The first day of the World Badminton Federation Finals: Chen Yufei was shocked and lost_Guangming.com

Xinhua News Agency, Bangkok, December 7. (Reporters Lin Hao and Song Yu) The 2022 World Badminton World Tour Finals kicked off in Bangkok on December 7. Tokyo Olympic Women’s Singles Champion Chen Yufei and Mixed Doubles Champion Wang Yilyu/ Huang Dongping have both lost their first match. , He Bingjiao defeated Chinese Taipei star Tai Ziying.

The top eight players and melds ranked in world tour points are invited to participate in the finals. Each member association can only have a maximum of two players or melds to participate in the same single event. If a player withdraws, the other players will be replaced . The individual champions of this year’s World Championships are automatically admitted to the competition.

The Chinese team won all qualifiers in the three events of women’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles, while men’s singles and men’s doubles each have a place. Individual participants in the finals are divided into two groups A and B by drawing lots and the top two teams in each group will advance to the semi-finals via a single round robin.

In the women’s singles, Chen Yufei and He Bingjiao from the Chinese team were divided into Group A and Group B. In the first round, Chen Yufei lost 1:2 to Indonesian player Mariska Dongzong who participated as a substitute. After the game, Chen Yufei said that she was not very familiar with the stadium in the first game, and her wind direction control, especially in the first game, was not very good, the speed did not increase, and she entered the state slowly.

Chen Yufei returns the ball during the women’s singles group A match of the 2022 BWF World Tour Finals in Bangkok, Thailand on December 7. Published by Xinhua News Agency (photo by Lahan)

Chen Yufei’s other two opponents in the group stage are top two world champions Akane Yamaguchi and Korean player An Seying.

He Bingjiao defeated Tai Ziying, the most powerful Chinese Taipei player in the group, 2:0 in the group B match. In the first game, the score was deadlocked between the two, and He Bingjiao finally won by 21:19, in the second game was leading by a wide margin, but Tai Ziying leveled the score at 18. Tai Ziying then made a mistake, and He Bingjiao won by 21. :19 to win. He Bingjiao told reporters after the match that her overall performance today was not bad, but she made more mistakes in the second round and was a little anxious. Although they defeated Tai Ziying in the first match, every opponent in the finals is very strong and they have to keep working hard.

In the mixed doubles, Wang Yilyu/Huang Dongping, who hadn’t partnered for a long time, lost 1:2 to Malaysian pair Chen Jianming/Lai Peijun and Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, who just won the best combination of the year , easily defeated the French duo Giquet/Derlui 2:0.

On December 7, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong (second from right) competed in Group A of mixed doubles at the 2022 BWF World Tour Finals in Bangkok, Thailand. Published by Xinhua News Agency (photo by Lahan)

In the men’s singles, Lu Guangzu, the only Chinese player, lost 0:2 to Danish star Axelsen. In the men’s doubles “only seedling” Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi defeated the Danish couple Astrup/Rasmussen in two matches. Women’s doubles world champions Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan beat teammates Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu 2:1.

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