A few days ago, the coaching staff of the Chinese badminton team announced the arrangement of the doubles combination lineup in the new cycle, which has made a big change in the women's doubles lineup, after the previous "Fan Chen" combination Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan, the Du Yue / Li Yinhui combination known as the second women's doubles combination of national feathers has disappeared, Du Yue will be paired with Li Wenmei in the new cycle, Li Yinhui's name does not appear in the national feather list. At the same time, in the latest edition of the BWF's world ranking list, Du Yue/Li Yinhui's ranking points have been cleared, which means that the combination of the two will be completely over, and Du Yue has a new partner, so Li Yinhui is largely retired. Li Yinhui, who is only 25 years old, bid farewell to the national team, which is somewhat surprising.
In the Tokyo Olympic games cycle, the national women's doubles is also against the trend, and gradually emerged Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan, Du Yue / Li Yinhui two ace combinations, they in the international competition, with the Japanese multi-pair combination strong dialogue, and achieved certain results. The two pairs of national feathers, in most cases, are still more stable and strong, not only won the world championship, but also won the championship in a number of open competitions, and the world ranking once rushed to the world's first position. And Du Yue / Li Yinhui is not far behind, and has also achieved good results in the competition, such as the runner-up of the All England Open, the third place in the World Championship, etc., and the highest ranking in the world has also entered the top five. But in 2021, the state of the two has seen a lot of ups and downs, especially Li Yinhui has been plagued by injuries, and he is more focused on women's doubles, and the mixed doubles with Zhang Nan is basically a strategic abandonment.
At the Tokyo Olympics, Du Yue / Li Yinhui partnered in the women's doubles competition, the two successfully broke through from the group stage, but in the quarterfinals, facing the Indonesian combination Polly / Lahayu, the two fought hard for three sets, and finally lost 1-2 and had no chance to go further. Later, at the Shaanxi National Games, the two continued to play together to represent Hubei team, performing well in the team competition, helping the team win the championship in one fell swoop, and in the individual competition, they finally won the second place. Since then, the national team roster has not appeared in Li Yinhui's name, although Du Yue has accompanied the team to the Sudirman Cup, Tang You Cup and European series, but did not get any opportunities to play. Before the start of the World Championships at the end of last year, although the list of Du Yue/Li Yinhui also appeared in the lineup for a while, he was replaced by the young player and failed to appear in the international competition again.
Now, with the official announcement of the new cycle of women's doubles combination lineup, coupled with the latest ranking of the BWF to remove the points and list of Du Yue / Li Yinhui combination, it fully illustrates a problem, Li Yinhui basically bid farewell to the national team, only one paper statement from the official announcement of retirement. For Li Yinhui, who was born in 1997, he chose to retire at the age of less than 25 years old, injury is one thing, and perhaps there are other deep-seated reasons. I also wish her that she can continue her badminton career after leaving the national team.