Kumamoto Badminton Masters Highlights: ‘Deng Xie Pei’ Qualifies for Year-End Tournament as Lu Shanen Advances to Top 16

[Naidheachdan Tilu]The BWF Super 500 Kumamoto Badminton Masters will be held on the second day of the event on Wednesday (13th). the top seed, against China’s Chen Zhengkuan in the first match / Xu Yinjuan easily passed the test with 2:0 and qualified for the BWF year-end tournament next month in advance in terms of representative Paris Olympics Lu Shanen, it took only 25 minutes to eliminate the German golfer Li Yifeng in straight games and advance to the top 16; on the other hand, men’s singles representative Ng Ka Long lost to Thailand’s world champion Vitidsarn Kunlavut in straight sets Hong Kong featherweight “big brother” Cheuk Yiu also suffered defeat after three hard-fought matches and lost the two of them in the first round.

Tang Junwen and Xie Yingxue went to Jakarta, Indonesia to participate in the BXL exhibition match at the beginning of this month, and then returned to Hong Kong for a short break to change in the Kumamoto Masters this week. World No. 9 “Deng Xiepai” faced Chen Zhengkuan/Hsu Yinjue from Chinese Taipei in their first match today. 3 to establish a benefit. Early in the second game, the two sides were leading each other, and Hong Kong gradually opened the score at 6:6, with a half-game lead of 11:8 after the technical time, “Deng Xie Pei”; They continued to put pressure on the opponent, and the score became wider and wider.

According to the foreign badminton media “Statminton”, this victory gave Tang Junwen/Xie Yingxue tickets to the year-end tournament held in Hangzhou from December 11 to 15. This is the fourth time for the two to participate in the competition in 2017, they won second place.

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Lu Shanen (Photo: Tilu Database)

Lu Shan’en, who was unable to win in yesterday’s qualifying match due to his opponent’s withdrawal, did not put up a big test against Li Yifeng. He was tied at 6 in the first game and the then he opened the gap with consecutive points, taking the lead by 21:12. The second game was even more impressive, with a great score of 21:6 and victory, securing a place in the top 16.

In men’s singles, world No. 19 Ng Ka Long beat Thailand’s world champion Wei Dixin, who is No. 5 in the world and has just won the Korean Badminton Championships. Both teams have met three times before, with the Hong Kong player winning 1 and losing 2. This battle is still at the bottom beaten by Wei Dixin to open the score 5:0 As a result, Wu Jialang lost 19:21 . Hong Kong lost 8 points in a row after reaching 7:7 in the second game, falling behind to 7:15 and finally losing 12:21, and were eliminated in the first round. Lee Cheuk-yiu then defeated Denmark’s Rasmus Gemke, losing 10:21 in the first game Although the second game was tied at 21:16, Hong Kong did not maintain their momentum in the decisive game and conceded 14:21, also missing the top 16..

Ng Ka Long (Photo: Tilu Database)

Lee Cheuk-yao (Photo: TiLu Database)

This article was written by “Sports road“Originally published in”Kumamoto Badminton Tournament｜ “Deng Xie Pei” passed the test and qualified for the year-end tournament, Lu Shanen entered the top 16 male singles」