On May 17, 2024, Beijing time, the Thailand Open Badminton Championships continued! In the just-concluded first men's singles 1/4 focus match, Lu Guangzu, the only seedling of the national feather, lost 1-2 to Malaysia's first brother Li Zijia and missed the promotion! So far, the national feather men's singles have been wiped out! Li Zijia became the first player to advance to the top 4! The scores in the three games were: 13-21, 21-16, 18-21! Next up is the winner between Kodai Naraoka and Chou Tien Sung!
The men's singles competition of the national feather station sent 3 people to participate! They are Lu Guangzu, Zhao Junpeng and Lei Lanxi, among which Lei Lanxi lost to Li Zijia in the first round, and Zhao Junpeng lost to Wu Jialang in the second round. Only Lu Guangzu broke into the top 8 alone! In the last round, Lu Guangzu narrowly defeated Japanese star Watanabe Hanggui 2-1! Li Zijia is currently ranked 10th in the world and is the No. 6 seed in the tournament! In the last round, Li Zijia defeated South Korean player Quan Yichen 2-0 and successfully advanced to the top 8!
Lu Guangzu and Li Zijia have played 6 times before, and Li Zijia has a 4-2 advantage! However, since entering this season, the two sides have met once at the Malaysia Open, when Lu Guangzu won 2-1! Therefore, from a psychological point of view, Lu Guangzu is not timid! In the first game of the game, Lu Guangzu entered the state slowly, which is also his consistent style! Li Zijia took an 8-2 lead at the beginning, Lu Guangzu slowly entered the state and began to chase the score, once playing a wave of 6-2 to chase the score to 8-10, and finally Li Zijia led 11-8 into a technical timeout! After the pause, Lu Guangzu once chased the score to 11-12 and was only one point away, but Li Zijia stabilized the situation and played a wave of 6-1 to open up the difference at 18-12! And finally won the first game 21-13!
In the second game, Lu Guangzu's state was completely opened, and he got a 5-0 dream start! Although Li Zijia launched a counterattack after that, Lu Guangzu withstood the pressure and led 11-8 into the intergame timeout! After the pause, Li Zijia frantically chased the score, and once chased the score to 16-17, and at the critical moment, Lu Guangzu showed a strong psychological quality, scoring 4 points in a row to pull back a game 21-16!
In the deciding game, Lu Guangzu started 3-0, Li Zijia bit the score, and the two sides once fought to 6 draws, 7 draws and 8 draws! In the end, Lu Guangzu led 11-9 and entered the technical timeout! After the pause, Lu Guangzu took a 14-10 lead, but Li Zijia was very tenacious and chased 4 points in a row to tie the score! After that, the score of the two sides was deadlocked, and the battle was once tied at 17! In the end, Li Zijia grasped the key points and won 21-18! Defeated Lu Guangzu with an aggregate score of 2-1 to advance to the semifinals! So far, the national feather men's singles have been wiped out! Li Zijia will next face the winner between Kodai Naraoka and Zhou Tiancheng!