On the evening of January 23, Beijing time, the first day of the 2024 Indonesia Badminton Masters (qualifying round + part of the main match) ended smoothly, and the overall performance of the national feather team was excellent! Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning swept the provincial team 2-0 and easily advanced to the second round of the women's doubles!
Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi reversed Denmark's double-doubles and He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu defeated the French brothers, and the two pairs passed the first round in danger! Chen Boyang/Liu Yi were defeated by the hosts, while Li Yijing had a bad day, exiting the mixed doubles and women's doubles with her partner.
Lei Lanxi had to start from the qualifying round due to his low ranking. In the first round of the qualifying round, he swept South Korea's Jeon Yi Chen 21-11 and 21-14, and defeated Belgian player Julien 21-17 and 21-15 in the qualifying round. In the first round, he will face Chinese Taipei's rising star Lin Junyi (H2H:0-2).
Lei Lanxi controlled the situation in both games, the game was carried out at his own pace, although the game was relatively easy, but the physical consumption on him was still very large, and tomorrow against Lin Junyi, who has a very strong assault ability, must make tactical changes to make a breakthrough.
Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi's opponents in this round are Denmark's fierce rivals Kjaer/Sogaard, and the first two games each played a good game to 1-1, and the decisive game was a fierce battle until the extra points were added to decide the winner. The more experienced "Tuou" pair won 2-1 (18-21/21-13/22-20) and advanced to the men's doubles round of 16 with three consecutive wins. They will face the Scottish pair of Dunn/Hall for a ticket to the quarterfinals (H2H: 0-0).
Chen Boyang/Liu Yi is a bit of a pity! Today, facing the world's No. 9 host Fikri/Maulana, the momentum is not down, although the first game is lost, but the offensive and defensive ends have not been greatly affected, but unfortunately in the decisive game in the face of the opponent's wave after wave of offensive, get rid of the lack of ability, 1-2 (16-21/21-17/17-21) defeat, unfortunately stopped in the first round.
He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu played three games today, knocking out the French Popov brothers 2-1 (21-13/18-21/21-10) to advance to the second round of the men's doubles. The 1/8 finals will face Denmark's strong Astrup/Anders (H2H: 0-0).
In their second Superseries appearance, Hsieh Ho Nam/Tsang Wai Han narrowly defeated Malaysia's Azlin/Tan Wee Keong 21-19, 21-19 to advance to the Men's Doubles main draw, where they will face Ireland's Magee/Reynolds (H2H:0-0) in straight games.
Through the observation of this game, the two youngsters have strong offensive ability in the backfield, but the skills of grabbing the net and dividing the ball in the front court still need to be improved.
Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning's opponents in this round are Chinese Taipei pair Song Shuoyun/Yu Qianhui, the two who took the initiative from the beginning, the whole match was not too difficult, lost two straight games, swept through 21-12, 21-12, and easily advanced to the second round of women's doubles!
Li Yijing/Luo Xumin played very abstractly, and the performance was extremely inconsistent, and they were able to hit 13-1 and be beaten 10-1, and finally lost 1-2 (15-21/21-7/16-21) to Bulgarian sisters Hua Gabriela / Stepani.
He Jiting/Li Yijing also ushered in the second cooperation in the professional arena, but the two still did not have any chemistry, which made people feel that they were a hard match, and the result is self-evident. After only 26 minutes, they suffered a 10-21, 11-21 defeat to the Danish pair of Jesper/Gravisen.
Both of them are on the rise in their respective main events, and I personally feel that there is no need to force a pair again. In addition, the national team is full of talent in the mixed doubles event, and there is no need for a team to increase competitiveness.
Tomorrow, the remaining first round of the Indonesia Masters will start at 9:00 Beijing time, and there are many groups of players on the stage, so stay tuned.