[Sports Kumamoto Direct Attack]The BWF Super 500 Series Japan Kumamoto Badminton Masters will be held on the second day of the event today (15th). Two Hong Kong mixed doubles pairs have different fates. Lee Jin-hee/Wu Zhirou faced Chinese Taipei’s Lu Zhen/Zheng Yupei without being tested. , easily passed through two straight games and entered the top 16. On the other hand, Deng Junwen/Xie Yingxue, who were unfavorable in the draw, fought hard and lost 1:2 to the three-time world champion China’s “World No. 1” combination Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, and were eliminated in the first round.
The Hong Kong badminton team completed the European devil’s schedule earlier and will go on the road after a short break to continue to strive for Olympic points. The women’s doubles “double Yang pair” Yang Yating/Yang Peilin took the lead in the Kumamoto Badminton Championships yesterday but encountered a waterloo. The other mixed doubles and men’s singles players all appeared today. Among them, Li Jinxi/Wu Zhirou, ranked 23rd in the world, faced off against Chinese Taipei representatives Lu Zhen/Zheng Yupei who had qualified from the qualifying round. Their strength was obviously superior to their opponents. The Hong Kong players opened the score after the battle at 2:2, leading by 11:7 in the half game. Taking the lead at 21:13, the second game also dominated the event, never falling behind and winning another victory at 21:18. Tomorrow, they will compete with the No. 3 seeds Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping of China for the top 8 seats.
Looking forward to the next game, Li Jinxi said, “Everything is done well” and hopes to perform at the same level as before. He also pointed out that his performance this season has been relatively stable and he hopes to continue to do so. Wu Zhirou also said: “This year has been stable since the beginning of the year, and I feel a little better recently. Although the initial state was not so ideal, I gradually regained my feeling.”
As for Deng Junwen/Xie Yingxue, who broke the 4-year championship drought in the German Badminton Championships two weeks ago and are currently ranked 11th in the world, they will compete against three-time world champions Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong. The two sides have met 9 times before. “Pair” only won the 2018 Malaysian Masters final. Although the match record was quite losing, the two played hard in this battle and got into the state quickly. They got a good start of 5:2 and were tied by 7 :7 and then launched a 7:2 siege, stretching to 14:9. After the adjustment, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong gradually regained their lost ground and equalized at 15:15. After that, the scores of the two teams were entangled with each other. In the end, “Deng Xie Pei” won the first game in a thrilling way at 23:21 after passing three “diao times”.
Deng Junwen required a medical timeout during the game to deal with a foot injury.
The two sides started to see each other in the early stages of the second game. Hong Kong lost 5 points in a row after leading 8:7, and entered a technical timeout behind 7:11. Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong continued to exert pressure in the second half of the game, and once lost 14:10, “Deng Xiepei ” They chased and tightened the score, narrowing the gap to 1 point in the final period, but still lost 18:21. Entering the decisive game, the Chinese combination pursued the victory and accelerated the pace. Under pressure, “Deng Xie Pei” made more mistakes and fell behind by 2:8. Although it caught up to 10:11 after the transition, it was a pity that it could not reverse the disadvantage and was opened up by its opponent. Deng Junwen suffered an elbow injury at the end and needed treatment. After returning to the game, he chased multiple points, but he still won at 16:21.
After the game, Xie Yingxue summed up the performance of this match and said: “Our energy dropped a bit in the third game, but the opponent kept it up. I actually opened up, and I mainly lost in serving and receiving! My serve today was not ideal, and it was taken by my opponent. A lot of points.” “Deng Xie Pei” has recently defeated Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping, Japan’s “Eastern Combination” Dongdu Combination Yuta Watanabe/Higashino Arisa, and the fierce battle between Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong today is also very close, “Axue Frankly speaking, he has performed stably in recent games, so even though he lost this game, he is still satisfied with his recent performance: “Junwen’s foot injury affected Shao Shao a little bit in this game. There is still one week left, so I hope to rest quickly and get in good condition.” , moved to the Shenzhen event.”
Deng Junwen said: “I didn’t think too much about the score in this game. I mainly wanted to use what I have learned recently to do my best and try to threaten the opponent. It has been a long time since we faced Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, and we hope to experience it. How far apart are they? In fact, I think we have made progress. In the past, our performance might be good in one race or one station, and then just average in the second race. However, we played hard in France earlier, and finally performed well in Germany. Come back.” Talking about the foot injury, “Junwen” said it was not an old problem: “It started to hurt a little when I was practicing here a few days ago. It was really painful at the moment just now (in the third round). I hope to get better soon in the next two days. If you restore it well and protect it well, I believe it won’t be a big problem.”
After “Deng Xie Pei” finishes the Kumamoto event, he will go to Shenzhen next week to compete in the last event, which is also a key battle to enter the year-end competition. Deng Junwen said: “In addition to us, there are two or three teams competing, and they all play well. Don’t think too much about each game. If we win, it proves that we are worthy of participating, not because others did not perform well. If we lose, there is no point for us to go.”
Head coach He Yiming and men’s singles coach Huang Zonghan coach “Deng Xie Pei” on the court.
Men’s singles Ng Ka Long will compete against Denmark’s Rasmus Gemke later. Hong Kong badminton’s “big brother” Lee Cheuk-yiu, who lost to Taipei’s Chou Tien-chen and finished runner-up in the German Badminton Championships, made a comeback. In the evening, he will face the world’s eighth-ranked Indian player for the first time. Prannoy HS, if it successfully advances to the top 16, will have the opportunity to meet Zhou Tiancheng again for a “revenge battle”.
Pictures and interviews: Xu Fei
This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in”【Kumamoto Badminton Championships．Direct attack]”Deng Xie Pei” unfortunately lost to “Shi Yi” in the first battle, Li Jinxi/Ng Zhirou easily advanced」
2023-11-15 06:13:14
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