Original title: Guoyu occupies 8 quarterfinalist seats! Chen Yufei won three sets, and the two pairs of men's doubles fought hard to advance
On January 12, the second round of the 2023 BWF Tour Super 1000 Malaysia Open began, and Guoyu won multiple victories in the women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles competitions, occupying eight places in the top 8. Unfortunately, with Zhao Junpeng's loss in the men's singles, the national badminton men's singles team was completely wiped out, and the collective missed the top 8. In the mixed doubles, only the IELTS combination remained, and the Tokyo Olympic champion Yellow Duck was reversed by the South Korean pair to stop the second round.
In the men's singles, Zhao Junpeng, who defeated Lu Guangzu in the first round of the Guoyu Civil War, faced Singapore world champion Luo Jianyou today, but suffered a crushing defeat, losing two consecutive games 15-21, 8-21, and lost to Luo Jianyou again. Luo Jianyou, on the other hand, achieved another victory over Zhao Junpeng after eliminating Li Shifeng in the first round, winning two national badminton players in a row and advancing to the round of eight. In the first top tournament of the new season, 5 players, including Shi Yuqi, played in the men's singles competition, and the results were all out early.
In the women's singles competition, Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Yufei once again faced Canada's Li Wenshan. Although Chen Yufei's form had ups and downs in the game, he finally eliminated his opponent in three sets 21-13, 10-21, 21-13 and successfully advanced to the round of eight. Wang Zhiyi beat Chinese Taipei's Bai Yupo 21-13, 21-10. Han Yue, on the other hand, lost in the first meeting with Dai Ziying, a sister of Chinese Taipei, and lost two consecutive games 10-21, 13-21, and was eliminated in the round of eight. In the 1/4 final, Chen Yufei will face Spain's Marin, which will be the first time the two have met in nearly three years. Wang Zhiyi faced off against the Korean genius girl An Zhiying.
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In the men's doubles competition, Liu Yuchen/Ou Weiyi was defeated by the host, last year's world champion combination Xie Dingfeng / Su Weiyi, the two easily won the first game 21-10, and in the second game Liu Ou once staged a good game of chasing points under the unfavorable situation of 3-12 behind, and finally won 23-21, thus winning 2-0 and advancing to the last 8. Leung Wai Keng/Wang Chang met the Indonesian Minions pair Gideon/Sukamuyo, losing 20-22 in the first game, winning 21-12 in the second game, and winning 21-19 in the tiebreaker, and finally completing the reversal and advancing to the round of 8 with Liu Ou's combination.
In the women's doubles, all four pairs of Guoyu advanced to the first round, and in the second round, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan defeated the Indonesian pair Kusuma/Prativi 21-7, 21-9; Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu also won big, defeating the host Malaysian pair Wu Peiqi/Zhang Meixin 21-10, 21-7; The re-paired pair of Li Wenmei/Liu Xuanxuan and Du Yue/Xia Yuting started a civil war, and finally the younger Li Wenmei/Liu Xuanxuan won 21-12, 17-21, 21-14 and advanced to the round of eight.
In the mixed doubles, the top-seeded IELTS pair Zheng Siwei/Wong Yaqiong defeated the Malaysian pair Wu Soon Huat/Lai Jiemin 21-16, 21-10 to advance to the last eight. The yellow duck pair Wang Yilu/Hwang Dongping suffered a hard battle, and finally lost to the South Korean pair Kim Won-ho / Jung Na-eun 21-12, 20-22, 21-23, unfortunately stopping in the second round. The IELTS team will compete alone for the first time of the season.