The Chinese badminton men's team that went to the 2022 Thomas Cup, although the overall strength can not be compared with other top teams, but the difficulty of qualifying from the group is not large, in the first game, the Chinese team also swept the French team with obvious advantages to achieve the opening of the Thomas Cup, the second game, the opponent of the Chinese team is the weaker Algeria, the disparity in strength between the two sides, so that the game has not yet started to lose the suspense of victory and defeat, this campaign The Chinese team also adjusted the lineup of appearances. Zhao Junpeng replaced Lu Guangzu, who was injured in the previous game, as the first singles, although Zhao Junpeng did not show his best form in this battle, but he easily defeated the opponent to win the first point for the Chinese team, and then Li Shifeng, who appeared in the game, was completely playing with himself in the game, and also won two straight sets, helping the Chinese team to get the match point, the men's doubles Ren Xiangyu and Tan Qiang, who played in the third game, faced the opponent who ranked three hundred meters away, Ren Xiangyu and Tan Qiang quickly won the opponent, and finally in the case that Weng Hongyang and Liu Yuchen Ou Xuanyi did not appear After locking up the win and winning two consecutive wins in the group stage, the Chinese team also locked a place in the quarterfinals of the Thomas Cup in advance!
In the first match against the French player Merkel, Zhao Junpeng's performance was also very good, which is why the coaching staff let him play the first single, but in this campaign against MaMeri, who is only ranked 210 in the world, Zhao Junpeng's performance did not meet expectations, although the two sets of games were 21-11 and 21-15 laughed at the end.
However, from the perspective of the process of the game, Zhao Junpeng's control of the rhythm and the control of mistakes have not met expectations, as a veteran of the team, his performance is obviously unable to satisfy the fans and coaching staff, I hope that in the next encounter with strong opponents, Zhao Junpeng can play an exemplary role and show a better state.
Li Shifeng, who appeared later, although only 22 years old, showed the style of a general, his opponent Bellabi, in terms of personal ability, can not be compared with Li Shifeng, two games Li Shifeng also easily laughed at the end with 21-7 and 21-15, but in terms of the content of the game, Li Shifeng presented more than Zhao Junpeng.
In the game, it can be clearly felt that victory is not a simple pursuit of Li Shifeng, the first game he strives to hit every shot to the dead end, and the second set began to take the initiative to create offensive opportunities for Bellabi, through actual combat to practice their defensive ability and control of the game, such a high standard of their attitude, but also let the fans for Li Shifeng's future is full of expectations.
After winning two consecutive wins in singles, Ren Xiangyu and Tan Qiang's doubles debuted in the third game, their opponents are Labauyi and Uchefern, the latter's world ranking is only 325, whether from the perspective of personal ability, or from the perspective of tacit understanding, Ren Xiangyu and Tan Qiang both hang their opponents, after the start of the game, the two of them firmly control the rhythm of the game, whether it is a small ball in front of the net, or a continuous attack in the backcourt, Ren Xiangyu and Tan Qiang have a clear advantage, In the end, it took only 18 minutes to defeat the opponent with the same score of 21-4, and the Chinese team locked up the victory after the first three matches to advance to the quarterfinals of the Thomas Cup!