On December 15, Beijing time, the International Badminton Federation Finals are underway. It's the group stage, and it's about to produce the top four finalists, so it's very intense and exciting. Next, the national feather women's doubles teenager Liu Shengshu Tan Ning played against Indonesia's Rahayu/Ramadanti, the Japanese Matsunaga combination in the same group withdrew, Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan has already qualified in advance, Liu Shengshu Tan Ning and Indonesia competed for the right to qualify from the group.
Now Liu Shengshu Tan Ning is ranked ninth, and his opponents Rahayu/Ramadanti are ranked seventh, and the two sides have met once before, and Liu Shengshu Tan Ning won. In the first game, Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning played very actively, winning the first game 21:13 and leading 1:0. In the second game, the two did not relax, starting the game 11:7, and after the pause, a wave of continuous scores, 21:8 locked the win, and blasted out 10:1.
In this case, Liu Shengshu Tan Ning defeated Indonesia's Rahayu/Ramadanti with a total score of 2:0, 1-1 in the group stage, ranked second and successfully advanced to the knockout round, and Indonesia's Rahayu/Ramadanti was eliminated. In this way, the top four women's doubles lists in the finals will all be released, and the national feather will occupy 2 seats. The top four players are Liu Shengshu, Tan Ning, Chen Qingchen, Jia Yifan, South Korea's Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee, and Japan's Nami Matsuyama/Chiyo Shida.
In the men's singles, the national feather men's singles Li Shifeng appeared to face the Thai world champion Kunlavut, who has been very Buddhist since winning the World Championships and has not a strong desire to win. In the first round of the group stage, Li Shifeng lost to Antonsen, and Kunlavut lost to Jonatan. In this game, Li Shifeng was still a step ahead, playing the impact and strength of the new generation of young players, winning two games in a row 21:18 and 22:20, with a total score of 2:0 and a clean sheet against his opponent Kunlavut.
Now, Li Shifeng has 1 win and 1 loss in the group stage, and Kunlavut has lost two consecutive games and has been eliminated in advance. In an interview with the media after the game, Li Shifeng of the national feather men's singles said that he had made a lot of difficult preparations for this game and learned the lessons of his previous losses, so he played more resiliently. After winning, Li Shifeng still retains the hope of qualifying.
Looking forward to the next game, Li Shifeng said that he needs to play against Jonatan, who has not won before, and hopes to continue this form and impact the opponent as a young player. Jonatan has won two straight group stage games, beating Kunlavut and Antonsen in a row. Jonatan lost two games in straight sets, 21-16, 21-18, and a total score of 2:0 over Danish player Antonsen, who also won 1-1.