Original title: Badminton World Championships kick off
On the 21st, the 2023 World Badminton Championships kicked off in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. Four men’s singles players from the Chinese team played in the first round. Li Shifeng, Shi Yuqi and Lu Guangzu advanced together.
Li Shifeng, the champion of this year’s All England Open, faced the 91st-ranked Kazakh player Panarin on the same day. Li Shifeng took the initiative throughout the game and easily won the victory with 21:10 and 21:8.
“Today is mainly about adapting to the venue and the feeling of the game.” Li Shifeng said after the game, “Although this is the World Championships one year before the Olympics, and it involves Olympic qualifications, I don’t think so much, let’s go game by game first. beat.”
“Post-00” Li Shifeng is the No. 6 seed of this World Championships, and is also the highest ranked among the 4 men’s singles of the national featherweight team. The defending champion of the World Championships and the current world No. 1 Danish star Axelsen specifically mentioned Li Shifeng before the game, thinking that he is very “a player with the strength to compete for the championship”.
“I’m very happy that he (Axelsen) can mention me, because after all, he is now the most dominant player in the men’s singles. Overall, I think there is still a gap between my strength and his, but each player’s style of play I am looking forward to playing against such an Olympic champion on the stage of the World Championships.” Li Shifeng said.
Lu Guangzu’s opponent is the world’s No. 82 player Quikel of the Netherlands. After winning the first game at 21:15, Lu Guangzu encountered some challenges in the second game and once allowed his opponent to get two game points. At the critical moment, Lu Guangzu scored 4 points in a row and won the game with another game at 22:20.
“In the first game, I entered the state quickly. In the second game, my opponent made some adjustments and played very well. I was slow to deal with it and fell behind. Fortunately, I made a tactical change in the second half to limit his backcourt. The ball has achieved good results.” Lu Guangzu said.
No. 8 seed Shi Yuqi played against Spain’s Penalbe, ranked 60 in the world. Shi Yuqi entered the state slowly in the first game, falling behind by 12:16 at one point, after that he adjusted in time, saved a game point and then won by 23:21. In the second game, Shi Yuqi didn’t give the opponent another chance and won easily with 21:8.
“Because it’s the first time we’ve played against him, I’m not very familiar with his style of play. He rushed at me very hard at first, and the effect was good. But after getting used to his style of play, he will play better and better. Good.” Shi Yuqi said.
Zhao Junpeng, the bronze medalist of the last World Championships, lost to Malaysia’s Huang Zhiyong 19:21, 24:26.
In other men’s singles matches that attracted much attention that day, Malaysian star Lee Zii Jia had a strong dialogue with No. 5 seed and Indonesian Jonathan Jonathan. In the end, Lee Zii Jia won 21:13 and 21:15. Defending champion Axelsen easily advanced. (Xiao Yazhuo Lin Jing)
2023-08-22 06:35:01
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