At the German Open, the two youngsters attracted the attention of the world. One is India's Laksh Yasen, who struggled to beat the world number one Olympic champion Acesaron to reach the final; the other is Thailand's Quinranut, who swept last season's all-England champion Li Zijia to meet Laksh Yasen in the final.
Other people's young players have already played the masterpieces of their careers, but what about our men's singles players? Look at the answers handed by the Chinese men's singles players in the German match: Li Shifeng lost 1-2 to Indonesia's Jonathan in the first round; Lu Guangzu lost 1-2 to India's veteran Srikante in the second round and missed the quarterfinals; Zhao Junpeng lost 0-2 to Malaysian player Li Zijia in the 1/4 finals, missing the quarterfinals.
At a time when Chen Long has basically announced his retirement and Shi Yuqi has returned to Jiangsu for various reasons, the Chinese men's singles has not only failed to keep up with the strong recovery of the badminton team, but has entered a dark moment. With just over two years to go until the Paris Olympics, we really can't find a new leader.
Look back at the current world rankings of Chinese men's singles players. A total of 6 Chinese players ranked top 100, including Chen Long 6th, Shi Yuqi 16th, Lu Guangzu 27th, Huang Yuxiang 34th, Zhao Junpeng 38th, Sun Feixiang 54th, and Li Shifeng 64th. In addition to Chen Long and Shi Yuqi, the highest ranking is Lu Guangzu, only the 27th in the world!
Although the low world ranking of Chinese players is related to the small number of participants, through the test of the German Open, it is not difficult to find that this ranking still reflects their true strength relatively objectively. So, is the Chinese men's singles really going to sink because of this? I think the answer is no.
We have a deep foundation in badminton, there are still many good seedlings, and the level of coaches is the world's top, which can be emulated by the women's singles of that year to promote the revival of men's singles. That is, regardless of the previous record, unswervingly focus on cultivating one or two new people, let them rush out, and then lead the whole team to rise again.
Think about the Chinese women's singles after the Rio Olympics, the situation is not better than the current men's singles, but after the coaching team selected Two newcomers, Chen Yufei and He Bingjiao, they were trained without reservation. Even if they have lost to the same world famous player more than a dozen times in a row, even if they can't even reach the top 8 in small competitions, they always trust them, and finally let Chen Yufei transform into an Olympic champion after thousands of hammers, He Bingjiao is now obviously in the first camp.
Previously, because of the epidemic, we missed some opportunities to participate in the competition, and in the future, we still have to overcome some difficulties, let Li Shifeng go out to compete more, improve practical experience, improve world rankings, and enhance self-confidence. We don't believe that without a talented player like Lin Dan, our men's singles can't be on top of the world again.
——Pay attention to the small fish and feel the temperature of sports!