On April 30, Beijing time, the Asian Badminton Championships held in Manila, Philippines, will be contested for the semi-finals of each individual event. The Chinese team still has 6 players (groups) in the men's singles, women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles events to remain in the signing table, and they strive to have players in these four individual events to advance to the final.
Men's Singles: Weng Hongyang (81) vs Li Zijia (7)
After consecutive victories over former world number one and last year's World Championship champion Srikante and Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Kim Ting, Weng Hongyang will continue to challenge Malaysia's first brother Li Zijia, who won last year's All England Championship and ranked No. 7 in the world. This is a super hard signing table, has played 5 games in the Philippines, and the last 2 games are 3 games of Weng Hongyang can maintain sufficient physical fitness, has become the key to the victory of the game.
However, the 22-year-old Weng Hongyang is an offensive style of play, which makes his physical consumption per game relatively less and his recovery faster. As long as he insists on his extremely oppressive style of play, Weng Hongyang, who is ranked 81st in the world, has a chance to defeat Li Zijia. Of course, Li Zijia's state was very outstanding, and if Weng Hongyang encountered a situation where he could not die, he was afraid that he would be at a disadvantage.
Women's Singles: Wang Zhiyi (16) vs An Xianying (4)
After He Bingjiao lost to Sindu 19-21 in the decider, Wang Zhiyi, who is ranked 16th in the world, became the only seedling of the Chinese women's singles in this Asian Championship. However, reaching the semi-finals is probably the limit of Wang Zhiyi, because the progress of the world's No. 4 An Xianying in the past two years is obvious to all, the stability is very strong, and she rarely loses to players who are not as strong as herself.
More importantly, Wang Zhiyi had fought with An Xianying 3 times before, and all of them ended in failure. Wang Zhiyi did not have He Bingjiao's physical strength and attack, could not control the situation when fighting with An Xianying, and most likely fell into the embarrassment of being mobilized by the opponent in the whole field, and the possibility of winning was very weak.
Women's Doubles: Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan (1) vs Du Yue / Li Wenmei (113)
The world's no. 1 Fan Chen duo will start a Chinese derby with new partners Du Yue/Li Wenmei, and the winning balance will naturally fall to the popular and powerful Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan. However, Du Yue/Li Wenmei is a new combination after all, and the Fan Chen combination may be a little strange to deal with, which makes the game have a little suspense.
Mixed Doubles: Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong (2) vs Jordan / Melati (5), Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping (4) vs Isamu Watanabe / Yusa Higashino (3)
The highlight of the semi-finals is in the mixed doubles event, where the world-ranked IELTS duo will face the Jordan duo, who once won two consecutive games in the 2019 season, while the world-no. 4 Yellow Duck combination will encounter Theo Watanabe/Higashino Yusa defeating himself in this year's All England Final.
The overall record of the IELTS and Jordan combinations is 8-2, but the first time they lost to the same opponent in their careers, it was thanks to Jordan/Meratti. Moreover, through the first three games of this Asian Championship, we can see that Zheng Siwei's ability has dropped a lot, and if it were not for Huang Yaqiong still maintaining a high level, I am afraid it would be difficult to reach the semi-finals. Therefore, this semi-final is not easy to play, and the IELTS combination must be fully prepared to play the decider.
As for the Yellow Duck combination, the shadow of the Final of the All England Open in March should not have dissipated, and this time to fight against the opponent, it is necessary to play a hundred points of spirit to achieve revenge. After winning the Olympic championship, the Yellow Ducks group actually had a low point in their athletic status, but after participating in several races, the current state has recovered, but it does not ensure that they can be foolproof in the face of strong opponents.
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