On February 9, the second day of the German Open Badminton Tournament ended, resulting in three major cold spots, of which the men's singles king Momota Kendou was swept out by teammate Nishimoto 0-2, and the single set was played with a 21-9 disparity, becoming the biggest cold score in the second day of the game. The other two upsets were also tied to Japan, with mixed doubles No. 4 seedEda Watanabe / Higashino Yusa losing 0-2 to teammates Yuki Kaneko / Misaki Matsu. Xinke World Championship men's singles champion Luo Jianyou lost 1-2 to Yang Can in the first round, which was also very unexpected.
No. 1 Unpopular, Men's Singles, Kento Momota [2] (Japan) 0-2 Kenta Nishimoto (Japan)
Momota Kendou, once the male singles king, dominated the male feather altar alone for several years. After the 2020 car accident, Momota Kendo's dominance was obviously not as good as his peak, but his strength was still the top and now ranked second in the world. Nishimoto is 27 years old and ranked 19th in the world, and is the no. 3 figure in the Japanese men's singles. The gap between him and Momota Kendou is still very large, and before the game, it was unanimously optimistic that Momota Kendou would win.
In the first game, the two sides competed fiercely in the first set, the two always clenched to 21-21, Nishimoto Boxer in the final stage of the force, won 2 consecutive points, won the first set 23-21, the big score 1-0 lead. In the second set of the game, Momota Kendou was obviously affected by the loss of the first set, various mistakes appeared, the score was quickly opened, and another set was lost in a 9-21 disparity, and the big score was 0-2 out of the men's singles first round, breaking the biggest cold on the second day.
Second biggest unpopular, mixed doubles, Isamu Watanabe / Higashino Arisha [3] (Japan) 0-2 Yuki Kaneko / Matsuyuki Misaki (Japan)
Yudai Watanabe / Yusa Higashino are currently ranked No. 4 in the world, and they are the No. 3 seeds of this tournament due to the re-teaming of Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong. Watanabe's 2021 season was outstanding, beating all the competitions to reach at least the final four and winning multiple titles, which is very strong. Kaneko Yuki / Matsuyomi Miki is now ranked 17th in the world, is the second mixed doubles combination in Japan, and the strength gap between the Daito combination is large, and the pre-match consensus is more optimistic about the promotion of the world's fourth combination.
In the game, it was completely different from everyone's pre-match predictions, and the more optimistic Watanabe Yudai / Higashino Yusa was always suppressed by his teammates, losing two consecutive sets 15-21, 19-21, 0-2 out of the first round, and broke out another big cold.
Third biggest underdog, men's singles, Luo Jianyou (Singapore) 1-2 Yang Can (Canada)
Luo Jianyou was the biggest dark horse at last year's World Championships, winning the men's singles championship with consecutive victories over the world's no. 1 Acelon and the world's third Antonsen, becoming the new darling of the men's badminton world, currently ranked No. 9 in the world, and the most optimistic men's singles player in 2022. Yang Can and Luo Jianyou are at the same time in the Arcelor training camp, the progress is also very large, and now ranked 33rd in the world, with great strength. In this game, Luo Jianyou, who is more optimistic about the higher ranking before the game, wins, but the game process will not be easy.
After the game began, the first set was the same as the pre-match prediction, and Luo Jianyou took the initiative and won the first set 21-12. At the beginning of the second set of the game, Yang Can continued to exert his strength, he knew Luo Jianyou ball road very well, changed the line, the effect was good, with 21-16, 21-18 consecutive wins, reversed the victory, and broke out another unpopular goal of the game.