Do you remember Misha Zilberman, a 33-year-old Israeli veteran who beat Lee in the first round of the Korea Open? In addition to singles, he also doubles, mixed doubles partner is his 63-year-old mother Svetlana Zilberman, such a mother-son pair shocked the foreign media.
Badminton has always been a good story, Chen Long, Wang Shixian and other "divine eagle heroes", Gabriela, Stoeva sisters flower, 63-year-old mother Svetlana Silberman and 33-year-old son Misha Silberman fought side by side, which is also a unique scenery in the history of badminton.
Svetlana won the women's singles bronze medal at the 1986 European Championships for the Soviet Union before moving to Israel. In addition to being her son's coach, Svetlana also served as his mixed doubles partner, and the two won the National Badminton Championships several times. In 2009, the 51-year-old Svetlana and the 20-year-old Misha competed in the mixed doubles match at the World Badminton Championships in Hyderabad, India, becoming the first mother-son pair.
In 2017, he won the first BWF Challenge in Nigeria, and together they have won three BWF championships. The two also challenged the All England Open last year, but stopped in the first round.
At this Year's Korea Open, the two lost 9-21, 10-21 to the Japanese duo of Daiki Midorikawa / Natsu Saito in the first round of the South Korean Open, but defeated Kuniwa Lee Shifeng 21-17, 21-16 in the first round of men's singles, and lost to Slicante 18-21, 6-21 in the round of 16, missing the quarterfinals. However, South Korean media pointed out that the Israeli group ranked 161 in the world still received warm applause on the sidelines, and the local media "Sports Korea" praised in the report: Mother and son practiced the challenge spirit of sports together, which was moving.
My son Misha has said in past interviews with BWF that his mother is his role model, she is my role model with European players, she still maintains her posture and practices on the pitch every day.
The two also played in the 2011 Sudirman Cup, when the 53-year-old mother Svetlana and her son Misha, who was in his early 20s, played alongside each other.
China News Network once reported that although they are not stars, ziboman's mother and son in white jerseys are still very eye-catching. Obviously, a big mother who is nearly half a hundred years old and a little hairy child who is less than half her age looks a bit funny.
But his son, Misha, was not satisfied with the reporter's somewhat skeptical gaze, and his reason for defending his mother was: "Although my mother is a little older and does not react quickly enough, her experience plays a greater role." China News Network once reported that although they are not stars, ziboman mother and son wearing white jerseys are still very eye-catching. Obviously, a big mother who is nearly half a hundred years old and a little hairy child who is less than half her age looks a bit funny.
Originally from Russia, Svetlana won a bronze medal in women's singles at the European Championships, and later immigrated to Israel with her husband and coach. After arriving in Israel, her mother almost played all over the country, and when Misha, who received badminton training since childhood, was 17 years old, she once tried to mix doubles with her son and won the championship in one fell swoop. "There are not many badminton players in Israel, and it is even more difficult to find a suitable partner." Since then, this pair of unique mother and son files in the world has begun to walk the rivers and lakes.
Misha said that although he is the first men's singles of his national team, the Israeli Badminton Association is very poor, they do not even have a training center, and the players are training separately and gather for another day every month. "I have to train for 3 to 4 hours a day, but I have my father and mother's guidance, which is where I'm luckier than others."
"A lot of times, I feel like we don't have a chance to win at all. But my mother didn't think so, she said that we play badminton to win against teams like China and South Korea, so it's better to do something else. Misha says his dream is to compete in an Olympics, so he must participate in as many such competitions as possible and save enough Olympic points.
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