On April 8, the South Korean Open Badminton Tournament began a quarter-final competition, and the new Chinese team Huang Yaqiong / Ou Xuanyi performed poorly, losing 0-2 to Malaysia's Lai Peijun / Chen Jianming, missing the final four. The Chinese team of 7 people participated, and only Weng Hongyang, who is currently left in the men's singles, has reappeared, and his performance is disappointing.
In this South Korean badminton tournament, the Chinese team originally planned to send all the main forces to participate, but during the rogue all-England tournament, several players in the Chinese team were infected, and the plan was temporarily changed, and 7 people were sent to participate. Among the seven people, including Olympic champion Chen Yufei and world champion Huang Yaqiong, the lineup is still good. However, after the quarterfinals, only Huang Yaqiong/Ou Xuanyi and Weng Hongyang entered the mixed doubles and men's singles quarterfinals, which was surprising.
Huang Yaqiong / Ou Xuanyi 0-2 Lai Peijun / Chen Jianming (Malaysia)
Huang Yaqiong once ranked first in the mixed doubles world for 3 consecutive years, and her strength in front of the net was absolute. This year, he began to team up with Ou Xuanyi, although the strength and peak period have declined, but it is still the top level. In the quarter-finals, their opponents are Lai Peijun / Chen Jianming, who are currently ranked 10th in the world and are also a pair of first-class players.
In the first set, the two sides competed fiercely in the opening stage, from 2-2 to 8-8. The Malaysian duo then opened the gap 4-0 and eventually held it to the end of the set, winning the first set 21-18. In the second set, after 3-3, Lai Peijun / Chen Jianming began to exert their strength, pulling a point difference of about 4 points, they firmly controlled the game, won another set 21-17, won the big score 2-0, and advanced to the final four.
With the combination of Huang Yaqiong/ Ou Xuanyi out, the Chinese team is currently only Weng Hongyang. Weng Hongyang's men's singles quarter-final opponent is Malaysia's Huang Zhiyong, who is currently ranked 45th in the world and has first-class strength. Weng Hongyang needs to fight with all his strength to fight for the final four. Weng Hongyang is currently the only player left in the Chinese team, he shoulders the responsibility of winning the championship, from the most unpromising player before the game, to the current single seedling, he may create a personal best.
In total, the Chinese team of 7 people participated, Li Shifeng and Han Yue were out of the first round, Chen Yufei and Wang Zhiyi were out of the second round, and Ou Xuanyi/Huang Yaqiong was out of the third round, and the performance was very disappointing. The only Weng Hongyang who can rush into the fourth round? We look forward to his match with Huang Zhiyong and hope he can bring good news.