China News Service, Beijing, May 22. The Thailand Badminton Open ended on the 22nd. The Chinese badminton team entered the finals of the day in mixed doubles, women’s singles, and men’s singles. In the end, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong defeated the well-known combination of the host Thailand. Peng/Shaxi Li won the championship, Chen Yufei and Li Shifeng lost to their opponents and won the runner-up respectively.
After the Tangyou Cup competition, Guo Yuzhong will continue to stay in place and participate in the Thailand Badminton Open. In the five individual events, the Chinese team’s men’s doubles still exposed shortcomings, and no combination entered the quarterfinals. In the women’s doubles competition, the top seeds Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan were reversed in three rounds by the Japanese team Matsuyama Naomi/Shida Chiyo and missed the semifinals. Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu lost 0:2 to another Japanese team Matsumoto in the semi-final. Mayu/Yongyuan and Kana missed the final.
Women’s singles semi-final Olympic champion Chen Yufei defeated India’s Sindhu in straight sets and met Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei in the final. The two fought hard for three rounds. In the first round, Tai Tzu Ying won 21:15. In the second round, Chen Yufei pulled one back at 21:17. In the final round, Tai Tzu Ying won 21:12.
Chen Yufei competed in the Tang You Cup and the Thailand Open in succession. During the competition, she injured her feet many times and still participated in the competition. After the open match, she posted on social platforms that she could not guarantee that she would be in the best condition and no injuries in every game, but wanted to know what step she could take in the face of adversity. “It doesn’t matter if you lose, at least you have tempered yourself in the face of adversity.”
In the men’s singles, “post-00” teenager Li Shifeng defeated Japan’s Kodai Naraoka with two 21:19s to advance to the final and faced off against Malaysia’s Li Zijia. Li Zijia is a rookie in the world of badminton and currently ranks sixth in the world. In the first game, Li Shifeng won the first game with 21:17, but in the second game, he made more mistakes and lost a game with 11:21. In the tiebreaker, the contest between the two sides was more intense, but Li Zijia was better in handling the key points, winning 23:21.
In the mixed doubles competition, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong met with the host duo De Chapong/Saxi Li. The pair defeated the Tokyo Olympic champions and another Chinese pair Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping in the semifinals. In the final, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong played proactively and easily won the first game at 21:12. In the second game, the Thai combination came from behind and pulled back a game at 21:18. The Chinese combination did not give the opponent too many chances in the deciding game, and won the second game with 21:18: 14 wins, resulting in a 2:1 win.
So far, the Chinese badminton team has won one championship and two runners-up in the Thailand Open. Japan’s Naomi Matsuyama/Shida Chiyo won the women’s doubles championship, and Takuro Hoki/Kobayashi Yugo won the men’s doubles championship. (Finish)Return to Sohu, see more
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