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original title: china open badminton championships kicks off, "liang wang" combination wins first match

liang weikeng/wang chang (front) in the competition. xinhua news agency

gong xuqi, reporter of china ningbo network

on september 17, the china open badminton championships opened in changzhou, jiangsu. ningbo athlete wang chang and his partner liang weikeng won the first match, defeating the french combination of popov the elder/popov the younger to advance to the next round.

the china open is one of the four super 1000 events on the bwf tour. the super 1000 is the highest level event on the tour and is second only to the olympic games, world championships and other top tournaments in the bwf event system. the china open is also the only super 1000 event in the second half of the year, with a total prize money of 2 million us dollars.

as the first highest-level event held in the world badminton arena after the paris olympics, this year's china open badminton championships attracted many (pairs of) national badminton players to participate, including shi yuqi, li shifeng, wang zhiyi, liang weikeng/wang chang, ren xiangyu/he jiting, and jia yifan/zheng yu.

liang weikeng/wang chang (left) in the competition. xinhua news agency

in the 1/16 match, defending champions liang weikeng/wang chang faced the french combination of popov the elder/popov the younger. in the first game, the liang-wang combination took the lead and entered the break with a 5-point lead; after the break, the popov brothers took the lead with 20:18. liang weikeng/wang chang scored 4 points in a row at the critical moment and won the first game.

after the change of sides, although liang weikeng/wang chang made some mistakes, they took the initiative on the court with their personal abilities. in the end, the "liang wang" combination won another game with 21:16 and won their first victory after the end of the paris olympics.

liang weikeng/wang chang (right) in the competition. xinhua news agency

liang wei-keng/wang chang's next opponent will be the winner between the chinese taipei combination qiu xiang-rong/wang qi-lin and the indonesian combination fikri/martin.