On December 16, 2021, the Badminton World Championships continued to be held in Spain, entering the fifth match day, the 1/8 finals began, the national feather women's singles won a big victory, all three of them were eliminated seeded players to advance to the quarterfinals, of which He Bingjiao and Han Yuehui, regardless of the victory or defeat, determined a top four seat in advance, followed by a men's singles focus battle, Lu Guangzu against India's brother Sri Kante.
Lu Guangzu is 25 years old, ranked 22nd in the world, now he is the third men's singles, second only to Chen Long and Shi Yuqi, by the coaching team to focus on training, get the opportunity to participate, before Lu Guangzu competition results are not good, in the face of the top masters the winning rate is low, this time he is a continuous breakthrough, winning Thai famous Kun Ravut and Chinese Taipei a brother Zhou Tiancheng, and India's Srikante to compete.
Srikante is 28 years old, ranked 14th in the world, he is the No. 12 seed in the men's singles of this World Championships, the highest world ranking first, the competition experience is very rich, although the current Srikante is affected by injuries, the competitive state has declined seriously, but it also has a strong competitiveness, the first round is to reverse the Chinese youngster Li Shifeng, the two only met once, when Srikante defeated Lu Guangzu.
In the first set, Lu Guangzu was a bit slow and hot, obviously out of shape, Slicante stepped up his attack and quickly took an 8-4 lead, then he scored 3 points 11-4 into the midfield timeout, and after returning, Lu Guangzu faced Srikante's attack, or there was no good way to deal with it, at the same time, there were also changes in mentality, there were some mistakes, Slicante extended the point difference to 15-7, followed by 21-10 to take the lead.
In the second set, Lu Guangzu picked up, but Slicante was in good shape, Lu Guangzu was difficult to bring threats to opponents, Slicante led 7-4, Lu Guangzu chased 8-9, Slicant scored 2 points 11-8 into the midfield timeout, and after returning, Slicante took advantage of the situation to chase, expanding the point difference to 15-10, and finally Slicante ended the game with 21-15, eliminated Lu Guangzu 2-0, and advanced to the quarterfinals of the men's singles of the World Championships.
Looking back at the process of the whole game, Lu Guangzu also did his best, it may be that the first two wins are seriously consumed, the decline in status is more serious, of course, more importantly, Srikante did play well, and in many ways, he suppressed Lu Guangzu and occupied the initiative.
This result is not unexpected, the comprehensive strength of Srikante is stronger, Lu Guangzu does have a gap with the opponent, so that the national feather men's singles only Zhao Junpeng alone, his opponent is Ruan Ri from Ireland, as long as he plays a normal level, there is no problem in promotion, and then it depends on whether Zhao Junpeng can seize the opportunity to strive for the podium, and I have to say that the overall performance of the women's team is indeed much better.