National Badminton Stars Shine in Asian Championships Quarterfinals

Badminton Asian Championships | National badminton stars have advanced to the quarterfinals 2024-04-12 10:47:16.0 Source: Xinhuanet Author: Ding Wenxian, Tian Guangyu, Xia Liang

The 2024 Badminton Asian Championships will determine the top eight in each event on the 11th. In the national badminton team, famous players such as Chen Yufei and Shi Yuqi continued to advance. The men’s doubles pair Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi, who were striving for Olympic points, won 2:0 and got one step closer to Paris.

In women’s singles, Chen Yufei and Wang Zhiyi easily passed 2:0, while He Bingjiao and Han Yue won in three hard-fought games.

“I am well prepared for this game. I still have to play ball by ball, game by game, and not think too much about anything else.” After defeating South Korean player Shen Yuzhen, Chen Yufei said that she is getting more and more confident. In the quarter-finals, she will face Indonesian player Mariska, while He Bingjiao will challenge the world’s No. 1 player An Xiying of South Korea.

In the men’s singles, top seed Shi Yuqi defeated Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto in two games at 21:15, while Li Shifeng easily defeated Wang Ziwei of Chinese Taipei team in 21:10 and 21:12.

The Asian Championships is the final battle in Asia to qualify for the Paris Olympics. In addition to men’s doubles, the Chinese team currently meets the full participation conditions for men’s singles, women’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles. Therefore, the men’s doubles competition is ready. Attention.

On that day, Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi, who were temporarily ranked eighth in the Olympic standings and just on the “qualification line”, faced Korean players Kim Young Hyuk/Wang Can and won the first game with 21:16. They fell behind in the second game, but He scored 6 points in a row at the last moment, reversed the victory 22:20, and continued to retain the initiative to compete for Olympic qualifications. After two consecutive comebacks at the end of the game, the two joked that they did not like to play against the wind, “I definitely still like to lead, it is more practical this way.”

Chinese Taipei team Li Yang/Wang Qilin, who competed with them for Olympic qualification, also won 2:0; another Chinese team combination, He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu, withdrew due to injury and missed Paris. Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang, who had already secured qualifications, quickly defeated the Japanese combination Endo Ayato/Takei Yuta 2:0.

In addition, the two ace doubles pairs in the national feathers – the top seeds in women’s doubles Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan and the world’s top seeds in mixed doubles Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong both won in straight games.

2024-04-12 07:49:09
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