#奥运观赛团#北京时间7月31日, the badminton group stage of the 2024 Paris Olympics continued, the mixed doubles quarterfinals were released, and the women's doubles saw the difference in the early hours of this morning.
【Mixed Doubles】
Upper half
Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong vs Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping
Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino vs Dechaba/Sasiree
Lower half
Seo Seung Jae/Choi Yoo Hyun vs Tang Chun Man/Hsie Ying Suet
Chen Tangjie/Du Yiwei vs Kim Won-ho/Jung Na-eun
In the past three Olympic Games, Chinese athletes have been divided into the upper and lower halves of the knockout round, with two gold and silver medals and one bronze medal. Only this early meeting in the quarterfinals means that someone can't stand on the podium!
Huang Dongping is the champion of the Tokyo Olympics, Feng Yanzhe is a post-00 Olympic rookie, belonging to the "old with new" combination, the two were only paired in the middle of the Paris Olympic cycle, but the momentum is strong, and they will reach 14 finals in various events in 2023, locking in the Olympic No. 2 seed early-
January 2023: Indonesia Masters defeated Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin in the final to win their first title as a duo.
May 2023: Won the Sudirman Cup with the team.
October 2023: Denmark Open final defeated teammates Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong to win the first Super750 title.
March 2024: France Open final defeated Seo Seung-jae/Choi Yoo-jeong to win the title.
April 2024: Ningbo Asian Championships defeated Seo Seung Jae/Choi Yoo Hyun in the final to win the Asian Championships for the first time, completing the 7th consecutive championship of the National Badminton Mixed Doubles Asian Championships. In July, the final game of the Olympic group stage lost to Malaysia's Tan Tang Kit/Du Yiwei, and the group second could be the same 1/2 or even 1/4 zone as IELTS, obviously, the result is the worst. The mixed doubles knockout round starts today, and the gold medal will be decided on August 2!
【Women's Doubles】
Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan 21-16, 21-15 Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara won 10 straight matches and won all three matches in Women's Doubles Group A to secure the top spot in the group.
Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning 21-18, 21-15 Yang Yating/Yang Peilin, won their first meeting and won all three matches in the Women's Doubles Group B, finishing first in the group.
Malaysia's Tan Kang Lok/Tina beat Rahayu/Ramadanti 21-18, 21-9 to make it two wins in a row and two wins and one loss in Women's Doubles Group A, finishing second in the group, along with two-time world champions Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara.
Kim So-young/Kong Hee Yong beat Naomi Matsuyama/Chiyo Shida 24-22, 26-24 to avenge their defeat at last year's BWF World Tour Finals and secure top spot in Women's Doubles Group C.
Baek Ha Na/Lee Zhao Hee defeated Jong Kong Pan/Rawinda 21-9, 21-12 to win five straight matches and advance to the quarterfinals as second in the group.
Upper half
Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan vs Gabriela/Stefani
Kim So-young/Kong Hee-yong vs Chen Kang-lek/Tina
Lower half
Bai Ha Na/Li Zhao Xi vs Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning
Nami Matsuyama/Chiyo Shida vs Malken/Thygesen
In the past eight Olympic Games, the Chinese team and the Korea team have won a total of 20 of the 25 medals, the Chinese team has 13 medals, and the Korea team has 7 medals.
Fan Chen achieved three consecutive World Championships in the Paris Olympic cycle, and was crowned the fourth World Championship champion, the first in history.
Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning defeated teammates Li Yijing/Luo Xu Min in the final of the Malaysia International Series in November 2022 to win their first international title. In April 2023, the Spain Masters defeated teammates Du Yue/Chen Fanghui in the final to win their first Super300 title, and also became the first women's doubles qualifying pair to win a World Tour title. In October 2023, he defeated Zonggong Phan/Rawinda twice in the final of the Arctic Open and the final of the France Open to win their first Super500 and Super750 titles. In January 2024, they defeated teammates Teo Shu Xian/Zheng Yu in the final of the Malaysia Open to win their first Super1000 title. In May 2024, he won the Uber Cup with the team and became a world champion. The momentum is already third in the world, among which Liu Shengshu directly connected from the World Junior Championships to the tour, passed with six consecutive championships, and then overtook Cosine like a bamboo to qualify for the Paris Olympics.
Li Bai belongs to the "old with new" combination, and is also a pair in the middle of the Paris Olympic cycle, entering the Olympic year to win two Super1000 championships, as well as the Asian Championships, and the second in the world.