Chen Yufei, the Women's Singles Olympic champion of the Chinese badminton team, is currently following the team to prepare for the European season. Previously, Zhang Jun, the head coach of guoyu, announced his withdrawal from the Swiss Open, the most important reason being that some of the team's athletes tested positive for the new crown. Many fans are worried about the safety of Chinese players, and as the leader of the women's team, Chen Yufei also posted a post through his personal social platform to report safety to the majority of fans. Chen Yufei joked that the 2022 season has just started, but the whole team of Guoyu has already encountered too many difficulties and obstacles, and it is also accompanied by several photos of himself exercising alone in the gym.
Chen Yufei revealed that with the mutual encouragement between the coach and his teammates, the Chinese team chose to face the reality and start again. For herself, she may face even greater challenges this season. After winning the women's singles title at the Tokyo Olympics, Chen Yufei won the attention of badminton fans around the world. In today's women's singles world badminton arena, the top 6 players in the world have the ability to compete for the championship. In the just-concluded Germany and All England tournaments, the gold medals in the women's singles event went to He Bingjiao of the Chinese team and Akane Yamaguchi of the Japanese team respectively. Chen Yufei, who had high hopes from fans, returned home in both competitions.
In the German women's singles final, Chen Yufei and teammate He Bingjiao played a very high-level game, the latter was better at grasping the key points, and finally defeated Chen Yufei in the 2022 season debut to win the women's singles championship trophy. Transferring to the All England Championship, Chen Yufei admitted in an interview before the game that his competitive state has not yet reached the best and hopes to recover as soon as possible. In terms of the course of the game, Chen Yufei has a clear advantage in physical fitness, mentality, technology and other aspects when facing the world's second-rate players or quasi-first-class players, but once she confronts the top players in the world rankings, she is not absolutely sure of winning.
In particular, Japan's Akane Yamaguchi, who has recently risen rapidly, this "small motor" with super running ability not only won the gold medal in the women's singles of the World Championships in 2021, but also scored twice in the 2022 All England Championships, defeating various strong opponents to win the highest podium. Many fans predict that the Paris Olympic cycle will be the era of Akane Yamaguchi's domination. Chen Yufei lost all three of his recent encounters with Akane Yamaguchi and had no chance of winning in all three matches. Some fans believe that the reason why Chen Yufei is difficult to beat Akane Yamaguchi is on the one hand because of the existence of ball style in the technical and tactical playing style.
On the other hand, Chen Yufei's skills have declined, coupled with the fact that even losing battles has caused her body and mind to suffer a huge blow, falling into the spell of "every Yamaguchi Akane will be defeated". Some people also said that Chen Yufei has lost her absolute competitiveness and it is difficult to win the women's singles championships such as the World Championships and the Olympic Games in the new Olympic cycle. After withdrawing from the Swiss Open Badminton Championships, Chen Yufei and the women's singles coaching staff have a short break, and in early April, they will travel to South Korea to compete in the Korean Masters. This time, can Chen Yufei win the championship?
(Luo Treasurer)