Source: Sports Weekly
Beijing time in the early morning of this morning, the German Open Badminton Tournament came to an end, the national badminton in the first international competition in 2022 with He Bingjiao and Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan won two gold, mixed doubles and men's doubles each won a silver medal, from this competition, the national badminton women's line is stable, rookies are also improving, but the men's line has not yet risen again, especially men's singles, now has become the weakest link in the five individual events.
The mixed doubles final kicked off the final day of the German Open. As the absolute advantage of guoyu, the new Paris Olympic cycle, guoyu dismantled the "IELTS" combination and let them be paired with young players, but Zheng Siwei and Zhang Shuxian folded in the first round, but Huang Yaqiong and Ou Xuanyi defeated the Olympic champion teammate Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping all the way, and also won many foreign battles and successfully advanced to the final.
The Thai duo of De Chapol/Sha Xili is an old rival of "IELTS", and Sha XiLi and Huang Yaqiong are still very good friends, so the Chinese combination is very familiar with them, and they can only understand the new match of Ou Xuanyi / Huang Yaqiong through the video of the German Open. But De Chapol / Sha Xili is now ranked first in the world after all, the overall strength and tacit understanding is still above Ou Xuanyi / Huang Yaqiong, and in the end, 11-21, 9-21, the Chinese combination lost with a large score and failed to pick up gold.
Judging from this final, Ou Xuanyi obviously had physical problems, and he reached the final in both of this competition, which had never been tried before, and indeed it was inevitable that there would be a lack of physical preparation and distribution. Huang Yaqiong / Ou Xuanyi can win a silver medal in the first pairing competition, which is also a good result, but the next all-England "IELTS" will be reunited, depending on whether they can regain their peak state and win back the trust of the coaching staff.
Although the mixed doubles did not get the opening red for The National Feather, the team actually already had a women's singles gold medal guarantee. Indeed, the women's singles is the most outstanding performance of the national feather in the German Open or even can be said to be a perfect single, the first two rounds of the competition, Wang Zhiyi lost to Thailand's sister Indanong, Han Yue lost to south Korea's "genius girl" An Xianying are the embodiment and result of normal strength, Chen Yufei after returning from injury all the way to the final is also expected, but the performance of He Bingjiao and Zhang Yiman brought us a great surprise.
As the least experienced player among the five contestants in the women's singles, Zhang Yiman beat the world famous Sindu in the second round, and also defeated Japan's three single Takahashi Sayaka in the quarterfinals, although he lost to his sister Chen Yufei in the semifinals, but such a performance made people see the perfection and sufficiency of China's women's singles reserve force.
He Bingjiao's state has continued to rise since the Tokyo Olympic Games, and she has been more flexible and changeable on the field after losing weight successfully, winning her "nemesis" Akane Yamaguchi in the quarter-finals, ending a seven-game losing streak against the other side, and defeating the momentum of An Xianying in the semifinals, helping the Chinese team achieve the final meeting.
The ultimate match between the two seeds of the national feather women's singles is He Bingjiao 21-14 first, and the competition in the second set can be called the most classic showdown of the world women's singles recently, all the way in the glue, the two sides are difficult to divide the victory and defeat in the extra point stage, until He Bingjiao 26-25, played a world-class wonderful multi-shot, and finally stubbornly held this goal, won this point, and won the German Open championship.
This is a moving final, but also a gratifying final, the first half of the Tokyo Olympic cycle, the women's singles is at a low ebb, the second half is only Chen Yufei alone to support, and now, He Bingjiao through positive changes also came to the front, and Chen Yufei shoulder to shoulder, to help the Chinese women's singles form a group advantage.
The overall performance of the women's doubles is stable, the three pairs of combinations advanced to the quarterfinals, although Du Yue / Li Wenmei and Zheng Yu / Zhang Shuxian stopped in the quarterfinals and the top four respectively, but they are also a new pair of young combinations, in terms of strength and tacit understanding need to be gradually strengthened, but Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan or all the way to the final, to undertake the task of winning gold for the national feather.
Facing the Bulgarian Stoeva sisters who defeated their teammates in the semi-finals, "Fan Chen" had the advantage in the record of the confrontation, and met again, and the two pairs also played the same super wonderful duel as the women's singles final, "Fan Chen" won a game first at 21-16, and the second set and the opponent also fought to extra points, and even to the 29 draws did not score the victory and defeat, due to the 30 points of a game cap, "Fan Chen" was tied 29-30.
The decider restarted, both sides had already expended too much energy, Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan once fell behind 8-14, they kept gritting their teeth and chasing points, and finally turned the situation around 21-19, won the battle 2-1, and won this precious gold medal. Although winning is a manifestation of strength, it also shows their fighting spirit of never giving up, which is moving.
After the two golds are in hand, it depends on whether there is a breakthrough in the men's doubles. Originally it was a national feather, but the men's doubles still made progress, four pairs of newly unveiled combinations, Zhang Nan / Liu Cheng and Tan Qiang / Ren Xiangyu although stopped in the first round, but Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi and He Jiting / Zhou Haodong were promoted to the final four, but in last year's Su Cup, There were surprises and regrets of He Jiting / Zhou Haodong still played not stable enough this time, both the excellent performance of the victory over the Indonesian combination Ofi Alfian / Adrianto, and the vulnerable loss to the Malaysian combination Wu Shifei / Izudin in the semi-finals.
And after Li Junhui retired, Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi partnered to open the Paris cycle, they continued the characteristics and advantages of the "twin towers", all the way to the final, facing Wu Shifei / Izudin, they fought for three sets, but still lost 1-2, in fact, the first set Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi had the opportunity to win, but the key points were still not grasped, 21-23 regrettably lost, but the first pairing to reach the final, but also played their own style, the future of the combination is still worth looking forward to.
The only men's singles field without Chinese players, Thailand's Quinavut eventually defeated India's Lakshya to win the championship. In this competition, Momota Kendou, Axelsen, Li Zijia and other famous players lost in advance, but the Chinese players did not seize such an opportunity. In the absence of Chen Long and Shi Yuqi, Li Shifeng was out of the first round, Lu Guangzu did not qualify for the quarterfinals, and Zhao Junpeng missed the top four, exposing the problem that Guo Yu failed to catch up with the reserve talents in the men's singles event.