On the second matchday of the 2022 German Open Badminton Championships, there were a number of underdogs, including St. St. Co.'s World Championships men's singles champion Luo Jianyou of Singapore 0-2 (21-12/16-21/18-21) to Canada's Yang Can, and another world champion, Japan's Kento Momota, lost 0-2 (21-23/9-21) to Kento Nishimoto in a civil war. Mixed doubles world champion Yusa Higashino / Yudai Watanabe lost 0-2 (15-21/19-21) to teammates Matsutomo Misaki / Yuki Kaneko.
Japan's world champion Kento Momota is a former World Championship champion and a champion member who won the Thomas Cup for Japan, he met teammate Kenta Nishimoto in the first round, after the two sides met 4 times, Momota Kendou won 3 wins, but in this game Momota Kendou was in no state, after losing the first set, he collapsed in the second set and was out of the first round! In addition, Singapore's Xinke World Championship champion Luo Jianyou was not spared, facing Canada's Chinese player Yang Can, Luo Jianyou won the first set, and then the next 2 sets were held back by the change of opponents, and Momota Kendou the same round of travel, but also let the men's singles championship suspense increase sharply.
The other men's singles players were unfazed: Guoyu Zhao Junpeng beat India's Day 2-0, and Li Shifeng lost 1-2 to big seeded player Christie Jonathan of Indonesia. Singapore's Li Zijia defeated Dutch Carccio 2-1 (19-21/21-13/21-8). South Korea's Yoo Yoo-hee beat Finland's Kolelenin 2-1 (21-13/18-21/21-16).
The mixed doubles field also broke out a big cold, the third place in the Tokyo Olympics was also the runner-up winner of last year's World Championships, Yusa Higashino / Isamu Watanabe, who lost to teammates Matsutomo Misaki / Yuki Kaneko 0-2 (15-21/19-21), the former has always been one of the two major rivals of the National Mixed Doubles, Higashino Yuisa has a manly jumping and slamming technique, but unfortunately met his teammates but lost in the civil war, and the latter Matsutomo Misaki is the women's doubles champion of the Rio Olympics, the front of the net technology is delicate, the net is sharp, Leaning on her net front became the main scoring tool for winning this round. China's Huang Dongping/Wang Yilu defeated Denmark's Terry/Magrund 2-0, and Huang Yaqiong/Ou Xuanyi defeated the Danish duo of Bor/Christian 2-1.
Women's singles players have passed the hurdles, Akane Yamaguchi beat Estonia's Kuba 2-0, He Bingjiao defeated Ōhori 2-0, He Bingjiao will play against Akane Yamaguchi in the women's singles second round, and He Bingjiao lost to her opponents at the World Championships. Han Yue defeated France's Hugh 2-1 in the next round against South Korean star Ahn Seo-ying, who beat Denmark's Christopherson 2-0 in the first round.
Indonesian men's doubles powerhouse Adianto/Alfian beat Denmark's Murhed/Bay 2-1, and in the next round against the Chinese duo of Zhou Haodong/He Jiting, the national pair defeated Germany's Dellu/Velige 2-0 in the first round. World Champion Yugo Kobayashi / Shomu Sarong defeated Malaysia's new combination Chen Weiqiang / Chen Jianming 2-0, reflecting the strength of the ST World Championship champion, while the Malaysian combination Chen Weiqiang / Wu Weisheng has not achieved anything since winning the silver medal at the Rio Olympics, and had to be dismantled, and The mixed doubles-dominated Chen Jianming partner Chen Weiqiang participated, due to the low number of points, the first round was eliminated by the World Championship champion.