In the early morning of the 17th, Beijing time, the second round of the All England Badminton Championship ended in Birmingham. Chinese players won all the “foreign battles” in the competition that day, occupying a total of 13 seats in the top 8 in each individual event. Among them, the men’s singles and men’s doubles players all won against strong opponents.
Shi Yuqi, who once reached the top of the All England Championships, has steadily improved since his return from the World Championships last year, and his world ranking has also risen to 12th. However, in last week’s German Open, he lost to former world No. 1 Kento Momota, whom he had beaten this season, and was eliminated in the first round.
Moving to Birmingham, Shi Yuqi defeated his old rival Changshan Kanta 2-0 in the first round, and ushered in the No. 6 seed and Thailand’s rising star Kunlavut in the second round. The two met once in the Sudirman Cup group stage in 2021. Shi Yuqi lost to his opponent 17-21 in two rounds. In this rematch, facing a more mature opponent, Shi Yuqi withstood the pressure and scored 10 points in a row when he fell behind 11 to 12 in the first game. Shi Yuqi took the lead throughout the second game, securing the victory 21-13.
In addition, Weng Hongyang, ranked 27th in the world, also performed well against Vardoyo, ranked 17th, beating his opponent 2-1. Zhao Junpeng, who defeated world champion Luo Jianyou in the first round, lost to rookie Li Shifeng in a “derby match”. The latter will face Malaysian player Huang Zhiyong, who upset top seed Axelsen in the second round in the quarterfinals.
Among the four pairs of men’s doubles players in Guoyu, two of them also faced strong opponents in this round. Leung Wai Keng/Wang Chang, ranked 10th in the world, narrowly defeated the No. 6 seeds and Indian combination Rankireddy/Shetty 10-21, 21-17, 21-19, sweeping the “round tour” of last week’s German tournament haze. He Jiting/Zhou Haodong, ranked 21st in the world, swept the seventh seeds, the Danish combination Astrup/Rasmussen 21-15, 21-10. The only seeded players in the men’s doubles of the national featherweight team, No. 5 seeds Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi, defeated teammates Ren Xiangyu/Tan Qiang 21-18, 22-20.
In other competitions, women’s singles No. 4 seed Chen Yufei defeated Thai player Li Meimei, No. 5 seed He Bingjiao and No. 6 seed Wang Zhiyi defeated teammates Zhang Yiman and Han Yue respectively; women’s doubles No. 1 seed Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, No. 3 seeds Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu and the young combination Li Wenmei/Liu Xuanxuan both defeated opponents from foreign associations 2-0; mixed doubles “Du Miao”, top seeds Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, 20-22, 21-14 , 21 to 18 reversed the Chinese Hong Kong combination Li Jinxi/Wu Zhirou, and advanced to the top 8 at risk.
Image source: Badminton World Federation official Weibo
Source: Beijing Daily client reporter Wang Xiaoxiao
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