In the early morning of July 1, Beijing time, the final of the 2024 U.S. Open Badminton Championships continued, and in a men's singles final that just ended, the Chinese player and No. 4 seed Lei Lanxi was defeated by the Japanese and missed the championship after winning one game first, resulting in no national feather scores, and the scores in the three games were 21:15, 18:21, and 15:21.
In fact, there is nothing to say about losing, and the situation is not ugly, as everyone often says, this is sports competition, but I really can't help but want to say a few words, because the game makes me look very aggrieved, to be honest, losing is really not terrible, what is terrible is that Lei Lanxi has completely lost his fighting spirit, no spirit, no toughness, and no determination to win, just like not having a full meal, slow and soft, reminds me of what Lin Dan said before, "If an athlete has no ambition, Then this person will not have any good grades."
You must know that Lei Lanxi is not small, born in January 1998, he is already 26 years old, if he is not given a chance, but in fact, the national feather has given enough opportunities in the past two years, but he always can't grasp it, he can't play a good result for a long time, he can't win a player with a higher ranking than him, not to mention, and often loses to players who are ranked much lower than him, such as this American competition, as a super 300, although the level is not high, but it is also an opportunity, after all, high-level players did not sign up for the competition because of the Paris Olympics, so he can't even play this kind of game, which can only show one problem, he is hopeless.
And the opponent is only ranked 54th, he has not even entered the top 40 in his career, and even his height is only 170CM, which is 16 cm shorter than Lei Lanxi, but even so, Lei Lanxi was beaten by the opponent without a temper at all, and the two of them are about the same age, Tanaka Yongshi was born in October 1999, only one year younger than Lei Lanxi, and they all belong to the year of fighting, but they were beaten like this by the opponent, which can only be said to be ridiculous, and it is still the case of winning a game first and being won by the opponent in two games in a row, What's even more ridiculous is that in the end, even the physical fitness was basically exhausted, and it was really angry to watch, and even the commentators could only shake their heads helplessly.
If you have to say that there is a gap in the strength of the two people, then it is not wrong, after all, Lei Lanxi is 34, and Tanaka Yongshi is only 54, so no matter how you say it, Lei Lanxi is slightly stronger, which should not be too much! But even so, Lei Lanxi still lost, in general, it was his own problem, there were no skills and tactics in the game process, there was no desire to win, and poor adaptability became the key to losing, if he lost to others, it would be forgotten, Pian Pian was lost to a Japanese who was shorter than himself and ranked much lower than himself, quite speechless.
In fact, at the beginning of the game, I think Lei Lanxi has at least 7 percent chance of winning, even if the state is not good, at least it is 64 open, but what I didn't expect is that Lei Lanxi was grinded to death by Tanaka Yongshi, to be honest, the game is not so ugly, but it makes people feel aggrieved, maybe the national feather players currently have this common problem! It's basically based on control, the offense is not strong, the scoring ability is weak, plus the speed can't keep up, and the opponent can't grind, so after consuming physical energy, in the end, you can only accept passive beating, how to say? It can only be said that it is a big country, but it can only select such players, except for feeling sad for the Chinese team, it seems that nothing can be done.
Maybe I will be attacked by many fans and netizens when I say this, and even say that I am extreme, but I just said my feelings, the current national feather men's singles is not only Lei Lanxi, including Li Shifeng, Weng Hongyang is like this, the style of play is ugly and there is no passion, I like to grind, procrastinate, sometimes it's okay to win, but if you lose, you not only lose but also lose.