 3 men's singles, 4 women's singles, 4 pairs of men's doubles, 3 pairs of women's doubles and 3 pairs of mixed doubles players participated this time. After two rounds of fighting, the mixed doubles, which was regarded as an advantage single item, had been completely destroyed. Following the return of top seed Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong to make a "debut" upset out, Ou Xuanyi / Feng Xueying also stopped in the second round, in the second half of the competition that ended in the early morning Beijing time, Guo Xinwa / Zhang Shuxian, who participated for the first time, also lost 1-2 to the 12th seed, the Danish combination Christiansen / Bor. No one advanced to the round of 16 in the 3-pair mixed doubles.
The men's and women's doubles groups were mixed. The No. 10 seeds Li Wenmei and Zheng Yu in the bottom half swept a Thai pair 21-9, 21-14 to advance with the top seeds Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan in the top half. The 14th seed, Liu Xuanxuan/Xia Yuting, who competed for the first time, lost 1-2 to the Indian duo of 21st place in the world, Poonnapa/Ski, and missed the round of 16.
In the men's doubles, although Guoyu won a full quota of seats, only "single seedlings" were left after two rounds. Following the exit of Huang Kaixiang/Liu Cheng, Di Zijian/Wang Chang, the "new and old combination" Ou Xuanyi/Zhang Nan also lost 1-2 to Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist and No. 4 seed Xie Dingfeng from Malaysia. No. 16 seeds Ho Ji Ting / Tan Qiang reversed a pair of British players 2-1 and reached the round of 16 alone.
In contrast, the national singles team was stronger in this competition. Men's singles 4 people "piled up" in the upper half of the district, before only Li Shifeng stopped the second round, Lu Guangzu and Zhao Junpeng were all strong opponents to advance. The women's singles is 4 people all ranked in the round of 16, following the No. 8 seed He Bingjiao, the No. 10 seed Han Yue, the young player Zhang Yiman, last night, the new star Wang Zhiyi also fell two straight sets in his personal World Championship "debut" and successfully passed.
The 21-year-old Wang Zhiyi performed well in the Tokyo Olympic cycle, winning six championships in 2019 and even "threatening" He Bingjiao's Olympic qualification at one point. As the No. 14 seed, she byeed the first round of the World Championships and met Li Yifeng, a Chinese-German player and no. 23 in the world in the second round. In the first set, China's "Little Flower" won 21-7, and in the second set, Wang Zhiyi scored 7 consecutive points in the first set after falling behind in the opening, and finally went to the next city 21-17.
After the game, Wang Zhiyi said that since this was his first World Championship match, he made full preparations before the game. She believes that her speed in this game has been maintained very well, especially in the opening stage of tactical execution is more successful, but the second set has fluctuated due to the decline in energy, "especially the opening should be summarized well." In the next round, she will challenge the No. 5 seed, South Korea's "genius girl" Ahn Hyun-hyun. Wang Zhiyi said that he wanted to play the mental outlook of young athletes, "to fight with all his might, to lay down the baggage, to impact every opponent." ”
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Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Wang smiled
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