[Tilu News]The “VICTOR Hong Kong Open Badminton Championship” held the top 16 matches of each group at the Hong Kong Coliseum today (14th). Two of the women’s singles seed players encountered tough battles. Three-time women’s singles world champion Ma Lian achieved a reversal and defeated German player Li Yifeng 2:1 to advance; as for world number 2 Akane Yamaguchi, she experienced 5 “tricks” in the final game and finally narrowly defeated Scotland. Golfer Joe Moya. Malaysian men’s singles player Huang Zhiyong defeated Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama and is expected to advance to the top four for the first time this year.
Ma Lian
Li Yifeng
Spain’s women’s singles No. 3 seed Ma Lian advanced through 3 games in the first round of this station. In the top 16, she also needs to fight to the decisive game with German representative Li Yifeng. Ma Lian, the runner-up of the current World Championships, trailed 6:11 in the first game and narrowed the gap to 1 point twice, but Li Yifeng took the lead at 21:18 after winning two points in a row. In the second game, Ma Lian started to score 7 points in a row to pull away from her opponent. Although she was tied in the middle, she then made another effort to tie the game at 21:14. Ma Lian performed even stronger in the decisive game and never let her opponent take the lead. As a result, she defeated Li Yifeng 21:11 and won the game 2:1 to advance to the top 8. On Friday, she will compete with Indonesian player Dong Zhong for the top 4 spot.
Ma Lian mentioned that she did not have much time to rest and prepare after competing at the World Championships last month, and she felt exhausted after competing in two straight events in China and Hong Kong. As for overturning the opponent after falling behind by one set, she believes that the key point is to adjust the rhythm. “The competition here is not easy because the environment on both sides of the court is different, so you have to find the rhythm again when you are behind by one set.” The 2015 Hong Kong winner The station champion returned to his old hometown after five years and enjoyed competing with the support of the Hong Kong audience: “I am very happy to return to Hong Kong after five years. I also like the Hong Kong people and the way they support me.”
Akane Yamaguchi Scottish golfer Joe Moya
Akane Yamaguchi, the current “second sister” in the women’s singles world, also won 4 open championships this year. The top seed in Hong Kong defeated China’s Gao Fangjie in straight games in the first round. However, he encountered a tough battle in the round of 16. Facing the world’s 28th-ranked Scottish golfer Joe Moya, he was at a disadvantage in the first game and led by a big score. Lost one game at 7:21. In the second game, Akane Yamaguchi was constantly pressed by her opponent, but she broke through the gap and scored 6 points in a row to tie the game at 21:16. However, she suddenly lost an 8-point advantage in the decisive game, and got into trouble with her opponent five times. In the end, she won a thrilling 26:24 victory. The top 8 will face the No. 7 seed Beiwen Zhang of the United States.
After three fierce battles, Zhang Beiwen defeated Japan’s No. 6 seed Han Yue 2:1 (21:17, 18:21, 21:15). Ohori Aya No. 6 seed Han Yue defeated Indonesian player Hua Danni 2:1 to advance to the top 8. Wang Zhiyi took first place. The opponent retired when leading 11:4 in the first and second games and advanced to the top 8.
In men’s singles, Malaysian player Huang Zhiyong, ranked 20th in the world, eliminated Zhou Tiancheng in the first round, and then faced Japanese player Kanta Tsuneyama who was ranked higher than him in the top 16. Huang Zhiyong easily defeated his opponent 21:12 in the first game, and performed even more strongly in the second game. As a result, he never trailed in the whole game and won again with 21:11. Huang Zhiyong believes that this battle has been handled appropriately in terms of line control. In addition, he is looking forward to competing for the top four seats on Friday. “I haven’t been to the top four this year, so I still have to break through in the top 8. I must have confidence, but I don’t think too much.” Goal, just want to do my best.”
Changshan Kanta Huang Zhiyong Huang Zhiyong scratched his left foot after diving to save the ball in the first game. He needed a medical timeout to stop the bleeding, but it did not prevent him from winning two consecutive games to advance.
Picture: He Ziyuan, Li Zizheng
Text: Li Zizheng
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2023-09-14 08:32:15
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