Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 28 Title: The overall score of the national feather is improving, and the men's team is looking forward to the trough - the roundup of the Badminton World Championships
Xinhua News Agency reporters Ding Wenxian, Wang Zijiang and Ji Ye
The 2022 World Badminton Championships ended in Tokyo, Japan on the 28th, and the Chinese players entered the final in 3 events, and the total result won 2 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze, which was higher than the previous 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze records. The Danish, Malaysian and Japanese teams each won 1 gold medal.
Jia Yifan (right) / Chen Qingchen celebrates scoring in the game on August 28. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Xiaoyu
China's women's singles player Chen Yufei failed to repeat the glory of winning gold at the Tokyo Olympics, and failed to win her first world championship gold medal after losing the final; The women's doubles pairs Chen Qingchen/ Jia Yifan, and the mixed doubles Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong swept away the haze of the Olympic final defeat and reached the highest podium this time; In terms of men's singles and men's doubles, Guoyu is facing the replacement of new and old, and it is urgent for the new generation to pick up the girder.
Women's singles regrets losing gold The men's singles is in a trough
Before this World Championships, the last time the Chinese team reached the women's singles final of the World Championships was 8 years ago, and the championship was 11 years ago.
On August 28, Chen Yufei returned the ball in the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Xiaoyu
Chen Yufei lost 1:2 in the final to defending champion and Japan's Akane Yamaguchi, but she has created her best personal record in the World Championships. From the Tokyo Olympics to the top of the strong opponent, to this year's Uber Cup final with South Korea's Ahn Seok Ying in the epic battle to physical exhaustion for the Chinese team to win the first point, to the World Championships silver, 24-year-old Chen Yufei has matured in terms of technical tactics and psychology, becoming the leader of the national women's singles. In addition to her, there are also a number of young cadres in the team, such as Bingjiao, Wang Zhiyi, and Han Yue. Four people joined hands to compete in this World Championship, forming a certain group advantage.
On August 25, Shi Yuqi returned the ball during the match. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Xiaoyu
In contrast, the situation of the men's singles of the national feather is not optimistic, the 3 participants are not among the seeded players, Lu Guangzu stopped in the second round, Shi Yuqi, who has just lifted the ban, did not qualify for the quarterfinals, and Zhao Junpeng lost the semifinals. Since Chen Long won the 2015 World Championships, the Chinese team has never won the men's singles gold medal again, and no one has advanced to the final after 2018.
The men's singles champion eventually went to Tokyo Olympic champion and Danish ace salon, who recently won his second World Championship title.
Women's doubles and mixed doubles regain "sadly"
Tokyo is the place where Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong are frustrated with the Chinese duo. At last year's Tokyo Olympics, they lost in the women's doubles and mixed doubles finals. A year later, they staged the return of the king at the World Championships together.
Chen Qingchen /Jia Yifan (left) return the ball during the match on August 28. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Xiaoyu
Women's doubles top seeds Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan did not lose a round from the beginning to the end of the tournament, defeating japan's world champions Nagahara and Kona / Matsumoto Mayou in the semi-finals and finals respectively, and South Korea's Kong Hee-yong / Kim Chao-young to win the World Championship for the third time. Teammates Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu and Du Yue/Li Wenmei stopped in the round of 8 and 16 respectively.
In the mixed doubles, the Chinese team "double insurance" Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong, Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping played side by side, the former in good shape in recent months, before the World Championships has held 6 international championships. The two pairs met in the semi-finals, where Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong laughed to the end, where they defeated the Japanese duo of Yudai Watanabe/Yusa Higashino to win the World Championship for the third time.
On August 27, Zheng Siwei (first from left) / Huang Yaqiong (second from left) and Wang Yilu (top right) / Huang Dongping greeted each other after the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Xiaoyu
The feather altar calls for a new force
Although the Chinese team achieved good results in the doubles event at the World Championships, it was still difficult to hide the embarrassment of the men's doubles absence. The current men's doubles pairs of Guoyu did not qualify for this World Championship due to their low world rankings. The men's doubles was fully restructured in the Paris Olympic cycle, and the strongest Combination of Li Junhui /Liu Yuchen was split due to Li Junhui's retirement.
Cultivating new forces is the top priority of the Chinese team's men's doubles team, and it is also an inevitable trend in the development of the project. In the men's doubles final, the Malaysian "post-95" combination Xie Dingfeng / Su Weiyi defeated Indonesian "post-80s" veteran Ashan / Hendra in two straight sets to win the first badminton world championship for Malaysia, achieving the goal that the predecessor Li Zongwei struggled for throughout his career and failed to achieve.
Xie Dingfeng (left) /Su Weiyi celebrates after winning on August 28. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Xiaoyu
Other individuals are also looking forward to the figure of youth. Thai rising star Quinlavut, who reached the men's singles final, An Xianying, who reached the final four of women's singles, and Wang Zhiyi, who recently reached the top of the Asian Championships, are all after "00". They are likely to become the focus of the Paris Olympic cycle teams competing for gold and silver, taking on the future of badminton.