On May 18, Beijing time, the 2022 World Tour Super 500 Thailand Open continued, and many chinese teams passed the first round. Zhao Junpeng eliminated No. 2 seed Kento Momota 2-0, and Li Shifeng eliminated another Japanese master, and they joined hands to enter the men's singles second round. Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao and four others broke through the first round of the women's singles, and Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping passed the first round of the mixed doubles.
This time, Kuniwa stayed in Bangkok to continue to compete after competing in the Toyo Cup finals. Although the Thailand Open is only a super 500 event, Guoyu attaches great importance to it, and most of the players have signed up to participate, including Chen Yufei, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping and other famous players.
Li Shifeng, who advanced from the men's singles qualifiers to the main round, successfully passed the first round. Facing Japan's Nishimoto Boxer, Lee played quite well, suppressing his opponent and taking 49 minutes to defeat Nishimoto 2-0 (21-12, 21-17) to advance. In another men's singles match, Zhao Junpeng performed eye-catchingly, facing a Japanese brother Momota Kendou, Zhao Junpeng dared to fight, and he won 2-0 (21-8, 21-11) in just 29 minutes to advance.
In the other games that have ended in the first round, top seed Axelsen defeated South Korea's Heo Youxi 2-0 (21-19, 21-13), Srikans defeated France's Levidez 2-1 (18-21, 21-10, 21-16) and Indonesia's Sugiato narrowly defeated No. 4 seed Zhou Tiancheng 2-1 (22-20, 14-21, 21-15).
In the second round, Li Shifeng will face Sugiato, and Zhao Junpeng will meet Thailand's Wang Gaolun.
Four members of the Chinese team in the women's singles field advanced to the next round. No. 3 seed Chen Yufei took control of the situation on the pitch and took firmly the initiative, taking advantage of Denmark's Bridgefield in two straight sets 21-16, 21-10. He Bingjiao and Han Yue staged a derby, and after 34 minutes of fighting, He Bingjiao's strength was even better, and she eliminated her teammates 2-0 (21-18, 21-9) to advance to the next round.
Wang Zhiyi escaped the shadow of the loss of the Uber Cup final, and she beat Germany's Li Yifeng 2-0 (21-15, 21-12). Zhang Yiman and Denmark's Kojsfeld fought fiercely for 58 minutes to play three sets, and in the end Zhang Yiman won 2-1 (21-11, 17-21, 21-10).
In other matches, Dai Ziying and Akane Yamaguchi have won and advanced. No. 4 seed Ann resisted for 51 minutes before losing 1-2 (16-21, 21-11, 18-21) to Denmark's Christopherson.
In the second round, Chen Yufei and Zhang Yiman will play in the same room, He Bingjiao will play against Indonesia's Fitriani, and Wang Zhiyi will challenge the No. 7 seed Indanon.
In the first round of the mixed doubles competition, Olympic champions Wang Yilu and Huang Dongping were clearly dominant, and they firmly controlled the game on the field, and finally won a 2-0 (21-7, 21-16) victory over a Thai pair in just 26 minutes.