On January 10, the first day of the competition in Malaysia ended, and there were 4 major upsets in the game. Olympic champions Li Yang/Wang Qilin and Huang Dongping were upset, while men's singles stars Luo Jianyou, Li Zijia, Jonatan and Zhou Tiancheng suffered a round of tours.
Underdog 1,3 Olympic Champion Round Tour
Tokyo Olympic Men's Doubles champions Li Yang/Wang Qilin faced Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi in the first round with 5-2 losses. Li Yang/Wang Qilin were not in good form today, losing two games in a row 16-21, 15-21 and exiting the tournament.
Tokyo Olympic Mixed Doubles champion Huang Dongping and new partner Feng Yanzhe are currently ranked No. 4 in the world, and the first round was Thailand's Supak/Supi Sara, who had won all five of their previous matches. Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping once again staged the fatigue of weak offense in key points, losing two games in a row 20-22, 19-21, and suffering a round of tours.
2 underdogs, 4 men's singles celebrities are out
World champion Luo Jianyou faced world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen in the first round, and the two played in two styles, one fast and one steady. Luo Jianyou failed to break Axelsen's stable defense today, losing two games in a row 13-21, 15-21 and exiting in the first round.
No. 6 seed Jonatan faced veteran Kidambi Srikanth in the first round, and the newly married Jonatan was in average form, and after three games with his opponent, he was out of the game 1-2.
The former world No. 2 Tiancheng faced France's old Popov in the first round. Zhou Tiancheng was no longer in the limelight, and after 3 rounds of fighting with his opponent, he lost 1-2. The scores of the three games were 12-21, 21-19, 15-21.
Malaysia's first brother was also the world's No. 2 and faced China's Lu Guangzu in the first round. Lu Guangzu once again showed the true colors of a giant killer, and reversed 16-21, 21-19, 21-15 to advance, and advanced in an upset.