The Thai Open men's singles have been hit again! Shi Yuqi Weng Hongyang lost successive Indian qualifiers
On June 1, the second round of the 2023 BWF Tour Super 500 Thailand Open began. In the men's singles competition, Weng Hongyang, who finished second last week, also suffered a shocking loss against India's George, who had advanced to the qualifying round. Following Shi Yuqi yesterday, the Indian player achieved the miracle of winning two Chinese players in a row and reaching the top 8. The national men's singles began to intermittently cut off the power and drop the chain, which had to be worried.
The Thailand Open is the third event since the Paris Olympic Points Tournament. At the Malaysia Masters, which ended last week, only some of the players competed, including most of the main players. Men's singles star Shi Yuqi, one of the biggest contributors to the Sudirman Cup national badminton title, also took a break last week and started his Olympic points tournament journey from the Thailand Open this week.
As the No. 3 seed in the men's singles, Shi Yuqi originally had a good first-round pick and faced off against the qualifiers. But with some surprise and regret, when he faced India's post-00s player George who broke through in the qualifying round in the men's singles and was ranked only 59th in the world, he lost two consecutive games 18-21, 20-22, and suffered a round of swimming, becoming a big upset in the first round.
According to the men's singles signing table, Shi Yuqi's opponent in the second round was expected to be teammate Weng Hongyang, but with him out in the first round, Weng Hongyang successfully advanced, and the two did not have the opportunity to meet. And Weng Hongyang faced George, who was upset Shi Yuqi, and failed to continue last week's good feeling, and yesterday's three-game first-round hard battle to reverse India's previous brother Srikanth. The match lasted only 39 minutes, Weng Hongyang lost two consecutive games 11-21, 19-21, lost 0-2, unfortunately stopped in the second round, and missed the round of eight.
For the national badminton men's singles, Shi Yuqi's recovery has given hope to the outside world, especially when the Paris Olympic points competition begins, it is like a shot in the arm. However, at the Thailand Open, Shi Yuqi and Weng Hongyang lost the same person in a row, and they were ordinary players who advanced to the qualifying round, which is really a bit confusing. Later, Li Shifeng and Lu Guangzu of the national men's singles will compete and strive to advance.