On April 15, Beijing time, the Korean Masters continued, the Chinese olympic champion combination Huang Dongping and Wang Yilu competed in the mixed doubles quarterfinals, against Japan's Yujiro Nishikawa and Ozaki Saori combination, in the end, Huang Dongping and Wang Yilu with super strength, only 23 minutes to clock out of work, 2-0 swept the opponent to advance to the semifinals. The scores in the two sets were 21-4 and 21-6, and the Olympic champion duo of The National Badminton did not save face at all, and only let the opponent score 10 points in the two sets, and easily won the promotion. Huang Dongping and Wang Yilu's semi-final opponents will be Jin Yong and Li Youlin.
This Korean Masters is completely different from the previous Korea Open, Guoyu sent a number of main players to participate, in the same day's competition, Guoyu Xinke Olympic women's singles champion Chen Yufei was 2-0 easy to sweep the Japanese players, reaching the women's singles semifinals. It is clear that Kuniyu has the hope of winning more good results and medals at the Korea Masters.
Huang Dongping and Wang Yilu are one of the strongest mixed doubles pairs in Guoyu at present, ranking 4th in the active world, and Guoyu's other mixed doubles pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong ranked 1st. At the Tokyo Olympics, Huang Dongping and Wang Yilu won the mixed doubles championship together, and then won the mixed doubles event at the domestic National Games. Considering that Huang Dongping and Wang Yilu are 27 and 28 years old respectively, and are still at the peak of their sports careers, they are still absolutely competitive in the world badminton world.
It is worth noting that in the previous All England Open Badminton Championships, Wang Yilu and Huang Dongping reached the final of the tournament, but lost 0-2 to the Japanese combination of Yudai Watanabe / Yusa Higashino, ranking second, which means that since 2022, Huang Dongping and Wang Yilu's competitive state is not good, at least not in the best state. To this end, the Olympic champion pair can regain the peak feeling of the past by winning the championship and strive to restore the best state as soon as possible.
Due to the impact of the epidemic at home and abroad, the competitive status of most players in China's national featherweight has been tested in recent years, the reason is that they will be absent from overseas international competitions for a long time, for personal health considerations, the General Administration of Sports generally recommends that players give up some games to avoid too many uncontrollable factors after going out. This has led to the lack of frequency and intensity of most players in the national feather, and the same is true for Chen Yufei of the women's singles, who has not won the championship since 2022 and lost many key games. To this end, it is not easy for Chinese athletes to participate in overseas competitions at present, and the premise of playing a good game needs to ensure their own physical health, whether it is psychological or physiological, they need to be tested, and athletes are not easy!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)