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on september 18, in the men's singles competition of the bwf china open held in changzhou,chinese player lei lanxi defeated paris olympic champion anders antonsen 21-19, 17-21, 21-16 to advance to the round of 16, creating the biggest upset of this china open.

as the two-time men's singles champion of the tokyo olympics and the paris olympics, although anselong has not participated frequently since the olympics, his current world ranking is still second in the world., is recognized as the no. 1 men's singles player.

on the other hand, lei lanxi is currently ranked only 28th in the world, with points less than half of ansailong’s, today’s victory was really a bit unexpected.

image source: bwf official website

this is not the first time the two have met this year. in the recently concluded hong kong open badminton championships, lei lanxi lost to axelsen in the final with a huge score difference of 9-21 and 12-21 respectively.

born in 1998, lei lanxi is 26 years old this year. although he is called a newcomer, he is actually not young anymore.

in november 2016, lei lanxi participated in the world junior badminton championships held in bilbao, spain with the chinese team and won the gold medal in the mixed team competition.

in september 2019, lei lanxi competed in the belarusian badminton international series held in minsk, belarus. he made it all the way to the finals from the qualifying round, winning 8 consecutive games and winning the men's singles championship.

in february 2023, lei lanxi participated in the asian badminton mixed team championships, defeating indian player prannoy and korean player lee yoo-kyu in the semi-finals and finals respectively to win the team championship.

when the new players of class 06 and 07 are gradually coming to the fore, lei lanxi's outburst may be the redemption of his badminton career. after all, in the current environment where there is a lack of young players in the men's singles in china, more such "accidents" are needed to inspire.

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on september 17, the badminton world federation announced the latest world rankings.

shi yuqi, an xiying, liang weikeng/wang chang, chen qingchen/jia yifan, zheng siwei/huang yaqiong continued to rank first in each event. jiang zhenbang/wei yaxin rose to second place, setting a new career high.

chao news qianjiang evening news comprehensive from chao news reporter gao huasheng, @bwf world badminton federation