On April 26, the Asian Championships, which had been two years apart due to the impact of the epidemic, will resume again in the Philippines. As an intercontinental badminton event, the Asian Championships have attracted many badminton players from Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia and other countries in Asia. In terms of national feathers, Wang Yilu, Huang Dongping, Chen Qingchen, Jia Yifan, etc. signed up to participate, and Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong will also reorganize to participate. It is worth mentioning that this Asian Championship has been upgraded from the original S500 level to the S1000 level, and there will be more event points.
The Asian Championship quota is similar to the World Championships, according to the world ranking of a certain date determined by the Asian Championships, each individual ranking in the top 16 associations can have up to 4 places, the top 32 have 2, the remaining 1 is also divided into two stages, the first stage is the same association substitute, the second stage is directly substituted according to the ranking level.
Considering the limited number of participants in each association, Chen Yufei and Lu Guangzu rested and prepared for the Asian Championships, and the national singles squad was younger. As a high-level event in Asia, Kuniwa will use this competition to test new talents and train instead of competitions. In the women's single, He Bingjiao, who has recently been in a hot state, led the battle, and Wang Zhiyi, Han Yue, and Zhang Yiman bravely picked the beams.
He Bingjiao's opponent in the first round is Japan's Ohori Cai, Wang Zhiyi is facing Thailand's Busannan, Zhang Yiman, who has rested for several races due to a waist injury, will return from a comeback to play against Indonesia's Mariska and Han Yue against qualifiers.
The four women's singles players of the national feather are divided into two and two divisions in the upper and lower half of the district, of which He Bingjiao and Han Yue are located in the upper half, and in the same half of the district, there are also Japan's Akane Yamaguchi and India's Sindu. Wang Zhiyi and Zhang Yiman are in the lower half of the zone with South Korea's An Xianying and Japan's Okuhara Hope.
On the men's side, Li Shifeng, Sun Feixiang, Weng Hongyang and Lei Lanxi are ready to go. In this Asian Championships, the national feather men's singles sent four young players, which can be described as a storm of youth. Li Shifeng's opponent in the first round was India's Lakshya, and Sun Feixiang was against Li Zijia.
Weng Hongyang and Lei Lanxi need to play the group stage first to qualify for the main competition. As a key event in the Paris cycle and the last stop before the Thomas Cup, Guoyu selected young men's singles players to participate, aiming to continuously hone new talents through competitions, enhance the overall talent reserve thickness of men's singles, and lay the foundation for the Paris cycle. I hope that the four young players can brave the challenge and move forward bravely!
Compared to the singles line-up, the doubles combination is the main force to prepare for the team competition. In the men's doubles, Liu Yuchen/ Ou Xuanyi will not be difficult to qualify in the first round, but the second round is very likely to play against the Indonesian doubles-Arab combination. Ren Xiangyu / Tan Qiang are facing Thai players. The men's doubles first round focus battle was between Ho Ji Ting/Zhou Haodong and Malaysia's Hsieh Ding Feng/Su Wei Yi.
Women's doubles top seeds Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan will face South Korea's Jung Na Eun / Kim Hye-jeong. In the All England Tournament, the poor state of the Fan Chen combination regrettably lost to the opponent, and the Asian Championship met again, looking forward to the wonderful play of the Fan Chen duo. The other two groups, Du Yue/Li Wenmei and Zheng Yu/Zhang Shuxian, faced the qualifiers and the Indonesian combination respectively.
In terms of mixed doubles, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong reunited again, and together with Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping, they jointly defended the glory of the mixed doubles of national feathers. In this competition, the IELTS combination and the yellow duck combination are divided into the upper and lower half of the zone, and the overall promotion is not difficult. Feng Yanzhe / Lin Lingfang, who is participating in the Asian Championships for the first time, will face Malaysia's Hui Bangrong / Xie Yiqian.
The 2022 Asian Championships, as the highest level of key events before the Tangyou Cup, almost all countries participated in the main event. In this competition, Guoyu still helps the team members find the feel and adapt to the rhythm of the game by practicing in the form of competition, while preparing for the team competition and meeting the challenge. Let's cheer for The Nation!