On January 27, Beijing time, Chen Qisheng, who returned to the men's doubles coaching staff of the Chinese badminton team, announced through social media the news of another split pair of reorganizations, and the World Youth Championship champion group Wang Chang / Di Zijian was dismantled and will play with a new partner in the Osaka Badminton Open in early April, which aroused strong concern among netizens.
Chen Qichen said that the "Prince" combination is temporarily split, Wang Chang and Liang Weiheng, Di Zijian and Huang Kaixiang will sign up for the Osaka Open in early April, although we do not know whether it will be able to make the trip, but we will actively prepare, make use of this precious training time, and enrich the strength of The Chinese men's doubles with practical actions.
After the Rio Olympics, Chen Qichen became the head coach of the national doubles group of the national feather, and once led the team to achieve quite good results, Liu Cheng/Zhang Nan, Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen won the men's doubles championship for the Chinese team in 2017 and 2018 respectively, which made him famous. However, after that, the men's doubles fell into a trough, and Chen Qixun stepped down as the head coach of the men's doubles team in the face of the hopelessness of full participation in the Tokyo Olympic Games. After more than a year, Chen Qichen was transferred to the head of the national youth coaching team mixed doubles, until this winter training was invited to return to the national coaching team. His first big move after his return was to assist the head coach Huang Zhanzhong to carry out a large-scale dismantling and reorganization of the men's doubles team.
Wang Chang / Di Zijian, who was also born in 2001, is not yet 21 years old, and is the earliest pair in the national men's doubles reserve, known as the "prince" combination by fans. The "Prince" combination is mainly headed by Wang Chang, who is delicate and coherent and fast, while Di Zijian mainly undertakes the heavy responsibility of attacking from the backcourt, just like his brother Li Junhui in the Liaoning team. In 2018, Wang Chang/Di Zijian won consecutive Asian Youth Championships and World Youth Championships, achieving a grand slam in the youth group. In their first year in the senior division, the two won their first BWF Tour title in a race in Germany. However, for a long time after that, Wang Chang/Di Zijian failed to make a bigger breakthrough, and the World Championships held at the end of last year were eliminated in the first round, which may be an important reason why the coaching staff decided to dismantle them.