On April 8, Beijing time, the 2022 South Korean Open Badminton Championships entered the third day of competition, and Weng Hongyang, a young player in the men's singles of the national feather, met Huang Zhiyong in the quarterfinals. In the end, Weng Hongyang, who felt hot, swept Huang Zhiyong 2:0 with a big score and strongly advanced to the men's singles final four. Interestingly, Weng Hongyang beat his opponent to an emotional breakdown several times in the game, and the outstanding performance of the national men's singles rising star made everyone praise. Previously, the Chinese team's mixed doubles combinations Ou Xuanyi and Huang Yaqiong lost to the Malaysian combination and did not qualify for the final four, and Weng Hongyang became the last hope of guoyu to win gold.
In this Korean Open, the Chinese team has reservations in the lineup, in addition to the women's doubles and men's doubles do not participate, the men's singles, women's singles and mixed doubles did not send the strongest lineup. In the men's singles event, young players Weng Hongyang and Li Shifeng joined forces, while Lu Guangzu and Zhao Junpeng returned in the Korea Masters. Li Shifeng previously lost to Israel's Zilberman in the men's singles competition and was out of the cold early. The pressure of the men's singles gold medal of the national feather instantly came to the young general Weng Hongyang.
Although it is the first time to participate in the international top competition, Weng Hongyang's performance is remarkable. He not only defeated the host player Xu Youxi in the first round, but also defeated Zhan Jun in three sets to advance to the quarterfinals. Facing Huang Zhiyong in the quarterfinals, Weng Hongyang said before the game that no matter what the result is, he will definitely fight with his opponents one point at a time and strive for further progress. After the start of the game, Weng Hongyang entered the state quickly, and although the opponent Huang Zhiyong did not rank high in the world, the state of the Korean Open was very hot.
In the first game, the two played a difficult point, each ball back and forth a lot of times, Weng Hongyang took the initiative to change on the line, the forehand attack frequently scored, and entered the first technical timeout at 11:7. Subsequently, Weng Hongyang and Huang Zhiyong launched a confrontational battle in the front and back fields, Weng Hongyang was higher in quality, and after taking the lead in the score, the Chinese team will continue to march forward and finally take the next city 21:11. In the second set of the game, the backward Huang Zhiyong tried to use the serve to rush to limit Weng Hongyang's attack, but Weng Hongyang, who had already played a state, was not afraid, and with a strong backcourt kill, he repeatedly penetrated the opponent's defense line.
Despite the opponent's consecutive scores in the last minute, Weng Hongyang still won the whole game. After advancing to the men's singles final four, Weng Hongyang looked very excited in an interview, he said that before the game, he already knew that he was the only remaining player in the Chinese team, and the women's singles Chen Yufei was out of the cold, which made the whole team suffer, and the result of the mixed doubles missing the final four was undoubtedly worse. Talking about the secret of winning, Weng Hongyang revealed that the pre-match coach told him to have confidence, shoot decisively on the field, and don't care too much about the result of the game. Looking ahead to the upcoming semi-finals, Weng Hongyang said that no matter who the opponent is, he will still play every point as always.
(Luo Treasurer)