[China Badminton Championships·Direct Attack]”Deng Xie Pei” passed the first round and faced off against the Taiwanese team to start the final battle for year-end qualifications

For the BWF World Tour year-end doubles event, only the top eight pairs in the World Tour points can be shortlisted. However, since each country can only send 2 teams to compete in the year-end tournament, there are three mixed doubles pairs that have entered the top 8. In China, the combination of “World One” Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping and “World Three” Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong have qualified. Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin, who was ranked low (6th), missed the year-end competition. Their position was taken by the Chinese Taipei combination Ye Hongwei, who was ranked 9th. / Li Jiaxin tops. “Deng Xie Pei” is currently ranked 10th in the World Tour with 73,820 points. The points are only 70 points behind the Chinese Taipei team, which has a provisional score of 73,890 points. Therefore, the last stop of this season’s China Masters will compete with the Hong Kong team to compete for the year-end competition. It’s important.

Currently ranked 11th in the world, “Tang Chia Pei” has played against the Malaysian team, ranked 14th in the world, 10 times, with an overwhelming dominance of 9 wins and 1 loss. This time, the Hong Kong team did not miss any opportunity, and started the game first. A wave of 4:1 offensive, and even entered the technical timeout at 11:6, and then the Malaysian team gradually counterattacked to catch up to 17:14. However, Deng Junwen, who was in excellent condition, blocked the opponent’s momentum with a backhand diagonal return ball. , and stretched the score to 20:15. At this time, the Malaysian combination made great efforts to chase to 20:17. Fortunately, “Deng Xie Pei” still took the lead with 21:17.

In the second game, “Deng Xie Pei” had a fierce argument with his opponent. The score between the two sides had been tight and rising at the beginning. The Hong Kong team patiently used multiple shots back and forth to find opportunities for the opponent, and finally forced the opponent to make several mistakes to open the score to 7:4. , however, the Malaysian team also saw the opportunity to tie 7:7. “Deng Xie Pei” withstood the pressure and still entered the technical timeout at 11:8. The Hong Kong team’s men’s singles coach Huang Zonghan and head coach He Yiming who assisted on the sidelines also took advantage of the secret. Secret point. Afterwards, the Hong Kong team led slightly by 12:9. Even though they were caught up due to a mistake in returning the ball, they still opened the score to 17:13 again. However, the Malaysian team then chased 7 points in a row to lead 17:20. Fortunately, Tang Junwen ended the opponent’s momentum with a beautiful smash at the critical moment, tied 20:20 in one breath, and took the lead in winning the match point at 21:20. He won another thrilling game with 22:20, and successfully advanced to the second round with a total score of 2:0.

After the game, “Deng Xie Pei” admitted that he was under pressure in this battle. Deng Junwen said bluntly: “The year-end competition is an important competition for us every year. It is important for our Olympic points, results, and rankings. Maybe I think more before the game. We have won four consecutive games against our opponents this time, but in fact every win is not easy, especially since our state today is not very good, and because of our impatience, we have made many unnecessary mistakes. We lost points, but luckily we were able to hold on in the end.” Xie Yingxue also said: “Maybe too many people are talking about the year-end game. Many people are saying that there is only 70 points left, which invisibly puts pressure on myself because I also want to seize this opportunity. , but then I will keep thinking about other people’s games and my own game, and thinking too much will increase the pressure.”

“Deng Xie Pei” has been shortlisted for the year-end competition twice in 2017 and 2021. In 2017, he reached the finals and won the runner-up. In 2021, he also entered the top four. However, this year’s “Deng Xie Pei” started the season with a mediocre performance until the second half of the season. The results have improved by leaps and bounds. The two also bluntly said that it was unexpected to have the opportunity to compete for the year-end finals again this season. Tang Junwen pointed out: “With the progress in these stations, in fact, the men’s skills in mixed doubles may need to be improved a lot, so recently coach Huang Zonghan has also used his He took time out during the break to help us and guide us so that we could improve our skills; the joining of coach Lin Peilei has improved our physical quality.” Xie Yingxue also said: “The most important thing is to find a training method with some new elements. Our playing style has been improved I have been familiar with it, and it seems that I have not made any breakthroughs, but now some new things have been added, which makes other opponents have to adapt again, and there are more changes. Technically, I have practiced well for the time being, but my own state is a little bit different today Oops, my parents are here, but I’m not in good shape again. I hope I can perform better after adjustments.”

In another mixed doubles event, the Chinese Taipei pair Ye Hongwei/Li Jiaxin, ranked 12th in the world, were upset in the first round and defeated the “World II” Japanese pair Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino at 21:15, 21:14. After advancing, they will compete tomorrow. A direct confrontation with “Deng Xie Pei” to compete for qualifications for the year-end competition.

Pictures and interviews: Xu Fei
Text: He Zishan

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