The 2024 season of the BWF Super 1000 Series China Open will usher in the first round of the matchup on September 17, 2024, Beijing time. On the first match day of the round of 16 of the China Open, the Chinese national badminton team achieved five wins and four losses. The overall performance was relatively stable, but there were also upsets in the first round.
In the first round of the competition, in the men's singles, although this season to achieve the dream of breaking the championship drought for six years, Lu Guangzu continued to slump after winning the championship, and faced Li Jiahao of the Chinese Taipei team in this game, but the result was a complete defeat to the opponent, and finally suffered a round of tours. Thailand's Intanon lost to Japan's Aya Ohori and could only go home early to regret the title of the China Open. Fortunately, Shi Yuqi of the Chinese men's singles stepped up to face Thailand's Wang Gaolun and performed very well, and even achieved a wave of consecutive victories against the Thailand star, and finally reached the round of 16 strongly, and after the Paris Olympics, he is also looking forward to achieving his first title. Malaysia's Lee Zi Jia, who also had a podium finish at the Paris Olympics, did not reach his peak at the China Open and lost to the Japan star in the second game with just two points and less than half an hour to qualify. And Li Zijia also admitted that after the Paris Olympics, he did not invest too much systematic training, which also led to his recovery.
In men's doubles, Wang Chang and Leung Wai Keng, the top seeds in this Chinese competition, are also moving forward, although they missed out on the top podium at the Paris Olympics, but they are also looking to reach the final of two consecutive Olympic Games in the Los Angeles Olympic cycle. In the first round of the China Open, they faced Popov Biger and Popov Younger, and the France brothers passed smoothly. In addition, China's Chen Baiyang and Liu Yi suffered a round of tours. In addition, Xie Haonan and Zeng Weihan lost to another Malaysia pair, so that the Chinese men's doubles suffered two consecutive defeats in the China Open.
Wang Zhiyi successfully advanced, facing Barley's Mia is still a strong recovery, and in this quarter-and-half, the Chinese national badminton team women's singles four players are expected to secure a ticket to the semi-finals. I have mixed doubles, also encountered a mixed dilemma, Cheng Xing and Zhang Chi advanced to the round of 16, while Chen Fanghui and Zhang Xinwa finally upset and failed to advance, unfortunately stopped in the first round. In the other match, Thailand's Kunlavut advanced to the next round, where he will face Canada's Yang Can next.