The Super 500-level Thailand Open Badminton Championships entered the quarterfinals today, and the Chinese team, which only sent part of the first team to participate, reached the quarterfinals in all five individual events, and advanced to the semifinals in women's singles and mixed doubles. Among them, the top seed Han Yue and the second Wang Zhiyi in women's singles joined hands to advance and strive to meet in the finals.
After the first two rounds of matches, the Chinese team has players in each individual event to reach the quarterfinals. Among them, the men's singles Lu Guangzu reached the quarterfinals alone, and he defeated Wang Gaolun and Watanabe Hanggui successively; Lei Lanxi and Zhao Junpeng lost to Li Zijia and Ng Ka Long in the first and second rounds respectively. In addition to Zhang Yiman's loss to Shen Youzhen in the first round, Han Yue, Wang Zhiyi, and Gao Fangjie advanced, especially Gao Fangjie defeated the host star Ratchanor 2-1 in the second round. Men's Doubles debutants Tsang Wei Han/Hsieh Hao Nam lost 2-0 to top seeds Rankireddy/Shetty in the second round, while Chen Boyang/Liu Yi made it to the quarter-finals. Women's Doubles Zhang Chi/Keng Shuliang also stopped against top seeds Joan Kapan/Rawinda, with Li Yijing/Luo Xu Min reaching the quarter-finals. Mixed Doubles Guo Xinwa/Chen Fanghui and Cheng Xing/Li Qian met in the second round, with the former winning 2-1 to advance.
The quarterfinals have started at noon today, and in the first few games, the Chinese team players have won and lost. In the most high-profile men's singles matchup, Lu Guangzu faced Malaysia's Lee Zi Jia for the seventh time, and he lost 13-21, 21-16, 18-21, and the national feather men's singles missed the semi-finals of this tournament.
In the women's singles, she lost 2-1 in three quarter-finals, but Gao Fangjie failed to go any further, and she was defeated 21-10, 16-21, 12-21 by Thailand's Lee Mei Miao to reach the quarterfinals. Top seed Han Yue defeated Indonesia's Devi 2-0; Second seed Wang Zhiyi faced Singapore's Yang Jia Min and waived the first game 19-14 due to injury. In tomorrow's semi-finals, Han Yue will face Li Meimiao, and Wang Zhiyi's opponent is the winner of Ge Tong and Mariska, and the two national women's singles players have hopes of meeting in the final.
In the Mixed Doubles quarter-finals, Guo Xinwa/Chen Fanghui successfully defeated Thailand's No. 2 Mixed Doubles Subak/Supisara 10-21, 21-14, 21-18 to reach the semi-finals, and will face the winner of the two Indonesian mixed doubles pairs in the semi-finals. The Men's and Women's Doubles matches are yet to be played, with Chen Boyang/Liu Yi taking on Korea's Jinryong/Luo Xingsheng, while Li Yijing/Luo Xumin will take on top seeds Joan Kapan/Rawinda.