This time in the German Open Badminton Championships, Ou Xuanyi is undoubtedly a prominent member of the national badminton team. He fought on two fronts, reached the final on both sides, and finally won silver on both sides, and he played a remarkable role in the main division's attack. What is puzzling is that from the double-line win in the semi-final to the double-line defeat in the final, in just one day, the introverted player has caused a very different wind comment on the Internet.
How did it come to this?
If it were not for the resident audience of badminton events, the name Ou Xuanyi would certainly be very unfamiliar. In fact, this "newcomer" in the eyes of many people is already 28 years old. Once, in Ou Xuanyi's eyes, the 2017 Tianjin National Games was the end of his career. He also did not think that he had entered the national team for the first time at the age of 23, and only began to wear national costumes to participate in international competitions at the age of 24.
In recent years, Ou Xuanyi first played in men's doubles with Ren Xiangyu, and then switched to cooperate with the famous Zhang Nan after the start of the Tokyo Olympic points competition, and the mixed doubles partner has always been Feng Xueying. Previously, his best results were the U.S. Open Men's Doubles Champion, the India International Challenge Mixed Doubles Champion, and the National Games Men's Team Champion.
Entering the new Olympic cycle, the doubles team of the Chinese badminton team was reorganized, ou Xuanyi and Liu Yuchen, who was equally prominent in height, formed a new men's doubles combination, and the mixed doubles tried to partner huang Yaqiong. For him, for the team, both are exploratory. As a big player, the part-time is a difficult problem, but the trigger condition of the puzzle is ultimately to the later stages of the game. How do you know if a combination is feasible without participating, and how can you identify the physical anxieties that previously existed only in the imagination as a real problem?
Within a week, Ou Xuanyi played ten games, both of which were more physically demanding attackers, especially the opponents of the mixed doubles five games were cutting-edge athletes who participated in the Tokyo Olympics. Ou Xuanyi, who seemed to have a big heart, played like this, and the double line reached the final, and received countless praise for a while. However, Ou Xuanyi in the final was obviously tired, and the level of confrontation did decline compared with the previous games, which was directly denied by some viewers.
In the national feather team, everyone calls Ou Xuanyi "Ou Ge", and they like to be funny with him, because he will not be angry, not calculating, and has a good personality. But this is only a small range, the introverted Ou Xuanyi always appears very restrained and not good at words in front of unfamiliar environments and people. Sometimes, his embarrassment to outsiders even translates into inability and unwillingness to speak during interviews.
When he and his predecessor Zhang Nan chased the Olympic dream, he was always in a kind of self-doubt that "I will drag Brother Nan down" and "can I do it". Under the pressure of Olympic points, next to the predecessors who have achieved fame, Ou Xuanyi, who is already quite old, is not brave enough. This time, the partner next to him was replaced by Liu Yuchen, who often played with each other and even "hated each other", ou Xuanyi slowly put down his psychological pressure and released himself more bravely on the field, which was the outlet for him to release his inner emotions.
On the field, Ou Xuanyi played the role of protector, making up for the position and attacking. Off the field, he is often the one who is protected. His teammates know him, and those who understand him don't harshly criticize him. Or to put it another way, to be right about something, to comment on a game's performance without praising a player, that's our best angle as an outsider.
The first race of the opening year received countless attention, and although the double crown is our expectation, I prefer to say that the double Asia is also a very good affirmation for Ou Xuanyi. There is a saying called "because of understanding, so compassionate", in the eyes of those who understand "Ogo", encouragement is not blind connivance, but introverted his motivation.