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the 2024 super 1000 china open badminton championships will kick off in changzhou on september 17.

according to the latest news released by the chinese badminton association on september 16 and the draw table given by the tournament organizing committee,china's top female singles player and tokyo olympic champion chen yufei, and paris olympic mixed doubles champions zheng siwei/huang yaqiong will miss this tournament.although this makes the fans feel a little regretful, the goal of the chinese badminton team remains unchanged, which is to strive to make achievements in five individual events, reach the finals in all events at home and win as many individual championships as possible.

as the second world-class badminton competition held in china this year after the thomas and uber cup, it is also the last stop of the 2024 bwf world tour super 1000 event.the china open badminton championships attracted more than 200 world-class athletes from 21 countries and regions to sign up for the competition. the total prize money for the tournament was as high as 2 million us dollars, and the tournament points were also increased.

on the male side,shi yuqi and li shifeng withdrew from last week's hong kong open to focus on this tournament, while lu guangzu, weng hongyang and lei lanxi also continued to participate.

on the female side,zhang yiman, han yue, gao fangjie and wang zhiyi participated in the competition. the first and second seeded players of the event were paris olympic champion an se-young and chinese taipei veteran tai tzu-ying. japanese star akane yamaguchi was also there. it can be said that except for spanish player marin and chen yufei who were seriously injured in the paris olympics, all the world's top female badminton players gathered.

in men's doubles,liang weikang/wang chang return to the china open, facing the popov brothers in the first round. the two were the champions of the event last year, and their goal this time is naturally to defend the title. the other two pairs of the national badminton team are xie haonan/zeng weihan and chen boyang/liu yi.

liang weihang (left)/wang chang combination

women's doubles,the biggest change for the chinese badminton team in this station is that the paris olympic champions jia yifan and zheng yu will be paired together. they are listed as the fifth seed of the event. chen qingchen temporarily left the team and missed this station. paris olympic silver medalists liu shengshu/tan ning and another chinese badminton team li yijing/luo xumin are in the lower half of the women's doubles draw. paris olympic women's doubles third place, the popular japanese team shida chiharu/matsuyama nami will also participate.

jia yifan (right) and chen qingchen at the olympics

mixed doubles event,although zheng siwei/huang yaqiong are absent, the chinese badminton team is still very confident of winning the championship in this event. the team's second pair feng yanzhe/huang dongping, jiang zhenbang/wei yaxin who just won the hong kong open last week, guo xinwa/chen fanghui, cheng xing/zhang chi are all very strong.

feng yanzhe/huang dongping combination

source: beijing youth daily