The 2023 Saidmodi Badminton International will be held from 28 November to 03 December and is a Super 300 tournament with a prize fund of USD 210,000.
The Chinese badminton team will only send Zhang Shuxian/Liu Shengshu to participate in the women's doubles competition, and Liu Shengshu/Zhang Shuxian will play Japan's Suzu Iwanaga/Takaei Nakanishi in the first round due to rankings. ：
Zhang Shuxian is a doubles reserve talent that the national team has focused on cultivating after the Tokyo Olympics. At present, Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu are paired with women's doubles, and she and Zheng Yu's women's doubles have become the main candidates for the national feather doubles. Although it is still in the top ten, the ability to fight tough battles is still lacking, not to mention the disadvantage against Japan and South Korea, even the two doubles and triple-doubles of Japan and South Korea are very difficult, and it is difficult to rest assured that the players who play Thailand are also difficult to worry.
Liu Shengshu is younger than Zhang Shuxian and is a double champion of the World Youth Championships, having won the women's doubles championship with Wang Tingge and the mixed doubles championship with Zhu Yijun. Liu Shengshu's physical talent is more outstanding and belongs to the strength type of player. Zhang Shuxian's skills are mainly based on the flexibility of the midfield, and the two have also partnered before, at that time, in fact, it was originally to improve Gao Shengshu's international competition points as soon as possible and play high-level matches as soon as possible, but I didn't expect the duo to receive miraculous results.
On January 29, 2023, in the women's doubles title match of the 500-level BWF World Tour Indonesia Open, Liu Shengshu and Zhang Shuxian defeated Japan's former world No. 1 Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota 2-0, winning the championship for the first time.
Their road to the championship was won by ruthless characters: 16-8 defeated Japan's Naomi Matsuyama/Chiyo Shida, allowing their opponents to score a total of 23 points in two games. In the semi-finals, they defeated Thailand's Rawinda/Pa Jong Jae, and only allowed their opponents to score 20 points in two games, and won without much difficulty. At the time, many felt that the new duo had a promising future and would continue to be kept.
But after that, the old story remains. Zhang Shuxian continued to partner Zheng Yu, and the results were tepid. Liu Shengshu partnered with Tan Ning, who is also young, to form a violent duo, and they also quickly rose in the ranking, and the results were very gratifying.
In the latest women's doubles rankings leading to the Paris Olympics, they and their partners are in the top 10, and it can be said that they all have a chance to qualify for the Paris Olympics.
1, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan
2, Bai Ha Na / Li Shaoxi
3, Jin Zhaoying/Kong Xirong
4, Nami Matsuyama / Chiho Shida
5. Mayu Matsumoto / Kazukana Nagahara
6, Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota
7. Rahayu/Ramadanti
8, Zong Gong Pan/Rawinda
9, Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu
10, Liu Shengshu / Tan Ning
Guess 1: Sages rush to the Olympics?
Zhang Shuxian and Liu Shengshu's combination is a traditional before-and-after match, and they are very young, so they are widely optimistic. Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu did find it difficult to take on the task of clearing mines for the Fanchen combination at the Olympics, and it seems reasonable to dismantle it. However, perhaps the coaching staff will not be so bold. After everyone is more and more familiar with Zhang Shuxian and Liu Shengshu's partner, their power is worth testing in this Indian competition.
Guess 2: Preparing for the Uber?
With the increase in the strength of the first women's singles in Japan and South Korea, Chen Yufei as the first women's singles in the national feather can not ensure the first point, Fan Chen can ensure one point, and the second and third women's singles have hope to get points, but there are many variables in the field, and it is very necessary for the second women's doubles to prepare for Fanchen and the second and third women's singles, so from a certain point of view, this is more reasonable, Zhang Shuxian/Liu Shengshu's re-partner can have more possibilities to change the formation, and the second doubles against Japan and South Korea may have more opportunities.
Guess 3: Prepare directly for the '28 Olympics?
The Saint Tan combination is a pair that no one expected, they are young enough, but not stable enough. However, if you want to prepare for the 28 Olympic Games, it is the best choice for Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning to separate and partner with good skills in front of the net.
Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan may retire after the Paris Olympics, at least Jia Yifan said that he may retire. It's time to prepare for the future No. 1 Women's Doubles.
One more collocation and more try the effect, I believe there will be good results.