[Sports Road Hangzhou Direct Attack]The BWF World Tour Finals (year-end tournament) will continue to be held today (14th) at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium. Hong Kong Badminton Mixed Doubles pair Tang Junwen/Tse Yingxue won the final round of the group stage with a game of 2: 1 beat world No. 7 Kim Won Ho/Jung Na Eun to win their first victory. In the end, we finished third in Group B with 1 win and 2 losses. Tang Chunwen, who was injured again and went into battle, described this game as a battle he had endured. When summarizing their performance this year, the two people who had gone through many hardships admitted that they had experienced great physical and mental exhaustion, but they would continue to learn how to maintain their best condition.
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“Deng Xie Pei”, ranked 10th in the world, faced China’s “World No. 1” combination Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong in their first match. During the match, Deng Chunwen accidentally sprained his right shoulder and lost in two games. The Hong Kong team also defeated South Korea’s world champion combination Seo Seung Jae/Chae Yoo Jung last night. After 3 games, they lost to their opponents and announced that they would not qualify for the top four. Deng Junwen was injured again today and went into battle with his partner against the Korean combination Kim Won Ho/Jung Na Eun, who also lost two consecutive games. The only two matches in their careers were this year. Both games lasted 3 games and each won 1 victory. Although the two teams missed the qualifying stage, they still had to compete for third place in the group to gain more ranking points and bonuses.
Xie Yingxue/Deng Junwen
In this match, Tang Chun-man continued to play with his right shoulder. He had a slight advantage with Tse Ying-suet in the early stage. However, he was attacked by his opponent many times. After two draws, the Hong Kong team fell behind. “Teng Chia-pei” immediately scored 3 points to take the lead. 16:14. The two sides later exchanged the lead again, and “Deng Xie Pei” once again showed resilience in the final period. He repeatedly staged multi-board duels with his opponents to catch up to “Diao Shi”. After falling behind three times, he tied again, and finally won 3 points in a row to win 25:23. Be first.
After changing sides, the Hong Kong team continued to take the initiative, but after the Korean team became familiar with the rhythm, they launched a counterattack and grabbed 8 points in a row, leading 14:7 with Jin Wonho scoring many times. The Hong Kong team then tried to attack Zheng Nayin, but it had little effect and was tied at 14:21. With the audience cheering for the Hong Kong team many times, “Deng Xie Pei” played the best opening performance in the decisive game, scoring 7 points in a row to take a 12:5 lead. The Korean combination then used defense instead of offense and successfully chased to 13:16. At the same time, Deng Junwen took a timeout due to a shoulder injury and returned to the court after receiving treatment on the sidelines. In the final period, the two teams fought to 17:17, but it was the South Korean team’s turn to make a mistake. As a result, the Hong Kong team took advantage of the momentum and won at 21:18.
With 1 win and 2 losses, “Deng Xie Pei” finally finished this year’s event in third place in the group, and received 7,500 ranking points and a bonus of US$32,500. This year-end competition is the third time the two have participated since they partnered in 2016, but they failed to reach the top four again after 2017 and 2021.
“This game is a good encouragement for us, because we lost the first two games, and even though the opponents were very strong, we were somewhat disappointed. But we have achieved a lot this week, because it is rare to have the opportunity to play high-level matches continuously.” Today The Hong Kong team was caught back many times after taking an early lead. For Deng Chunwen, it was a journey back. When it comes to the injury at the end of the game, the two expressed their hope to find opportunities to adjust their condition and avoid losing the dominance to their opponents. Deng Junwen revealed that the injury is not serious and is expected to recover in one to two weeks.
Not only did they play the entire game this year, but “Deng Xie Pei”, who has experienced ups and downs this year, participated in a total of 24 events, including the Hangzhou Asian Games and the year-end games. The two bluntly said that they have never tried to play so many games, although they have been in a state of turmoil in the first half of the year. At the low point, the world rankings even fell out of the top 10 after deducting points frozen after the epidemic at the beginning of the year, and even fell to 26th. In the second half of the year, the two gradually regained their strength, and with the switch to new technology, they successively advanced to the finals of the Super 500 Hong Kong Open and the Super 750 French Open, and then won the German Open to break the four-year championship drought. He then reached the top four in the Super 750 Series China Masters, returning to the top ten in the world rankings.
Xie Yingxue
Xie Yingxue admitted that after many tournaments, her rest time this year has been reduced repeatedly, and “Deng Xie Pei” will play in the Super 1000 Malaysian Open in January at the earliest. “It is basically difficult to have the opportunity to rest. I often miss it as soon as I return to Hong Kong.” I have to re-adjust and practice, and I feel guilty even if I take a break. In fact, I haven’t relaxed mentally. Even though I can take a week off this time, I still have to rely on practice to maintain my condition, because there will be many competitions in January.”
From being a seed player to almost starting from the qualifying round, “Deng Xie Pei” looked back on his rebound from the bottom this year and described the journey as very difficult. Xie Yingxue couldn’t help but smile to Junwen and said “good thing”, and the latter added: “I finally persisted, but as Axue pointed out, it is not difficult to jump up the ranking. How to maintain a high ranking is a difficult problem. After learning a lesson, I hope I can do better in the future.” In addition to thanking his partner, “Deng Xie Pei” also thanked the fans for sticking with them. Many Hong Kong fans even made a special trip to Hangzhou to watch the game. “Come on Deng Xie Pei” was heard from time to time. Cheers. Xie Yingxue revealed that many family members made a special trip to Hangzhou to watch the game: “Although I didn’t have much time to spend with them, they were very nice and knew that I might have to focus on the game, so they didn’t put any pressure on me and let me concentrate on the game. So I’m very grateful to them for coming. support.”
The two pointed out that the Olympic points will be relatively stable after the year-end competition, and after returning to the top 10 in the world, they will not rule out selective participation in the Olympic points cycle of more than four months next year, but they said that detailed arrangements need to be discussed with the coach before they can be implemented. . After completing all the events this year, the two will enjoy a week’s vacation and travel to Tokyo and Yunnan respectively, and then compete in three events in Malaysia, India and Indonesia in January 2024.
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This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[Badminton World Federation Year-End Tournament・Direct Attack]”Deng Xiepei” defeated South Korea in the group stage and won his first victory. He has experienced a year of highs and lows.」
2023-12-15 16:12:18
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