[Sports News]Every athlete always has family members who are the strongest backing off the court, but for the two Israeli badminton players, family members are not only “backups” but also powerful partners on the court. The 65-year-old mother Svetlana Zilberman and her 34-year-old son Misha Zilberman have competed in the badminton world for many years in a “mother-son file”, and have won mixed doubles championships in different international competitions together. The two will compete in the BWF Super 500 Series tomorrow (19th) In South Korea, they competed with Hong Kong team representatives Xie Yingxue/Deng Junwen to enter the top 16.
Xie Yingxue/Deng Junwen lost to Japan’s Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino in the semi-finals of the Indonesia Badminton Championships last month, but they still achieved their best result in the past 18 months. After “Deng Xiepei” completed the semi-finals of the Hong Kong badminton competition last Saturday (15th), he flew to South Korea to prepare for the Super 500 Series sub-station, and met Israel’s “99-year-old mother and son” Svetlana/Misha in the first round.
Svetlana, who was originally borrowed from the Soviet Union, won the bronze medal in the 1986 European Badminton Championships. After immigrating, he turned to represent Israel. During this period, he became the singles and doubles champion 17 times in the national championship, and won 21 times in the mixed doubles event. champion. As for his son Misha, he was also enlightened and coached by his mother to hold a racket and started his badminton career. He represented Israel in the youth competition for the first time since 2003.
Svetlana Zilberman (left) and Misha Zilberman (right) (Photo: BWF)
Until the 2009 World Championships, due to the delay in finding a mixed doubles partner, Svetlana boldly decided to form the first “mother-son team” with Misha to participate in mixed doubles international competitions with a 30-year age difference. Even though Svetlana has already entered the age of auction, Misha admitted in an interview with foreign media that he participated in the mixed doubles just to enjoy the process and not to seek results. Won gold in the Gabi Games and the 2017 Lagos Badminton International Challenge. In the World Championships held in Tokyo last year, Svetlana and his son defeated the Egyptian combination and became the oldest player to win the event at the age of 64.
Misha Zilberman (Photo: BWF)
Svetlana/Misha played against Deng Junwen/Xie Yingxue in Macau as early as 2018. At that time, the latter eliminated their opponents in straight sets. Let’s see if this pair of Israeli “mother and son files” can compete against “Deng Xie” in this Korean station. ’ Added more pressure. If “Deng Xiepei” passes the test smoothly, they will face the winners of Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino and teammates Li Jinxi/Wu Zhirou in the round of 16.
same dayNg Ka LongAnd Lee Cheuk Yiu will also play in the men’s singles event. The former will take on Malaysian player Lee Zii Jia.
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2023-07-18 08:53:05
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