[British Sports Direct]The second round of the “2024 All England Badminton Open Championship” was held on Thursday (14th). The Hong Kong team’s chief mixed doubles Tang Chunwen/Tse Yingsuet faced Malaysia’s old rivals Chen Jianming/Lai Peijun for the second time in 14 days. In the end, The Hong Kong players did not face much challenge, winning two straight games 21:17 and 21:11, advancing to the top 8. Tomorrow the Hong Kong players will meet the Chinese combination Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping, ranked fourth in the world, hoping to have the best performance and compete with top players.
“Teng Xie Pei”, ranked 8th in the world, defeated the 16th-ranked Indonesian combination 2:1 in the first round on Tuesday, and faced Chen Jianming/Lai Peijun, currently ranked 25th, in the second round. The Hong Kong players and the Malaysian pair are old rivals. They have played against each other 8 times in the past. They are the pair with the fifth most matches since the partnership of “Tang Chia Pei”. The track record is also led by Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet with 5 wins and 3 losses. Including the quarterfinal match of the German Open on March 1, “Deng Xie Pei” won 2:1.
Xie Yingxue, Deng Junwen
This was the second meeting in 14 days. Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet, who were wearing new jerseys this time, were the first to fall behind. They lost 4 points in a row at the start of the game. However, the Hong Kong team recovered the lost ground soon after and entered the technical lead with 11:10. pause. The two sides began to bite each other in the middle, and “Deng Xie Pei” continued to pull away to 19:14. Even though the opponent narrowed the gap by chasing 3 points in a row, he was still able to win the first game at 21:17. After the stalemate situation in the second game was maintained at 7:7, “Deng Xie Pei” once again took the lead and scored consecutively. As a result, he won the game 21:11 and won in a straight 2:0 to advance to the top 8.
After the game, Tse Ying Suet summed up the performance of the game and admitted that he was slow to enter the game: “I was a little lack of energy in the beginning, and I was distracted for many waves. Fortunately, he (Deng Junwen) kept reminding me and helping me fill my position. In the second game, I started to perform well. Better.” The third leg of the European tour successfully advanced to the top 8. The two admitted that they were a little tired due to insufficient practice due to injuries before departure: “I didn’t train in a systematic way before coming to Europe. Other opponents seemed to have enough training. There were three stations of good electricity, but we didn’t have enough charge, so we could only use the first two stations as practice, but in fact there was a certain amount of consumption.”
Tang Junwen hopes that the two can compete with top golfers
“Deng Xie Pei” improved his record against the Malaysian pair to 6 wins and 3 losses.
There were also many Hong Kong fans attending today’s match.
Although he was not able to compete at his best, “Deng Xie Pei” believes that his performance so far in the European trip is acceptable. When the two were interviewed, they did not know whether their opponents in Friday’s quarterfinals would be the world’s fourth-ranked China’s Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping or the world’s 14th-ranked Malaysian Wu Xunca/Lai Jiemin. In the end, the Chinese combination will advance. “Deng Xie Pei” hopes to be able to perform to the best of his ability. The best thing is to learn from it: “If we face the Chinese team tomorrow, they are the top opponents. I hope we can perform well against them. No matter we win or lose, we will learn from the experience to help prepare for the Olympics.”
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Pictures and interviews: Xu Fei
This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in”All England Badminton Open | Two defeats to the Malaysian combination “Tang Chia Pei” in 14 days to reach the top 8 and hope to compete with the top players」
2024-03-14 13:48:07
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