The 2022 world badminton tournament has entered a critical stage, from the German and All England tournaments at the beginning of the year, to the Korean Open, the Masters, to the Thomas Cup and Thailand, the 5 individual duels have feasted on fans. From the perspective of the competitive landscape, the competition for men's singles projects is the most fierce and the most suspenseful. Since the new century, the badminton men's singles field has always been the world of the Chinese team, especially Lin Dan, who has played invincible in the Olympic cycles in Beijing and London. Malaysia's Li Zongwei is the only player who can wrench his wrist with Lin Dan. However, after the Rio Olympics, the men's singles field suddenly changed, from Lin and Li to compete for supremacy to a group of males.
Entering the Paris cycle, the world badminton men's singles field will usher in great changes! In terms of the current world rankings, Denmark's Arcelorn family is the only one, but the Danes have begun to decline since winning the Tokyo Olympics, and this season's results can be described as dismal. Japan's Momota Kendou had a beautiful scenery two years ago, and now it has set in the west, and even many events have been swept out by unknown players early. Middle-aged players such as Antonson and Kim Ting have always been difficult to sit in the men's singles top spot, and after the strong rise of young players, it is difficult for them to keep their own country.
Entering the Paris Olympic cycle, many badminton authorities have said that the individual events in the world badminton will generally continue the pattern of the Tokyo Olympic cycle, but the men's singles will undergo major changes. From the level of the players to the intensity of the match, it is more than the previous Olympic Games. For The Chinese badminton team, men's singles and men's doubles are always short-board events. The men's doubles has completely lost its dominance and is unlikely to return to the top of the world in a short period of time. The development prospects of men's singles have generally attracted attention. World champions, including Lin Dan, Bao Chunlai, Cai Yun, Chen Jin, etc., all said in interviews that the Chinese men's singles team will definitely be able to win the Olympic championship again.
The soul figure Chen Long has faded out of the arena and basically withdrew from the battle for tickets to the Paris Olympics. Shi Yuqi is plagued by injuries, considering that it is difficult to compete with offensive players such as Arcelor in terms of technical and tactical play, it is difficult for him to stand on the top of the world again.
The current Chinese team, Li Shifeng and Weng Hongyang, have high hopes, and both have performed well this season. However, it should be noted that the Indian team won the championship in the Thomas Cup, especially their men's singles rising star Lakshya, which is a force that cannot be ignored in the men's singles field of the world badminton.
Singapore's Luo Jianyou won the 2021 World Championships and became the biggest dark horse. Malaysia's "first brother" Li Zijia won the men's singles final in Thailand. In this regard, fans have predicted that in today's men's singles arena of world sports, Arcelor and Momota Kendou have become the past tense, and Weng Hongyang and Li Shifeng of the Chinese team, Lakshya of India, Luo Jianyou of Singapore and Li Zijia of Malaysia are the leaders of the Paris Olympic cycle!
(Luo Treasurer)