Thailand Badminton Open kicked off todayFly into the homes of ordinary people
Caption: Anseron data map
The Thai Badminton Open kicked off today in Bangkok. Last year’s All England Open men’s and women’s singles champions Denmark’s Ansailong and Chinese Taipei’s Dai Ziying became the favorites to win the championship.
After winning the All England Championship in March last year, Axelon and Dai Ziying have not participated in any international competitions, including the Danish Open in October last year, when Axelon was still recovering from ankle surgery. This time the lack of participation of top Chinese and Japanese players has greatly increased the chances of these two outstanding players winning the championship.
However, even though Tao Tian Xiandou failed to compete, Ansailong still faces many challenges from good players, including his teammate An Dongsen, Chinese Taipei brother Zhou Tiancheng and Indonesian star Jin Ting. World No. 3 Antonsen defeated his teammate Gemke in the Danish Super 750 last year to win the men’s singles championship, but his physical condition is currently not very good. The world’s second-ranked Zhou Tiancheng reached the All England finals and the Denmark semi-finals last year. His results were relatively stable. He also won the Thailand Super 500 Championship in 2019, but he is 31 years old this year. Physical strength is his biggest weakness. . Indonesia’s number one men’s single, Gin Ting, won the Indonesian Masters in a row at the beginning of last year with Ansailong and Antonsen, and reached the finals 5 times in 2019. He is fast and aggressive, but his weakness is not stable enough. In the first round of the All England game, he lost to the not very strong Danish player Gemke.
Caption: Dai Ziying data map
In women’s singles, Dai Ziying’s main opponents are Rio Olympic champion Spanish player Marin, and last year’s World Championship champion India’s Sindu. Dai Ziying has an advantage over these two players on the battle record. The only person who is evenly matched with Dai Ziying on the record is Thai star Intanon.
The Secretary General of the World Badminton Federation Lunde regretted the withdrawal of the Chinese and Japanese teams before the game, but he believed that there were still many high-level players participating, so it would not affect the excitement of the event. He said that 824 participants, including 216 players undergoing safety bubble quarantine, all tested negative. This is a positive signal to the World Badminton Federation. Everyone must continue to strictly observe the epidemic prevention regulations in order to make the badminton game without any Smooth progress under the new crown case. The World Badminton Federation will learn from this series of competitions and further improve various “safe bubble” measures to overcome the impact of the epidemic.
(Xinmin Evening News reporter Wang Zhiling)
Editor: Li Yuanchun
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