On January 24, Beijing time, the 1/8 finals of the second round of the 2024 Malaysia Open Badminton Championships super1000 continued.
Top seed An Se Ying extended her unbeaten streak against Germany's Li Yifeng 21-13, 21-8 to make it five wins in a row and tomorrow will face Singapore's Yang Jia Min, who defeated Han Yue 16-21, 21-19, 22-20 to advance, ending a four-game losing streak since the first meeting.
Tai Tzu Ying defeated Thailand's Busanam 21-7, 21-11 to make it 15 wins in a row against him, and awaits the winner of the supporters' civil battle against He Bingjiao and Wang Zhiyi tomorrow.
Chen Yufei defeated Intanon 21-15, 21-18 to bring the head-to-head record to 17-3. In the quarterfinals, he faced Indonesia's first sister Mariska, who eliminated the host's first sister Wu Jinwei 21-15, 24-22.
World No. 19 Lu Guangzu 23-21, 25-23 World No. 4 Ginting, ended a six-game losing streak and won his first victory. This duel won hard, the first game 21-20 to take the first lead of the game, the second game 16-15 is also the same, the so-called late strike is not afraid of late!
Lu Guangzu advanced to the quarterfinals 2-0 to face Shi Yuqi, who defeated France's Grande Popov 21-13, 21-5.
Four-time champions Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong 21-18, 21-17 Indonesia's Kushayanto/Kusumawati advanced to the quarterfinals against world No. 7 Kim Won Ho/Zheng Na Yin.
Defending champions Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan 21-13, 22-20 Danish pair Malken/Thygesen, the record reached 9-0, and the 1/8 finals are waiting for Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning or Li Yijing/Luo Xumin.
Four pairs of national feather men's doubles in this station participated, with 2 wins and 2 losses in the first round, Chen Baiyang/Liu Yi suffered a 1-2 reversal by the Chinese Taipei pair, and Tuou Derby lost! Liang Wang and Ren Xiangyu/He Jiting were swept to advance to the round of 16.
In this round, Ren Xiangyu/He Jiting faced world champion Ahsan/Grand Slam winner Hendra, the two are almost 77 years old together, and they are still very competitive, eliminating Koga Teru/Saito Taichi 21-18, 21-15 in the first round, and continue to maintain a record of winning all three matches. Ren Xiangyu/He Jiting 2-0 Tuou, also won all three games.
In the second half of the second half of last season, that is, the three European tournaments that opened in October, Ren Xiangyu/He Jiting dismantled and reorganized as a new combination to continue to compete for the Paris Olympic qualification, perhaps it is the "honeymoon period" of the new combination, as for whether it is a "match made in heaven" to be effective!
In this matchup, the world No. 25 faced the No. 13, and the two sides were in an encounter. In the first game, the battle was relatively stalemate, and the battle was tied eight times to 17-17, Ren Xiangyu/He Jiting scored four points in a row to lock the victory in one fell swoop, and took the lead 21-17. In the second game, Ahsan/Hendra chose to retire at 7-15!
Ren Xiangyu/He Jiting advanced to the quarterfinals 2-0 and most likely face No.2 seeds Rankireddy/Sheedy, whose most recent meeting was in the semifinals of the 2023 China Masters Super750, with Rankireddy/Shetty winning 21-15, 22-20. #My Favorite Sport#