Andrew, the technical director of the Chinese badminton team, believes that players must have firm beliefs, otherwise pressure and expectations will gradually accumulate, eventually leading to continued poor performance. Luo Jianyou won this honor precisely by relying on his unwavering faith.
Spain may be Luo Jianyou’s blessed land. At the Badminton World Championships in December 2021, Luo Jianyou became famous when he won the men’s singles world crown in Huelva, Spain. Last Sunday (March 31), Luo Jianyou once again won the Spanish Badminton Masters championship in Madrid. You know, it has been 833 days since he last won the championship.
Since becoming the men’s singles world champion in 2021, Luo Jianyou has won runner-up in three events: the 2022 Indian Open, the 2023 Korean Open and the 2024 Thailand Masters. He finally defeated the world in the Spanish Masters that ended last Sunday. French player Toma Popov (25 years old), ranked 25th, successfully won his first championship in 27 months.
This victory will bring Luo Jianyou US$15,750 (approximately S$21,000) in bonuses, and will also earn him 7,000 points, which will help him improve his world ranking and have the opportunity to compete in the upcoming Paris Olympics. is listed as a seeded player.
Technical Director: Ups and downs in performance are inevitable
Including large-scale competitions and low-level international competitions, this is Luo Jianyou’s ninth victory in 20 career finals. my country’s badminton technical director Martin Andrew revealed in an exclusive interview with “Lianhe Zaobao” on Monday (April 1) that since the World Championships at the end of 2021, Luo Jianyou has adopted a more proactive style of play. The coaching team then began to slowly adjust his playing style so that he could have greater flexibility when facing different players.
However, such adjustments may not achieve immediate results, and the team will need time to verify the results. Andrew said that in the past 12 months, we have seen Luo Jianyou’s performance ups and downs. Some games can show high-level performance, and some games seem to lack power. “But at this stage, all of this is unavoidable.”
“So, players must have a firm belief, otherwise pressure and expectations will gradually build up, eventually leading to continued poor performance, which is difficult to get rid of… Luo Jianyou has always maintained a firm belief, and he understands the changes made by the coaching team And the changes he’s made. Overall, he’s had some strong performances before and now we need to keep him at that level.”
Currently, there are still five to six events left before the qualifications for the seed players for the Paris Olympics are determined. The goal set by Andrew for Luo Jianyou is to be among the top eight in the world, or at worst, within the top 12, in order to avoid other seed players in the group stage. .
Many dignitaries congratulated Luo Jianyou on winning the championship
Luo Jianyou’s victory also received blessings from many of our country’s political figures, who recognized his efforts and contributions, including President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong.
President Tharman Shanmugaratnam posted on Facebook: “Competing in top events is especially difficult. Jianyou controls his emotions, learns from every setback, and believes in himself. So today’s victory – he clenched his fist to commemorate it – — is even sweeter. This is true for Jianyou and the Singapore team.”
The Spanish Masters has a total prize money of US$210,000 and is a Super 300 event. It is the fifth level event of the Badminton World Tour and is lower than the World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750 and Super 500.
2024-04-01 14:56:09
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