On April 12, the 2022 BWF Tour Super 300 Korea Masters officially began, and on the first day of the competition, The National Badminton achieved a record of 8 wins and 3 losses in 10 matches, including a mixed doubles civil war. Chen Yufei, Wang Zhiyi and Li Shifeng all won in singles matches, He Jiting/Zhou Haodong, Ren Xiangyu/Tan Qiang won in the men's doubles competition, Zhang Shuxian won in the women's doubles and mixed doubles, and the "Yellow Duck" team defeated Guo Xinwa/Liu Xuanxuan in the civil war. The men's doubles veterans liu cheng/Zhang Nan and Zhang Yiman both lost in the first round.
Although the Korea Masters is a super 300-level event, the national feathers side is still the vast majority of the main players, fully training and points. In addition to the seven who participated in the Korea Open last week, other singles and doubles players, including Tokyo Olympic mixed doubles champions Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping and He Bingjiao, flew from Switzerland to South Korea to join the national featherweight front. The women's doubles number one group "Fan Chen" Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan did not come with the team, but under the leadership of the coaching staff, flew directly to the overseas training camp in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and entered the rhythm of preparing for the Asian Championships and the Tang You Cup.
On the first day of the match, only Li Shifeng played in the men's singles, he defeated South Korea's Shin Yu-sun 2-1 (21-14, 20-22, 21-10) over South Korea's Jeong Min-sun; in the women's singles, Chen Yufei led the game, she defeated Singapore's Xu Yuxin 2-0 (21-17, 21-10), Wang Zhiyi also defeated South Korea's Shin Yujing 2-0 (21-18, 21-16), Zhang Yiman regrettably lost, she lost 0-2 (19-21, 17-21) to Lauren Lin of the United States.
In the men's doubles, all three pairs played, With Ho Ji Ting/Zhou Haodong defeating thai duo Punggasai/Thanawat 2-0 (21-10, 21-18), Ren Xiangyu/Tan Qiang also beating South Korea's Kim Hee-tae/Yoon Dayi 2-0 (21-17, 21-12), while Liu Cheng/Jang Nan again faced a round trip, and they fought hard to defeat the South Korean team Kim Jae-hyun/Lee Yong-dae in three sets 1-2 (21-18, 15-21, 11-21). In women's doubles, only Jang Shu-hyun/Jeong Woo played, and they defeated South Korea's Fang Ji-hyun/Kim Min-song 2-0 (21-13, 21-14). In mixed doubles, Jang Si-hyun/Jang Shu-hyun won 2-0 (21-6, 21-15) over South Korea's Park Kyung-hoon/Kim Yu-jing, Wang Yi-lu/Hwang Dong-ping and Guo Xinwa/Liu Hyun-hyun, and won 2-1 (21-17, 19-21, 21-10).
In addition, on the same day, the BWF updated the latest edition of the world rankings, and the biggest change was that Weng Hongyang, the youngster who won the men's singles championship at the Korean Open last week, soared 67 places in the world rankings to rank 89th. In addition, the combination of Ou Xuanyi and Huang Yaqiong, who entered the mixed doubles top 8, also rose 95 places, and ranked 162nd in the latest place. Among the other national badminton players, the top ranking players have not changed, but the new combinations have declined to a certain extent, and have been surpassed by other opponents participating in the same period.