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Looking back on the 2023 season: China’s badminton performance is outstanding and the momentum is rising rapidly
People’s Daily reporter Ou Xingrong
The 2023 season is a happy and wonderful year for the Chinese badminton team. Whether in individual competitions or team competitions, the Chinese team performed brilliantly and tenaciously, surprising fans one after another. The veterans continue to play the role of anchoring the sea, and the newcomers have made rapid progress and stood out one after another.
In the Badminton World Federation year-end finals held in Hangzhou not long ago, the Chinese team was the only team to fully participate. In the end, it won two championships in Sanya and became the biggest winner of the participating association teams. According to statistics, in the 2023 World Badminton Federation Super 300 and above individual events, the Chinese team has won a total of 48 championship titles, ranking first, being the second Korean team (28 championships) and the third Japanese team (20 championships) In total, the mixed doubles won 16 championships and the women’s doubles won 14 championships. The dominance of these two individual events is evident.
In the team competition, the Chinese team successfully achieved three consecutive Sudirman Cup championships, won the Asian Games Men’s Team Championship and the Asian Mixed Team Championship and other honors. It staged impressive comebacks in many key games. For example, in the Sudirman Cup semi-finals, the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team 3:2 in a desperate situation. The scene was soul-stirring and made the fans’ blood boil; in the Hangzhou Asian Games men’s team finals, facing the Indian team that was expected to make history, the young men of the Chinese team They withstood the pressure, fought back from 0:2 behind, defeated their opponents with a 3:2 comeback, and won the championship.
The Chinese team’s world rankings in each event have been improved, especially men’s singles and men’s doubles. In the top 10 rankings at the end of 2022, the Chinese team has four seats in women’s singles, two seats each in mixed doubles and women’s doubles, only Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi is ranked 6th in men’s doubles, and Lu Guangzu, the highest ranked player in men’s singles, is only ranked 11th. As for the top 10 rankings at the end of 2023, the Chinese women’s singles team continues to occupy four seats, with the highest ranked Chen Yufei rising from third place last year to second place; mixed doubles and women’s doubles have both increased to three seats, while men’s doubles and men’s singles have each. Two seats.
What is even more gratifying is that the three world number one doubles players at the end of this year are all Chinese team combinations. This season, the mixed doubles pairing of Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong won 7 championships, while the women’s doubles pairing of Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan won 8 championships. While continuing their outstanding performance, they both ranked first in the world. The post-2000 combination Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang has made rapid progress this season and ranked first in the men’s doubles world. This is the first time in 6 years that the Chinese team has regained the top spot in the men’s doubles world rankings. The Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang match was very exciting and entertaining. If they can continue to accumulate experience in competitions and perform more stably, their future will be limitless.
The progress of the men’s singles this season is also obvious to all. Li Shifeng not only became the first post-2000 champion at the Centenary All England Open, he was also a key figure in the Chinese men’s team’s victory at the Asian Games. He also won the Asian Games men’s singles championship without losing a game, and his world ranking increased from 22nd at the end of last year. A significant jump to the current 3rd place. Veteran Shi Yuqi, who has returned from injury, has also performed well this season. His world ranking has risen from 36th at the end of last year to the current 6th.
The Chinese team has many outstanding players (combinations) this season. Tokyo Olympic mixed doubles champion Huang Dongping is getting better with Feng Yanzhe, who was born in 2000. They have won 7 championships as a team this season and are on a rapid rise. The post-2000 mixed doubles combination Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin won the Badminton World Federation’s Most Improved Annual Award, and the world ranking has jumped to No. 5. The young women’s doubles players Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning won the Badminton World Federation’s annual Most Promising Award, and the world ranking has jumped to 8th. In addition, women’s singles Han Yue, men’s singles Weng Hongyang and others have also performed well this season.
In 2024, the most important event for the Chinese team is undoubtedly the Paris Olympics. Although facing various impacts from other teams, judging from the current upward momentum of the Chinese team, the Paris Olympics is very worth looking forward to. At present, the Olympic points competition is more than halfway through, and the Chinese team’s five individual events temporarily meet the requirements for full participation. Zhang Jun, chairman of the Chinese Badminton Association, said that the most important thing at this stage is to play well in the Olympic points competition, because the rankings will fluctuate after each point competition, and the players must prepare carefully for each stop.
2023-12-30 21:52:23
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