The Asian Badminton Championships decided the quarterfinals last night, and the Chinese team occupied a total of nine places in the quarterfinals of each individual event, especially Li Shifeng and Weng Hongyang in the men's singles, and ren Xiangyu/Tan Qiang in the men's doubles, which defeated strong opponents and continued to bring surprises.
After the first round, Kuniwa had 13 seats in the round of 16, and in yesterday's 1/8 finals, he won 9 and lost 4, with a high winning percentage. Among them, the overall victory was maintained in the men's singles group, first Li Shifeng defeated Wang Ziwei of Chinese Taipei 22-20, 23-21, and then Weng Hongyang defeated India's famous Srikans who repeatedly defeated the Chinese men's singles in the past six months by 21-16, 17-21, 21-17.
The two men's singles players celebrated the moment they won the same, and their emotions were very excited. For Weng Hongyang, in the face of the recent world championship runner-up who has frequently caused trouble for his teammates, he is eager to break through his opponents. Li Shifeng said that although the previous round of winning gave back a little confidence, the recent downturn was very uncomfortable, so it was very exciting to win the game.
In addition to the men's singles, the men's doubles also has surprises. Tan Qiang/Ren Xiangyu took only 27 minutes to beat the top seed, Indonesia's Ashan/Hendra, with a 21-9, 21-15 score difference. It was their first time in the quarter-finals since the season, and after the game they said they were facing a "legendary combination" so they had no baggage when they played. Tan Qiang said: "Before the game, Director Chen gave us targeted arrangements, and we also did a good job, so we limited the characteristics of the other side. ”
Unfortunately, in the last match of the day, another pair of men's doubles liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi lost to Indonesia's Alfian / Adianto 19-21, 21-18, 19-21 after a bitter three-set battle of 58 minutes.
The women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles all coincidentally won 2 wins and 1 loss. Among them, He Bingjiao defeated Malaysia's Ji Suina 2-0, Wang Zhiyi defeated Indian veteran Neville 2-1, Zhang Yiman lost 0-2 to South Korea's Ahn Hyun-yee; Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan won 2-0, Du Yue/Li Wenmei defeated thai duo Chon Kapan/Lawinda for the first time 2-1, ending a two-game losing streak against their opponents, Zheng Yu/Zhang Shuxian lost 0-2 to South Korea's Li Shaoxi/Shin Seung-hyun; Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong and Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping both easily defeated their opponents 2-0, Feng Yanzhe/ Lin Fangling lost 1-2 to Jordan/Melati of Indonesia.
The wind direction in the pavilion that generally affected the players in the previous two days still exists, but the wind direction has an impact on both sides. Wang Zhiyi was affected by the defeat in the first set, but she made timely adjustments in the last two sets. After the game, Jia Yifan also said that the first two games were looking for feelings and finding shapes, especially in adapting to different wind directions every day. Huang Dongping also said that every game is adapting to new downwinds and crosswinds, so there are more mistakes than usual.
At 4:00 p.m. today, the quarter-finals will be played in three venues at the same time, and Guoyu will start with the three venues at the same time: He Bingjiao will play against India's Singh Hu in the first venue, Ren Xiangyu/ Tan Qiang and Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong will play against Wu Shifei / Nui Zudin and Kaneko Yuki / Matsutomo Misaki respectively. It is worth mentioning that Guoyu will also have four matches with the Indonesian team today: Li Shifeng will play against Chico who eliminated Momota Kendou, Weng Hongyang against the famous Jin Ting, Du Yue/Li Wenmei against Xiti/LiBuka, Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping against Renov/Pita. In addition, Wang Zhiyi will play against Chinese Taipei's Xu Weiqi; Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan will meet this year's All England Women's Doubles champions Naoya Matsuyama/Chiyo Shida.