"badminton observation" the new cycle of badminton faces a reshuffle, and the new force of guangzhou women's doubles rises
2024-09-23
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the 2024 china badminton open came to an end in changzhou on the 22nd. the chinese team finished with four championships and two runner-ups. this was the last 1000-level event of the season and the first 1000-level event of the new cycle. interestingly, the players who finally topped the five individual events were all new to winning this event. it can be seen that with the start of the new olympic cycle, the world badminton world will face a new round of reshuffles. fortunately, the women's doubles combination li yijing/luo xumin from guangzhou made their mark in this event, and the group advantage of guangdong players in the national team doubles event continues.
the most surprising thing about this event was that li yijing/luo xumin won the women's doubles championship. when the badminton players from guangzhou were interviewed by yangcheng evening news in 2021, they were still players of the national 1.5 team (formerly the national second team). they started as partners in the youth team and won the women's doubles championship of the 2019 asian youth championship. their goal that year was to rank among the top 20 in the world. three years later, they are not only members of the national first team, but also won one championship and one runner-up in the two 300-level events in thailand and germany this season. their world ranking was ranked 18th before this china open, achieving their goal three years ago.
in changzhou, the two automatically advanced to the top 16 in the first round due to the withdrawal of their opponents. in the quarterfinals, they defeated the sixth seed of the tournament and the world's eighth-ranked malaysian pair chen kangle/tina, who were also semifinalists in the paris olympics. in the quarterfinals, li yijing/luo xumin defeated their teammates and runner-ups of the paris olympics, liu shengshu/tan ning. after that, they did not stop moving forward. in the semifinals, they faced the eighth seed of the tournament and the world's 11th-ranked korean pair zheng nayin/kim hye-jeong and won again in two games. in the final, facing teammates zhang shuxian/li wenmei, the guangzhou sisters fought three games to win the final victory and won the first bwf high-level tour championship in their sports careers!
after winning this important championship, the two said their minds went blank and they didn't celebrate. luo xumin even failed to throw a towel to the audience because her hands were weak. they both said they were not talented and they were not famous in one battle. "now we have improved in controlling and adjusting the rhythm of the game. the reason for the reversal is that we can persist now and never give up. we are moving forward step by step with our own efforts."
after winning the women's doubles championship at the paris olympics, guangdong player chen qingchen is unlikely to continue for another olympic cycle. the rise of li yijing/luo xumin is just in time. if they can take over smoothly, guangdong's strong point of women's doubles badminton will be passed on. however, in the new cycle, athletes from various countries have not yet recovered from fatigue, and the badminton world is also facing a major reshuffle. for the young li yijing/luo xumin, it is an opportunity to move up, but they also need to take every step more steadily.
in contrast, guangdong men's doubles player ren xiangyu moved us more. he partnered with he jiting in the final of this competition. he suffered an acute dislocation of the waist at the end of the first game. his waist was unable to move for a while. after emergency treatment on the spot, he insisted on fighting with the malaysian combination wu shifei/nuizudin for three games and finally won the runner-up. although defeated, it was still an honor. "any combination" was temporarily combined in the second half of last year. the ranking soared rapidly in just a few months, but after all, the combination time was too short and eventually missed the qualification for the paris olympics. there are still unlimited possibilities for the two in the new cycle, provided that ren xiangyu needs to control the interference of injuries as much as possible. together with the runner-up of the paris olympics, guangzhou player liang weikeng, guangdong players are still the backbone of the men's doubles track in the new cycle.
in addition, the championships won by women's singles player wang zhiyi, men's singles player weng hongyang, and veteran huang dongping and young player feng yanzhe all showed the efforts of young players to take over and the perseverance of veterans. in the new cycle of struggle, the national badminton team is already on the road.
text | reporter su xing
