In the 2021 Badminton World Championships, the Chinese legion did not send its strongest lineup, so that young players through actual combat to improve their personal ability is the main goal, in the men's singles field, Zhao Junpeng became the only seedling of China's men's singles, in the quarterfinals, Zhao Junpeng met the 20-year-old Indian player Laksh Yasen, the latter ranked nineteenth in the world, and Zhao Junpeng's ranking is forty-two, because both players have defeated seeded players in previous matches. Therefore, this duel is also regarded as a dark horse battle! In this game, the two played extremely anxiously, in the case of the first two sets of the tie, the decider fought until the last moment, but the key ball opponent performed even better, and finally Zhao Junpeng lost 1-2 to Laksh Yasen, missing the World Championship men's singles final four!
After the start of the first game, Zhao Junpeng grasped the initiative, relying on his more active attack, as well as the advantage of the small ball in front of the net, quickly established a 5-1 lead, Laksh Yasen's personal playing style is not as offensive as Zhao Junpeng, but he made full use of the depth and width of the field in the game, constantly mobilized Zhao Junpeng, and then looked for opportunities to play Zhao Junpeng's surprise, this strategy also achieved obvious results, and soon chased the score to 6-6 draws, The two then entered a stalemate, but Zhao Junpeng still relied on his more threatening slam in the middle of the game to take the lead again at 11-9.
But I have to say that Laksh Yasen's defensive ability is indeed strong enough, in the game can often resolve Zhao Junpeng's dunk, and in the multi-shot stalemate round, always able to find the opportunity to score, after the mid-game suspension rest, Laksh Yasen grasped the initiative, quickly 16-13 to surpass the score, and the first game Of laksyasen's luck is also very good, many times to rub tennis has made Zhao Junpeng helpless, and finally he also won the first game 21-15.
After the start of the second game, Zhao Junpeng is still the side that takes the initiative to attack more on the field, but always unable to kill the opponent is the biggest weakness exposed by his game, although Laksh Yasen spent most of the time in the game in the defensive posture, but he from the defensive to the threat of attack is huge, the opening stage established a 4-1 lead, the score behind Zhao Junpeng has only one choice, that is, to continue to maintain the rhythm of his high-pressure attack, With more power and speed of the bat does not give Laksh Yasen the opportunity to attack, after becoming more decisive, Zhao Junpeng scored consecutive points to overtake the score 7-5, but Laksh Yasen was also tenacious enough not to let Zhao Junpeng take advantage of the situation to open the score, only 1 point behind 10-11 into the middle of the break, during the suspension Zhao Junpeng's coach let him play according to his own ideas, do not follow the rhythm of the other party, after the game resumed, Zhao Junpeng grasped the initiative and won back a set at 21-15.
In the third set, although Zhao Junpeng had a bad start, but quickly surpassed the score 4-3 by relying on a more active attack, and Laksh Yasen obviously did not have the luck of the first set in this game, and there were many mistakes in returning the ball, Zhao Junpeng took advantage of the situation to establish an 11-8 lead in the middle of the game, but the opponent was tenacious enough, the two also played 20 draws, and the grasp of the key ball was more outstanding, winning 2 shirts 22-20 in a row to lock up the victory!
After losing this game, there are no Chinese players in the men's singles final four of this badminton World Championships, and I hope that these young players can summarize well through this competition and strive to prove their strength in the future World Series!