On March 8, Beijing time, the first match day of the 2022 Badminton German Open began to compete, in a matchup in the men's singles, China's Lu Guangzu played, his opponent was France's Lussel, the two sides had a previous confrontation at the 2018 Canadian Open, when Lu Guangzu narrowly won the opponent in three sets.
Lu Guangzu took the lead as soon as he came up in the first set of today, after which he scored four consecutive points to extend the advantage to 10-3. After the opponent scored 1 point, Lu Guangzu scored 6 consecutive points in a wave to lead 16-4. After that, although the opponent tried to catch up, the gap was too large before, and finally Lu Guangzu won the first set 21-13.
In the second set, Lu Guangzu established an advantage in the first half of the game, leading the opponent 9-2 and leading 11-3 into a technical interval. After the suspension, Lu Guangzu once extended his advantage to 15-3. After that, Lu Guangzu maintained his advantage and easily won the second set 21-8.
In the end, after two sets of competition, Lu Guangzu defeated Russel 21-13, 21-8 to win his debut of the season with ease. In the next round, Lu Guangzu will face the 8th seed Srikans, who eliminated Levidez in three sets to advance.