On the evening of February 22, the 2023 All England Open Badminton Open signing form was officially released, and the national badminton signing luck was general. Among them, the men's singles draw was drawn, and the five men's singles players in Guoyu will face opponents with similar or higher strength than themselves in the first round; In the women's singles, except for Zhang Yiman who met Xindu, the other four people, including Chen Yufei and He Bingjiao, had little problem breaking through the first round; In doubles, there are four pairs of men's doubles, but Liu Yuchen/Ou Weiyi and Leung Wai Keng/Wang Chang are in the lower half and may meet too early, while the mixed doubles and women's doubles are only two and three pairs respectively, but for the top players, including the "IELTS" and "Fanchen" combinations, the draw does not matter whether it is good or bad, the goal is to go straight to the champion.
Shi Yuqi
The men's singles draw is drawn
The 1000-level All England Open, which will be held in Birmingham, England, from March 14 to 19, is the most historical and influential event in the BWF tour system, with world stars and national badminton main players all attacking, compared to last year's national badminton men's singles only Lu Guangzu and Zhao Junpeng two participants, through a year of hard work, everyone's ranking has risen, although the results are still unsatisfactory, but at least five people have qualified for the All England Championship.
However, due to the lack of dominance in the rankings, the five faced varying degrees of difficulty in winning the first round. Among them, the most concerned is naturally Shi Yuqi, his opponent in the first round, Kanta Changshan, although his ability is not first-class, but it should not be underestimated, but if Shi Yuqi can play at his due level, he can still pass smoothly, but in the second round he will encounter the winner between Kento Momota and Kunravut, the former is in decline, but the latter is rising, and Shi Yuqi does not have an absolute chance of victory.
If you can advance to the quarterfinals, Shi Yuqi's opponent is likely to be Indonesia's Jonatan, unless the young player Weng Hongyang can block the opponent in the first round, but it seems to be quite difficult, for Jonathan, Shi Yuqi has always had some ball paths, so it is difficult for Shi Yuqi to reach the final four in the UK.
Also in the bottom half is Lu Guangzu, whose first-round opponent is Japan's new generation of strength player Nara Okadai, and the victory or defeat of the double play also depends on the performance. In the second round, Lu Guangzu is likely to face India's Srikanth, and for Lu Guangzu, who has not made much breakthrough, it is not easy to reach the quarterfinals.
It was equally difficult for the two players in the first half to win in the first round. Zhao Junpeng faces Singapore's Luo Jianyou, while Li Shifeng needs to face Hong Kong veteran Ng Ka Lang.
Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong (left)
The women's singles are difficult in the semifinals
In contrast, a large-scale advance in the first round of the women's singles is not a problem, but it is difficult to predict how far it can go. No. 4 seed Chen Yufei will face Canada's Li Wenshan in the first round, and the winner of Okuhara Hope and Li Meimiao in the second round, and the quarterfinals are likely to be old rival Indanong, Chen Yufei as long as he plays at his level, these three should be able to successfully pass and advance to the semifinals.
Chen Yufei in the two-quarters district to get a place is not a big problem, He Bingjiao in the three-quarters area still has to spend a certain amount of effort, there is also a young player Zhang Yiman in this district, but she encountered Sindhu in the first round, the difficulty of breaking through is not small, and He Bingjiao defeated the American player Wang Yanli in the first round, the second round will face the winner between Zhang Yiman and Sindhu, but if you want to advance to the final four, you also need to defeat Dai Ziying, who has not appeared for a long time, which is still relatively difficult.
The other two players, Wang Zhiyi and Han Yue, are in the same quarter, they will face Sae Kawakami and Neville in the first round, and they will also face the battle in the second round, but who can advance to the quarterfinals, they will face the world's number one Akane Yamaguchi in the quarterfinals, and the final four places in this district are likely to belong to the most capable Akane Yamaguchi at present.
Last year's All England Championship, only Chen Yufei advanced to the final four in the women's singles of the national badminton women's singles, and finally lost to Akane Yamaguchi and did not qualify for the finals, and in another year's competition, it depends on how many of the national badminton who have an advantage in the overall ranking but have no advantage in the competition for top players can advance to the final four and finally reach the final, whether they can break through the excellent performance of Akane Yamaguchi and An Zhiying at the beginning of this year.
Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping (left)
Men's doubles second round will stage "derby"
The men's doubles have made great progress from last year to this year, and the four pairs of participants are of course Liu Yuchen/Ou Weiyi and Leung Weihang/Wang Chang, and they have high expectations, but they are in the lower half with Ren Xiangyu/Tan Qiang and may meet too early. Among them, the fifth seed Liu Yuchen/Ou Weiyi will face the English pair Lane/Wendy in the first round, and may face teammates Ren Xiangyu/Tan Qiang in the second round, provided that Ren Xiangyu/Tan Qiang can defeat Ah Jun/Kapila from India.
And if these two Chinese pairs want to reach the final four, they must also defeat Indonesia's Ashan/Setiawan, which is not low. And the Thai pair of Supak/Giddin Nuppong, which Leung Wai Keng / Wang Chang faced in the first round of the four-quarters zone, is not a weak chicken, and if they want to get a place in the final four, there are also difficulties such as Ranji Reddy/Shetty, Xie Dingfeng/So Weiyi.
It is not easy to get a final spot from the second half, after all, the competition between the world's men's doubles is very fierce now, and there are about a dozen pairs of combinations between the two sides, depending on the state and performance at the time of the match. As for Ho Jiting/Zhou Haodong in the top half, the duo did not perform well in the just-concluded Asian Badminton Team Championships, and the first round opponent was the Chinese Taipei pair Lu Jingyao/Yang Bohan, so it is unknown how far they can go in the All England Championship.
He Bingjiao
The championship also depends on "IELTS" and "mortal dust"
Although there are only two pairs, these two mixed doubles pairs have a lot to offer. Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, who won ten gold medals last year but lacked the weighty All England title, this time as the top seeds, the first round opponent is the Danish pair of Tyry/Magglund Victor, it is not a problem to pass the hurdle, it is not a problem to qualify for the quarter-finals, and they are likely to meet teammates Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping in the semi-finals.
One of the highlights of this all-England mixed doubles is that the coaching staff chose to partner Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping to participate, if the two can also have a bright performance in high-level events, then Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping's "yellow duck" combination is really on the verge of breaking up, as the fifth seed in the tournament, Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping's first-round opponent is Chinese Taipei's Ye Hongwei/Li Jiaxin, and their biggest opponent in advancing to the semifinals is Frenchman Jikail/Del Lu, if you can cross this hurdle, you can achieve and "IELTS" The team will meet in the semi-finals.
Last year's All England Championships, the top seed in women's doubles "Fan Dust" combination Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan accidentally encountered a round of travel, and Zheng Yu / Zhang Shuxian who finally reached the final also lost to the photograph of Matsuyama Nai / Shida Chiyang, a year later, Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan strength is more stable, Zheng Yu / Zhang Shuxian has also become world-class, the two pairs according to the draw, the first two rounds will not encounter much challenge, but to meet in the semifinals, the former needs to beat South Korea's Kim Chao Young / Kong Hee Yong, the latter needs to defeat the Malaysian pair Tina / Chen Kangle.
So like mixed doubles, Guoyu has no problem qualifying for the women's doubles final in the first half, but it is really a pity that the two pairs do not belong to the upper and lower half of the region, and in the end, only Li Wenmei/Liu Xuanxuan is a Chinese pair in the second half, and their strength is enough to defeat the Hong Kong pair Wu Zhirou/Zeng Xiaoxin in the first round, but if they want to advance to the final four, they have to fight between South Korean and Thai stars, which is not easy for them who have not played too brightly since their partner.
Proofreader: Li Haihui