On April 7, Beijing time, the 2022 South Korea Open Badminton Championships continued to be fiercely contested, in a women's singles focus battle, Chinese players and Olympic champion Chen Yufei and famous Kim Jia-eun met in a narrow road. In the end, Chen Yufei was in a slump in the whole game, losing two consecutive sets to the opponent, and did not qualify for the women's singles quarterfinals of this station. This defeat is a huge blow to Chen Yufei, who has lost three times to Akane Yamaguchi, a Japanese sister, who hoped to regain confidence with the help of the South Korean station, but was blocked by the Korean young general. Fans have sighed, "When will we see Chen Yufei from the Tokyo Olympics again?" ”
In this Korean Open, in addition to Chen Yufei, the world championship women's singles champion Akane Yamaguchi and the world's first Dai Ziying did not participate, and the overall gold content of the competition was slightly insufficient. The Chinese team sent Chen Yufei, Han Yue and other main players to participate, and The German champion He Bingjiao and the world championship runner-up Zhang Yiman were absent. Previously, the coaching staff of the national feather has announced the lineup to participate in the Korea Masters, as one of the team's most important events this season, head coach Zhang Jun said that the highlight of the Chinese team is the upcoming Masters, the Korean Open as far as possible to warm up for some players and enhance confidence.
Compared with men's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and other events, this Korean competition, the Chinese team has the largest number of participants in women's singles events, so everyone hopes that they can bring back a gold medal for the team. Tokyo Olympic women's singles champion Chen Yufei is an absolute core figure, and after coming to the Korean Open, she immediately threw herself into intense preparations. Since the 2022 season has not yet recorded a women's singles champion, Chen Yufei's desire for gold medals is self-evident. In the first round of the competition, Chen Yufei performed well, defeating Chaiwan in a straight two sets and successfully advancing to the round of 16.
Facing Kim Jia Eun in the quarter-finals, Chen Yufei was generally optimistic about the outside world. However, from the perspective of the progress of the game, the host player can be said to have tired enough of the national feather sister. In the first set, both men entered the form quickly, and Kim Jia Eun was boosted by the cheers of the home audience, and used the attack to score directly. Chen Yufei appeared more passive on the field, and finally lost the first set unexpectedly 17:21. In the second set, Chen Yufei made adjustments, took the initiative to speed up the attack, forcing the opponent to make mistakes in the multi-shot back and forth, and Chen Yufei led 11:9 into the technical suspension.
Subsequently, the two did not give in to each other, South Korean young player Kim Jae-eun was full of firepower, Chen Yufei fluctuated in his mentality at the end of the innings, and was scored by his opponent consecutively, and finally lost another set at 19:21. Unable to reach the quarterfinals of the Korean Open women's singles, Chen Yufei was once again pushed to the cusp of the storm. After the match, she said in an interview that she was not in the best form, and that she had a problem with her mentality due to the previous German and All England Open championships. This time, she was defeated by South Korea's women's singles youngster Kim Jae-eun, and many fans believe that Chen Yufei has fallen off the altar and lost her dominance in the Paris Olympic cycle.
(Luo Treasurer)