On November 17, Beijing time, the 2022 Australian Open 1/8 finals are all over! Guoba has a record of 8 wins and 2 losses (1 civil war) in 9 games today. Men's singles Shi Yuqi joined Lu Guangzu to advance, Li Shifeng and Weng Hongyang were out; Men's doubles Liu Yuchen/Ou Weiyi, Wang Chang/Liang Weihang and He Jiting/Zhou Haodong all advanced; Women's singles Han Yue, women's doubles Zheng Yu/Zhang Shuxian and mixed doubles Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping advanced one after another.
Lu Guangzu fought hard in three sets and defeated Malaysia's brother Li Zijia 2-1 (20-22/21-15/21-16) to advance to the quarterfinals of men's singles! At the same time, the last place in the men's singles of the year-end finals was locked! In the next round, he will face Indonesia's Ruba for a place in the semifinals.
So far, the Chinese badminton team has players in five individual events who have been shortlisted for the year-end finals. Men's singles: Lu Guangzu; Women's singles: Chen Yufei and He Bingjiao; Men's Doubles: Liu Yuchen/Ou Weiyi; Women's Doubles: Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan and Zheng Yu / Zhang Shuxian; Mixed doubles: Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong and Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping. The year-end finals will be held December 7-11 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Shi Yuqi met teammate Weng Hongyang in this round, and after two games, Shi Yuqi defeated Weng Hongyang 21-14, 21-7 and easily advanced to the men's singles quarterfinals! It can be seen in this game that the strength gap between the two is huge, Shi Yuqi retreats to kill the diagonal line is really one kill and one accurate, and Weng Hongyang is powerless. In the quarterfinals, he will face off against Singapore's brother Luo Jianyou, who defeated Li Shifeng.
In the last match of the day, Li Shifeng fought hard in three sets, wasting two consecutive match points to defeat world champion Luo Jianyou 1-2 (10-21/21-12/21-23) and did not advance to the men's singles quarterfinals. In this game, Li Shifeng played very smart and very hard, but he was a little anxious on the key points, which is a pity.
The men's doubles Liu Yuchen/Ou Weiyi fought hard in three sets and defeated the Korean pair Choi Choi / Kim Won-ho 2-1 (18-21/21-18/21-18) to advance to the quarterfinals of the men's doubles! So far, all three pairs of men's doubles have advanced to the quarterfinals. The next round will be to compete with Olympic champions and Chinese Taipei pair Li Yang/Wang Qilin for a place in the semifinals.
After finishing two men's doubles matches earlier, Wang Chang/Leung Wai Hang defeated the Indonesian pair of Gutama / Isfahani 2-1 (21-12/13-21/21-10) to advance to the quarterfinals of the men's doubles! The quarterfinals will face teammates He Jiting / Zhou Haodong, who defeated the multinational pair Nidipong/Tang Huaidong 21-14 to advance to the quarterfinals of the men's doubles.
Guoyu women's doubles only Miao Zheng Yu/Zhang Shuxian fell in straight sets to defeat the Indonesian pair Melissa/Rachel 21-14, 21-8, and strongly advanced to the quarterfinals of the women's doubles! The quarterfinals will face the Japanese pair of Yuki Fukushima/Ayaka Hirota.
Guoyu women's solo Miao Hanyue chopped melons and cut vegetables, swept Australian native Chen Xuanyu in two sets 21-6, 21-10, and easily advanced to the quarterfinals of women's singles! In the quarterfinals, they will face Japan's Hope Okuhara. Compared with the vicious battle in the next round, due to the large gap in strength between the two sides in this match, Han Yue can be said to play effortlessly, which greatly saves the consumption of physical strength.
Guoyu mixed doubles solo Miao Feng Yanzhe/Hwang Dongping fought in three sets and defeated the Korean pair Kim Young-yeong/Lee You-lin 2-1 (21-12/14-21/21-15) to successfully advance to the mixed doubles quarterfinals! The quarter-finals will face the Indonesian pair Adnan/Nita. Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping have played in four tournaments and all of them have reached at least the quarterfinals, and they have been quite consistent.