Nandu News reporter Wu Chunyi Photography Xu SonglongOn November 21, the highly anticipated 2023 Li-Ning China Badminton Masters kicked off at the “Spring Cocoon” Gymnasium of Shenzhen Bay Sports Center.
In the focus showdown on the first match day, South Korea’s “genius girl” An Se-young, currently ranked number one in the world in women’s singles, took the lead. Despite playing injured, An Xiying easily defeated Thai player Chaiwan 2:0 and advanced to the next round. After this battle, the two sides faced each other 8 times in history, and An Xiying won 6 consecutive victories.
At 21:16, 21:11, An Xiying defeated the Thai player 2:0 to advance.
Subsequently, the top women’s doubles combination of the Chinese badminton team and the world’s number one Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan appeared on the stage against the Chinese Taipei combination Xu Yaqing/Lin Wanqing. In both games, the “Fanchen” combination easily defeated their opponents with a score of 21:13. In an interview after the game, Chen Qingchen said that today’s game was mainly about adapting to the venue. It felt very good to compete in Shenzhen for the first time. Jia Yifan said bluntly: “I hope to stand on the highest podium, but the road has to be walked step by step, and we still have to do a good job every day.”
Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan celebrate during the game.
Regrettably, Danish player Viktor Axelsen, who just won the Japan Masters and is loved by Chinese fans, retired due to injury, and Chinese Taipei player Su Liyang was qualified as a substitute. Not being able to participate in this event held in Shenzhen, Axelsen said: It is really a pity.
In an interview with the organizing committee, he said: “My foot was injured after participating in the Japan Masters final. The coach believes that if you want to participate in the Hangzhou World Tour Finals in December, participating in the Shenzhen competition is not a good choice. Good idea. Everyone knows that I love playing in China, and the finals in Hangzhou are very important to me, so I hope to prepare well.”
In other games, the Chinese women’s doubles pair Keng Shuliang/Zhang Chi and the men’s singles Weng Hongyang, who also appeared on the first day, lost 0:2 to the Japanese pair Fukushima Yuki/Hirota Ayaka and Denmark’s Antonsen. The women’s singles’ Zhang Yiman, Han Yue and Wang Zhiyi defeated India’s Alkasi, Spain’s Azumendi and Chinese Taipei’s Bai Yupo 2:0 respectively. The mixed doubles’ Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin defeated 2:1. Defeated Chinese Taipei players Li Zhehui/Xu Yaqing.
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