[Tilu News]The “VICTOR Hong Kong Open Badminton Championship” held the top 8 matches of each group at the Hong Kong Coliseum today (15th). The Hong Kong team’s top mixed doubles pair Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet faced France’s No. 2 seeds Gicquet/Delru (Thom Gicquel/Delphine Delrue). After three fierce games in the first two rounds, “Deng Xie Pei” once again came back from behind to advance, and returned to the top four of the Hong Kong Open after a lapse of 7 years.
Gicquel/Dellu, ranked 7th in the world, took the courage of being the runner-up in the China Open to play in Hong Kong for the first time. In the first two rounds, the Indonesian and English teams were defeated in straight games. On the contrary, “Deng Xie Pei”, ranked 23rd in the world, had to fight for three consecutive games to decide the winner. This game will pose a certain test on his physical fitness. The two teams have met three times in the past, but in addition to winning the top 32 of the 2018 World Championship, the Hong Kong team subsequently lost in the top 8 of the 2022 Indonesia Masters and the top 32 of this year’s Singapore Open.
The Hong Kong team’s attendance at this game was still strong, attracting more than 5,000 fans. “Deng Xie Pei”, who had the advantage of home court, had scored 4 points in a row in the early stage, but was chased by his opponent after the break. As a result, after three draws, the French team took the lead 18:20. Although Deng Junwen scored again with a heavy dunk, the Hong Kong team still lost 19:21 first. “Deng Xie Pei” regained his footing in the second game. While taking advantage of the return of serve, he also strengthened his defense and opened up an 8:1 advantage. Tang Chunwen performed two more “divine saves” at the end, and the Hong Kong team tied the game at 21:9, and once again brought the game to the decisive game.
The two sides started a tug-of-war in the deciding game, and then “Deng Xie Pei” broke the deadlock, scoring 4 points in a row before entering a timeout. After switching venues, the Hong Kong team continued to perform strongly, and finally won 21:11, reaching the top four of the Hong Kong Open again after 2016, and tying their best record in Hong Kong. “Deng Xie Pei” will compete with Malaysian No. 4 seeds Wu Xunfu/Lai Jiemin in the final tomorrow (16th).
After winning three consecutive nights, Deng Chunwen admitted after the game that the first game was a bit “tied”. He entered the game slowly and was quickly pulled away by his opponent. The two said that they had lost to the French team twice in the past, so they were nervous during the game. Only by letting go can they perform well: “The key to winning this game is to let go. We dealt with the game with a mentality of attacking them. Even if we If I lose the first game, I won’t take it too seriously. Instead, I have to relax a little to perform better.” Even though she played three fierce games today, Xie Yingxue said that her running range was smaller than yesterday and she didn’t feel too tired after the game. . She added that she went back to eat yesterday and had enough rest, so she recovered quickly today. Regarding reaching the semi-finals of the Hong Kong Open again after 2017, Deng Junwen is very confident about tomorrow’s game: “This victory has brought back my previous passionate feeling, and it has also given us a big shot in the arm. I hope Play even better tomorrow.”
Picture: He Ziyuan, Xu Fei
Text: Li Zizheng, Zeng Xiaoying
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2023-09-15 13:25:19
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