The World Championships only won the women's doubles championship, and the short board of the men's singles in the Paris cycle needs to be strengthened
Chen Qingchen (left)/Jia Yifan celebrates the fourth World Championship title. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
In the early morning of August 28, Beijing time, the 2023 Badminton World Championships ended in Denmark, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan defeated the Indonesian pair Rahayu/Siti in straight sets in the women's singles final, the Chinese team won the only gold medal in this World Championship, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong won the mixed doubles runner-up, and the women's singles, women's doubles, mixed doubles and men's doubles also had a bronze medal (that is, reaching the top 4). Judging from this result, the overall strength of Guoyu is in the first group, but the South Korean team has reached three finals and won all of them, and it is menacing with one year left in the Paris Olympics. On the other hand, Guoyu, the biggest shortboard men's singles stopped in the top 8 this time, and the situation is still not optimistic.
Be strong
The "Mortal Dust" combination won the championship strongly
21-16, 21-12, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan won in only 42 minutes. The moment the champion arrived, Chen Qingchen threw away his racket, lay down and cheered. After getting up, she and Jia Yifan hugged tightly and celebrated each other.
This is the fourth World Championship trophy for the "Mortal Dust" combination, breaking history, and the two have also achieved 3 consecutive championships. "It's incredible, and to be able to keep the high level of competition year after year is inseparable from our strong thinking." Jia Yifan believes that as the current number one in the world, being attacked by opponents has become the norm, and the two must unify their thinking, "If you can defend this position, why not do it?" ”
Previously, Jung Siwei/Hwang Yaqiong maintained a 9-game winning streak against the Korean pair Seo Seungjae/Choi Yoo-hyun. However, this time in the final stage of the World Championships, the "IELTS" combination lost 17-21, 21-10 and 18-21. Zheng Siwei bluntly said regret after the game, but both sides played at a high level throughout the game. Huang Yaqiong believes that the two played better and better one by one, completing the goal of reaching the final, "Our current situation is going in a better direction." ”
At this World Championships, Guoyu did show the group's advantages in the two strengths of women's doubles and mixed doubles, and two pairs each reached the last four. Moreover, "Fanchen" and "IELTS" are now the world's first, with 3 pairs of mixed doubles entering the world's top 8, and women's doubles having two pairs, which is very competitive.
Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong failed to stage a reversal show. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
bright spot
The men's doubles junior will surprise you
Although the women's singles and men's doubles failed to reach the finals, Chen Yufei reached the final four with an injury, firmly occupying a place in the "Big Four" of the women's singles in the world badminton. At this World Championships, the national women's singles signing luck was not good, Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao and Wang Zhiyi all fell into the top half of the 4 people, and 16 into 8 and 8 into 4 were all "civil wars". However, Xia Xuanze, the head coach of the national singles team, believes that other women's singles players have not yet reached the same stable state as Chen Yufei, especially in mentality, and Chen Yufei must continue to grasp physical fitness and speed.
Men's doubles junior Liang Wai Keng / Wang Chang entered the last four alone in the first World Championships, which became a big surprise this year. The post-00s pair only began to form a regular partner in the BWF tournament last May, and the latest world ranking has risen to No. 3, which is also the highest in the national badminton team, and may shoulder the hope of men's doubles to impact the Paris Olympics.
The men's singles led by Shi Yuqi urgently needs to be strengthened. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
weakness
The men's singles short board is not optimistic
With Shi Yuqi's 0-2 defeat to Naraoka Kodai in the 1/4 final, the record of the men's singles group of this year's World Championships stayed at the round of eight. Since participating in the World Championships in 1983, he has missed the last four for the fifth time, and the last time Guoya won the men's singles title at the World Championships was in 2014. This year, the men's singles group won a full 4 places, but Zhao Junpeng, who reached the last 4 last year, "played a round", Lu Guangzu was eliminated in the second round, this year's all-British champion Li Shifeng stopped in the round of 16, and "Dumiao" Shi Yuqi swallowed four consecutive defeats against Naraoka Kōda in more than two months.
In the Paris Olympic cycle, Anselon's dominance has declined a lot, and the world men's singles has entered the period of dominance after Lin Dan and Li Zongwei. Thailand's Kunravut became the first post-00 men's singles champion in the history of the World Championships, young people like Kodai Naraoka are also growing rapidly, and the current main team of the men's singles team of Guoyu cannot wrestle with the world's strongest players, it has become an indisputable fact, whether the Paris cycle is full or hitting the podium, there are no small difficulties.
In the first stop of the Paris Olympic Points Tournament, the Sudirman Cup, Shi Yuqi faced Naraoka Kōda in the semifinals to stage a big comeback, and Guoya finally held the cup on his doorstep, making a good start for a new cycle of Olympic points competition. On the way to the Paris ticket, the men's singles team needs exactly such a broken cauldron and give it a go. Xia Xuanze believes that not only in terms of fighting spirit needs to be tempered, the next 8 months of intensive schedule, as well as Asian Games, Tangyou Cup and other competitions, how to do a good job in the connection of competitions and ensure training is also very important.
Beijing News reporter Liu Chen
Edited by Wang Chunqiu
Proofreader Zhao Lin