On April 13, Beijing time, the first round of the men's singles competition of the 2022 Korea Masters began a fierce competition. Weng Hongyang, who just broke the three-year championship drought for the men's singles team of The National Yu last week, continued to show his good form, and he defeated Mai Meier in the form of two straight sets to win six consecutive wins in the new season. Many fans said that if Weng Hongyang wins the championship again, he will be among the main players of the national men's singles team at a rocket-like speed. In the mixed doubles arena, the combination of Ou Xuanyi and Huang Yaqiong, who had high hopes, also won easily, and the two easily defeated Zhong Hongjian and Ye Zhengwen to get the opening red of the game.
In this Korea Masters, in addition to the women's doubles world championship champions Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan, Guoyu sent a full main team to participate. Head coach Zhang Jun said in an interview that the German tournament is a warm-up for the players, but in the All England Open, the Chinese team did not win the championship in all 5 individual events, which surprised the entire coaching staff. The reason why the team chose to withdraw from the Swiss Open is to be able to adjust its condition, restore physical fitness, and strive to play a beautiful turnaround battle at the Korea Masters.
In the men's singles event, Lu Guangzu, Zhao Junpeng, Weng Hongyang and others joined hands to compete, and the most concerned was Weng Hongyang. Previously, he won the men's singles final of the Korea Open Badminton Championships, defeating the world's eighth Jonathan to win the men's singles championship. It is worth mentioning that this is also the first men's singles championship won by Guoyu in the new season. Coming to the Masters, everyone expected Weng Hongyang to be able to score twice. In the first round of the game, facing Mai Meier, Weng Hongyang was full of firepower, using his height advantage to launch a fierce attack on the opponent, and finally won two consecutive sets to win the opening red.
After the game, he said in an interview that winning the Korean Open has doubled his confidence and better understood the direction of his efforts. He hopes to achieve good results, continuously improve the world rankings, and strive to become the main force of the team from a substitute player. Some fans believe that Lu Guangzu, Zhao Junpeng and other players have performed generally in recent seasons, and it is difficult to improve their performance qualitatively, but it is better to let Weng Hongyang get more opportunities to play, and there may be unexpected gains. Mixed doubles duo Ou Xuanyi and Huang Yaqiong made a comeback at the Korea Masters, and the two won the silver medal in mixed doubles in Germany at the beginning of the season.
In the subsequent All England Open, the two partners Zheng Siwei and Zhang Shuxian failed to achieve the desired results. At the last Korea Open, as the only pair of national feathers to participate in the competition, Ou Xuanyi and Huang Yaqiong were in a sluggish state and were out of the cold in advance. After a short break, the two partnered again in the Masters. In the first round, they easily defeated Zhong Hongjian and Ye Zhengwen and took the first step towards the championship. Ou Xuanyi and Huang Yaqiong are a new combination created by the coaching team of the national feather in the Paris Olympic cycle, and the two need to use the gold medal to crush all the doubts in the outside world.
(Luo Treasurer)