On December 16, Beijing time, the 2021 Badminton World Championships will enter the 5th matchday competition. After the first four matchdays, the round of 16 of this World Championship was all produced. Today's game will be a more intense 16-in-8 match, with 6 players in the singles round of 16 and 3 pairs advancing to the doubles round of 16, and on this matchday they will all attack the top 8.
The first to play will be Cheung Yi Man, who will play in Game 2 of Venue 3 against No. 16 seed Kim Jia Eun. Kim Jia-eun is ranked 20th in the world and Zhang Yiman is ranked 46th, after the two had a previous meeting in 2019, and Kim Jia-eun won the competition.
In the third game of the No. 1 venue, Han Yue will be challenged by the 10th seed Li Wenshan, who has met a total of 4 times before the two, and Li Wenshan has the upper hand with 3 wins and 1 loss. For Han Yue, who is ranked 30th in the world, this will be an encounter.
The 5th women's doubles top seed Fan Chen combination will play in the 5th field, the opponent of the two is the 15th seed Hong Deliqi / Cai Wanting, Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan has played with the opponent twice before, and the Fan Chen combination has won the game.
No. 8 seed He Bingjiao will play against No. 13 seed Brechfeldt, and the two will be ranked 9th and 14th in the world, respectively, and the previous two meetings he Bingjiao have won.
Lu Guangzu will face the challenge of 12th seed Slicante, who is ranked 14th in the world and Lu Guangzu is ranked 27th. The two had their only meeting at the 2019 India Open, with Srikante winning in straight sets.
The combination of Li Wenmei and Zheng Yu will play in The 10th match of The First Game, and the opponent of the two is Iwanaga Suzu / Nakanishi Yinggui. The two pairs are ranked 15th and 34th in the world respectively and have never played against each other before.
He Jiting/ Tan Qiang will play against Xie Dingfeng/ Su Weiyi in this round, and the opponent is currently ranked 7th in the world and is the No. 4 seed of this tournament. For He Jiting/Tan Qiang, this game will not be too easy.
Women's Singles No. 14 seed Wang Zhiyi will usher in the challenge of No. 5 seed An Xianying. An Xianying had an eye-catching performance in the previous Bali season, after Wang Zhiyi and An Xianying had played each other twice, and An Xianying fell straight two sets to win.
In the final match of venue 2, Zhao Junpeng will face the challenge of Nguyen Il. Zhao Junpeng ranks 42nd in the world and Nguyen Il 51st. In 2019, the two had their only meeting, and Zhao Junpeng fell straight into two sets to win.