On April 14, the 2022 Korea Badminton Masters began to compete for the second round of each individual event. In the women's singles competition, the top seed, Tokyo Olympic women's singles champion Chen Yufei defeated the world's 42nd-ranked Japanese player Kawakami Sanaina 2-0 to advance to the quarterfinals. However, the game process is not as easy as imagined.
Facing Kawakami Sanaina from the Second Japan team, Chen Yufei appeared to be walking heavily, and her physical condition was obviously not at its best, and she fell behind 5-9, 8-11 in the first set. At 11-12, Chen Yufei played a wave of 6-0, leading the game for the first time, and finally took a 21-14 lead.
In the second set, Chen Yufei played more tired, and when he hit the middle section, he was breathless and his steps seemed to be sluggish. Corresponding to the score, it was once 10-14, 14-17 behind, at this time the fans watching the live video have left messages, is this still the Olympic champion Chen Yufei. If the opponent is a little stronger, even if it is only the level of Kim Jia-eun last week, Yufei the Great is expected to have handed over the second set of victory.
Fortunately, the strength of the opponent is indeed very limited, coupled with Chen Yufei's Olympic champion background, the end of the game into Yufei time. The top seed began to increase the number one attack, and Kawakami Sawa appeared to be more physically exhausted, completely unable to keep up with the rhythm. After a wave of 7-0, Chen Yufei instead took away the game victory 21-17.
Although she won the game, Chen Yufei's state made the fans break out in a cold sweat, and her state this season was really bad. After the Tokyo Olympics, the 5-month recovery time seemed to be completely insufficient, her physical condition was much worse than at her peak, and many balls were barely shot when the footsteps were not in place. If the situation is the same in the short term, the Uber Cup at the end of May is really not optimistic.
However, we can't ask her too much now, if at this stage of fighting too fiercely, exceeding the physical load, there will be serious injuries, then it is really not worth the loss. Continuing to practice in place of Sai and gradually regaining the feeling of the peak period may be her own, the right path.
In addition, in the men's singles match, The third brother of the Chinese team, Lu Guangzu, was in fair condition, easily defeating Algeria's Medel 21-10, 21-5 to advance to the quarterfinals. Since the opponent's strength was indeed a little worse, the whole game only took 23 minutes.
In the mixed doubles match, Olympic champions Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping performed more steadily, and although they encountered strong resistance from their opponents in the second set, they defeated the local combination of Zheng Zaixu / Li Yanyu with a score of 21-12, 21-18. The Yellow Ducks have not yet won the new season and hope to open in South Korea.
——Pay attention to the small fish and feel the temperature of sports!