On May 18, the 2022 BWF Tour Super 500 Thailand Open entered its second matchday, and the first round of competition was in full swing. In the men's singles match of the day, a big cold was born, the national feather team member Zhao Junpeng, the No. 2 seed of the challenge tournament and the world's second-largest Japanese brother Momota Kendou, only 29 minutes, swept 21-8, 21-11 quickly, and strongly advanced to the second round of 16. In addition, in the day's competition, South Korean talent girl An Xianying and Chinese Taipei men's singles brother Zhou Tiancheng were both upset and dismal a round of swimming out.
Among the men's singles players participating in the Thailand Open, in addition to Lu Guangzu, Zhao Junpeng is another player who directly starts from the main tournament. Zhao Junpeng, who is ranked 36th in the world, has never played against Momota Kendou before, so this is the first time the two have met in their careers. In the Toyu Cup tournament that ended last week, the Japanese men's team performed poorly, losing 2-3 to Indonesia in the semi-finals and missing the final. As the first singles in the team, Momota Kendou, throughout the Soup Cup competition, the performance was unstable, appeared 4 times, 2 wins and 2 losses, and lost to Malaysia's Li Zijia and Indonesia's Kim Ting.
So far this season, Momota Kendou's state has not been able to enter the best form, since the beginning of the season in the German Open, he has made many rounds of travel, at the end of April, Momota Kendou was also out of the first round, by the Indonesian player Valdoyo, who was only ranked 53rd in the world at the time. Zhao Junpeng of The National Feather, the overall performance this season is average, the best result is the German Open at the beginning of the season to enter the top 8, and the subsequent All England and Korea Masters, are a round of swimming out. On the Thomas Cup, Zhao Junpeng appeared three times, the group stage was won as two singles, and the quarter-finals were won as a single face against Jin Ting, and he lost three sets.
In the first set of the game, the score alternated between the two at the beginning, and after leading the official suspension 11-5, Zhao Junpeng continued to exert his strength and finally won the victory with a 21-8 victory. In the second set, Momota Kendou still could not find too good feelings, Zhao Junpeng was still full of firepower, and finally won easily 21-11, the whole game took only 29 minutes, Zhao Junpeng swept the world second place 2-0, strongly advanced to the round of 16, and the second round will be against Thailand's Wang Gaolun.
In addition, in the first round of the match that has ended that day, the No. 4 seed of the men's singles, The Chinese Taipei brother Zhou Tiancheng, was upset by Indonesia's 34-year-old veteran Sugiato, and lost 20-22, 21-14, 15-21, a big score of 1-2. And the women's singles field, the No. 4 seed, South Korea's talented girl An Jieying, facing the Danish player Ryan, is also a fierce battle in three sets, 16-21, 21-11, 18-21, the big score 1-2 loss, a round of travel out. In mixed doubles, the No. 5 seeded Malaysian duo of Chen Jianming / Lai Peijun also lost 1-2 to the German combination of Jensen / Evre, stopping the first round.