In the early morning of Beijing time on the 13th, the 2020 Tangyou Cup Badminton Tournament ended the fourth day of competition in Aarhus, Denmark. The Chinese men's and women's teams continued to soar, both winning 5-0 against their opponents, the women's team qualified as the first in the group, and the men's team also locked the top 8 seats in advance.
The Chinese women's team is played against the host team Denmark in this round, who has also won two consecutive victories before. In this campaign, both sides "snow hidden" the number one singles player. In the first singles match, facing Christopherson, who was ranked 23rd in the world, He Bingjiao, who was ranked ninth in the world, was in the lead for most of the first set, but was reversed by the opponent at the end of the set, losing 21-23. She then withstood the pressure and won two sets in a row, 21-13, 21-15. After the game, He Bingjiao said that because the opponent was fighting at home and the opponent was also very aggressive, she thought that this game would be very intense before the game and was mentally prepared.
He Bingjiao in the game.
In the first doubles match, olympic women's doubles runner-up Chen Qingchen finally appeared, and partner "original" Jia Yifan swept the world's 25th place Magrund/Lavin 21-10, 21-14.
The second singles match followed by World No. 18 Wang Zhiyi against 35th-ranked Jaxfield. After the two of them reached a stalemate in the first set to 6 draws, the Danish girl gradually established a lead and took a 21-12 lead. In the second set, the two sides fought to 15 draws, and the Chinese nova suddenly made a force, scoring 6 consecutive points to equalize the set. In the first half of the decider, Wang Zhiyi has been in the position of chasing points, and after 11 draws, he was able to overtake, and finally reversed 21-17. She said that although she was very happy to win the game, there were still too many deficiencies in the process and needed to be summarized, "I did play less with this kind of fast, powerful player, and her ball would make me feel bad." And the other side is the home team, and the European players themselves are more imposing, which creates certain difficulties for me. ”
So far, the Chinese team, which is aiming to regain the crown, has won three consecutive victories in the group stage and advanced to the top 8 as the first place in the group. In the next two matches, the new combination Huang Dongping / Li Wenmei fought hard for one hour, 21-19, 21-15 Tor/ Polson, who was ranked 31st in the world, and Han Yue defeated Jacobson 21-17, 21-9. The Chinese team won again 5-0, and did not lose one of the three rounds of group matches.
In the second round of the Tang Cup group stage held on the evening of the 12th Beijing time, the Chinese men's team also won two consecutive victories 5-0, locking in the top 8 seats in advance. Facing the Dutch team, Guoyu still did not send the world's highest-ranked Shi Yuqi, but continued to play singles by Lu Guangzu, Li Shifeng and Weng Hongyang. Although all three won 2-0, in the first singles match, facing Quikkel, who was only ranked 86th in the world, Lu Guangzu, who was ranked 27th, won a twist and turn. In the first set, he was chased to 13 draws by his opponents after leading by five points at one point in the opening game, and finally won 21-15. In the second set, Lu Guangzu was even more behind most of the time, but fortunately, he played a 9-1 scoring climax at the end of the inning, and there was a thrilling reversal of the opponent. The match lasted 53 minutes, the only one to exceed 30 minutes. After the game, Lu Guangzu said that he did not panic in the predicament, but just thought about how to play every point and do a good job, "Today's opponent is very tenacious, creating a lot of difficulties for me. The second inning was a great experience and taught me what to do when I was behind in the big game. ”
Liu Cheng (left) and Wang Yilu in previous training.
In terms of doubles, the Chinese team sent a two-pair combination that was completely different from the first match. In the first doubles, He Jiting/ Zhou Haodong, who had previously made a contribution in the Sudirman Cup final, appeared, and the two lightly beat Yella/Van der Lek 21-11, 21-7. In the second doubles, the Chinese team "enabled" the 2017 National Games men's doubles champion Liu Cheng/Wang Yilu, which is the second time that the two have joined forces after four years and the first time they have partnered in an international competition. Due to the mediocre strength of the opponents, the two quickly won 21-14, 21-10. But after the game, both said that because they had not competed in a long time, the cooperation was a bit rusty. Olympic mixed doubles champion Wang Yilu said that there were many mistakes on both sides in this battle, the game was carried out quickly, there were not many shots, and he and his partner still had many problems to summarize. Veteran Liu Cheng said that he hopes that the state will be better than one.
Image source of this article: the official Weibo of the Chinese badminton team