Zhang Jun interpreted the lineup of the National Yu Tangyou Cup: the women's singles showed the advantages of the group, and the Tang Cup men's singles challenged even more

The 2022 Thomas Cup and Uber Cup will start on May 8, and the Chinese badminton team will arrive in Bangkok the day after the Asian Championships to prepare for training. Although only 200 days have passed since the last Tangyou Cup, the Chinese team's lineup has changed to some extent, including athletes and coaches. Regarding the national badminton lineup of the Bangkok Tangyou Cup, Zhang Jun, chairman of the Chinese Badminton Association and head coach of the Chinese badminton team doubles, made a detailed interpretation and analysis in the connection.

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Singles has changed a lot, and Shi Yuqi is still in the suspension period

Four years ago, the national men's team regained the Soup Cup in Bangkok, and the national women's team lost in the semi-finals of the Yu Cup. Returning to Bangkok this year, Zhang Jun believes that the women's singles has changed the most in four years, both in terms of ranking and performance, among which Chen Yufei has won the Olympic championship, He Bingjiao, Wang Zhiyi and so on have also made great progress. Although there is still a gap between the current women's singles group and the overall advantage of the national women's singles in the London cycle, it has shown a group advantage to a certain extent.

Compared with the women's singles, the men's singles of this year's Soup Cup are more challenging. Chen Long, one of the main players four years ago, entered a rest period after the Tokyo Olympics, and although he has returned to the team for training, he is still recovering, and he did not go out with the team this time. Another main player, Shi Yuqi, acted irrationally in the semi-finals of the Soup Cup last year, and his inappropriate speech in interviews and Weibo after the game had a negative impact. The Chinese Badminton Association attaches great importance to this, and after research, it was decided to give Shi Yuqi a penalty of not being able to represent the Chinese team for one year. At present, Shi Yuqi is still in the suspension period, so he has not been selected for the Tang Cup lineup. According to Zhang Jun, during the ban period, Shi Yuqi conducted a deep reflection on his mistakes, truly realized his own problems, and is still immersed in hard training. Zhang Jun said that after this lesson, Shi Yuqi can truly wake up, which is conducive to his better growth and maturity in the future.

Because of the lack of Chen Long and Shi Yuqi, five young players, Lu Guangzu, Zhao Junpeng, Li Shifeng, Weng Hongyang and Sun Feixiang, will represent the Chinese men's singles in the Tang You Cup. Zhang Jun said frankly that the epidemic that lasted for more than two years had a greater impact on this group of team members, because the number of international competitions participated in by GuoYu during the epidemic was too small, and these young players not only lacked the test of actual combat, but also the world ranking points were low, and many high-level events could not be registered to participate. This year, the Chinese Badminton Association set up an overseas training camp in Chiang Mai, Thailand, to ensure that the players can participate in more international competitions. In the previously concluded Korean Masters and Asian Championships, these young players showed a strong desire to win and fighting spirit, showing the hard work that young players should have. Zhang Jun hopes that these young players can cherish every opportunity to play in the Soup Cup, accumulate experience as soon as possible, improve their level, and enhance their self-confidence with victory.

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Full 12 players, doubles increase "wild"

As with last year's Aarhus Toyo Cup, in order to reduce the impact of the epidemic on the competition and athlete appearances, the maximum number of participants per team in this year's Tangyou Cup is still expanded from 10 to 12 people. According to Zhang Jun, Guo Yu reported 12 people in the soup cup and the You cup, which were evenly distributed in singles and doubles, respectively, the soup cup increased by men's singles Sun Feixiang and men's doubles Liu Cheng, and the increase in you cup was women's singles Han Yue and women's doubles Huang Dongping.

This time, the men's doubles and women's doubles of Guoyu have signed up for three pairs of the current fixed combination, and Liu Cheng and Huang Dongping have been added respectively. Zhang Jun especially mentioned that Huang Dongping, who chose to add the mixed doubles group to the women's doubles lineup, mainly considered three points: First, Huang Dongping's playing style has characteristics and is very threatening to many women's doubles opponents; second, she belongs to the "versatile" player, and last year she and Zheng Yu and Li Wenmei have achieved very good results; third, last year she played in the second double in the final of the You Cup, and won a winning point for the women's team to regain the You Cup, which further proved her strength.

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The coaching staff was formed in the cycle of preparing for the Paris Olympics

In addition to the change in the lineup of the participating players, the coaching team of the Tangyou Cup has also been adjusted. At the beginning of March, the national badminton team competed for the coaching positions of the national team and the national training team in the Paris Olympic cycle at the Chengdu Shuangliu Training Base. After the competition, after discussion and research, the competent coaches of the four individual groups were finally determined, of which the men's singles group was Chen Yu, the women's singles group was Luo Yigang, the men's doubles group was Chen Qiyun, and the mixed doubles group was Yang Ming. The women's doubles team continues to be coached by South Korean Kang Kyung-jin.

During the Korea Open and the Korea Masters, the coaches of The National Feather's on-site command had cameos, which once attracted a lot of attention, and even some negative or extreme remarks appeared. In this regard, Zhang Jun explained that at that time, the national feather soldiers were divided into three ways, some personnel rested in Switzerland due to physical reasons, while some of the coaches and team members who had recovered physically arrived in South Korea first, and some personnel went directly from China to South Korea to compete. Since it is not the coaches and athletes of the whole group who act together, there will be situations where the coaches support each other during the on-site guidance. For example, during the Korean Open, Coach Luo Yigang served as an on-site instructor in the men's singles competition; at the Korea Masters, Coach Chen Yu did the on-site guidance of the women's singles. Zhang Jun said that the Chinese badminton team is a whole, unity and cooperation is the fine tradition of the team, when the head coach does not come to the scene or the two games are played at the same time, other coaches will naturally support.

At present, the Overall State of the Chinese Badminton Team is good, and the whole team has been in Bangkok for three days of preparation training. On May 8, the Tangyou Cup will kick off in Bangkok, and both the Chinese men's team and the Chinese women's team will usher in the first match on the opening day.