On January 11, Beijing time, the 1/8 finals of the second round of the 2024 Malaysia Open Badminton Championships Super1000 continued. The first round of mixed doubles of the national feather 2-2 losses, IELTS and Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin advanced, Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping 0-2 suffered a black start to the season, Cheng Xing/Zhang Chi was paired again after the youth competition, although they lost to Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin, but this time it is good to be able to participate in the super1000 tournament!
The first round of IELTS was in an average competitive state, and Zheng Siwei made a lot of mistakes on his initiative, but after all, his strength was strong enough and he still swept the promotion. In the second round, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong continued their unbeaten record against Kushayanto/Kusumavati 21-18, 21-17, winning four straight matches without defeat, and also won 22 consecutive victories at the Malaysia Open (Zheng Siwei is five in a row, Huang Yaqiong is four in a row), and awaits the winner of Kim Won Ho/Zheng Na Eun and Kyohei Yamashita/Naru Shinoya tomorrow. In the first game, IELTS only fell behind 1-2 at the beginning, and once took an 11-5 lead, and the Indonesian pair continued to eat away at the point difference to 18-18, and IELTS scored three points in a row to lock up the victory. In the second game, the game was tied seven times to 13-15, during which the difference was only 2 points, and IELTS played a wave of 7-1 offensive to win the match point 20-16 and 21-17 in one fell swoop.
In the first round, the national feather women's singles was 5-1, and Gao Fangjie was reversed by Thailand's Busanan 1-2.
In the second round, Singapore's first sister Yang Jiamin upset the world No. 8 Han Yue 16-21, 21-19, 22-20, and also ended the four-game losing streak after the first meeting, and awaits the winner of An Xiying and Li Yifeng tomorrow. In the first game, Han Yue scored four points in a row after falling behind 0-4 and 3-5 to overtake and maintain the advantage to the end, and at the end of the game, he played a wave of 6-1 offensive to lock up the victory in one fell swoop. In the second game, Han Yue played a wave of 6-0 + 5-0 11-1 offensive to take a 14-8 lead, but Yang Jiamin scored seven points in a row after falling behind 13-16 to get the game point 20-16 in one fell swoop, and Han Yue saved three game points in a row without success. In the deciding game, Han Yue fought back 8-13 and saved 2 match points in a row to 20-20!
Han Yue suffered a round of travel 1-2, which is not conducive to competing for the qualification of the Paris Olympics, after all, it is still 3500 points behind He Bingjiao!
Chen Yufei defeated the Japanese beauty Aya Ohori 2-0 in the first round. In the second round, he faced his old rival, world champion Intanon, and the world No. 2 against No. 13, the two sides met 19 times, Chen Yufei won 16, and the most recent time in the semifinals of the 2022 Denmark Open Badminton Super750, Chen Yufei reversed 15-21, 21+10, 21-15 to advance.
Last season, Chen Yufei successfully achieved the "Chen Yufei 2.0 upgrade", winning four high-level tour championships in the season, second only to An Seying in women's singles! As the 18-year-old Intanon will turn 29 next month, she was plagued by injuries last season, and a torn ligament near her left ankle caused more than 3 months without a game, this is the first stop of her comeback, and she eliminated Myanmar's first sister Tusa 2-0 in the last round. He is currently ranked 13th in Olympic points!
In the first game, the opening game was tied five times to 9-10, Chen Yufei scored four points in a row to overtake and maintain the advantage until the end, 21-15 to take the lead. In the second game, Chen Yufei started 4-0 and once took a 13-6 lead, Intanon played a wave of 7-0 offensive to quickly erase the difference of 13-13, and the two sides fell into a stalemate and tied the battle to 18-18 for five times, Chen Yufei scored three points in a row to lock the win, and Chen Yufei was not behind! 2-0 to advance to the quarterfinals.