On May 17, the first competition after the Toyu Cup, the Thailand Open Badminton Championship, was played. The Chinese team that previously competed in the Tang You Cup played as sharply as possible, Li Wenmei/ Du Yue was out of the first round, and Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan advanced strongly. Li Shifeng, who started from the qualifiers because of the low ranking, won two consecutive games to advance to the main tournament.
Li Wenmei / Huang Dongpingyou cup loss
In the just-concluded Uber Cup final, the national women's doubles pair final lost to south Korea, and the Chinese team finally lost 2-3 and did not have the opportunity to defend the title. At that time, Guo Yu Ershuang sent a temporary partner between Li Wenmei and Huang Dongping. In this Thailand match, Li Wenmei reunited with her old partner Du Yue, and the opponent in the first round was Japan's Nao Matsuyama / Chiyo Shida. As a result, Li Wenmei / Du Yue won the first set 21-18 and lost two consecutive sets 15-21, 10-21. Especially in the third set, the two were completely out of rhythm, and they have been passively beaten, only getting 10 points.
The FanChen combination advanced strongly
The Fanchen combination, who also lost in the Yu Cup final, was played against Stoly Aarenko/Zarka of Ukraine in the first round. Because the opponent was too weak, the game became one-sided. Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan won easily 2-0 (21-13, 21-4) in just 24 minutes. The second set left the opponent with just a pitiful 4 points. Another Chinese duo, Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu, took 36 minutes to eliminate a Thai pair 2-0.
Li Shifeng advanced to the main tournament
China's Li Shifeng, who defeated Denmark's Antonsen in the Thomas Cup competition, started with the qualifiers in Thailand. Due to the mediocre strength of the opponents, Li Shifeng did not encounter challenges, winning two consecutive games to advance to the main tournament. After the National Yu Men's Team Tang Cup stopped in the quarterfinals, how Li Shifeng and others performed in this Thailand match was very concerning. After all, after the soup cup is out, Zhang Jun, chairman of the Chinese Badminton Association, has made it clear that he will consider replacing the head coach of the men's singles of the national feather. Therefore, whether the Chinese men's team can rebound from the bottom is directly related to the coaching position of men's singles head coach Chen Yu.