The Korean Badminton Open came to an end on April 10th, Beijing time. Chinese young player Weng Hongyang won the men's singles championship as a dark horse, and his entire championship journey was even more incredible.

Korea Badminton Open Beijing time ended on April 10th. Chinese young player Weng Hongyang won the men's singles championship as a dark horse, and his entire championship journey was even more incredible.

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The Korean Badminton Open men's singles final faced Jakarta Asian Games champion Indonesian star Jonatan, who is currently ranked eighth in the world. No one is optimistic about the 23-year-old Chinese youngster Weng Hongyang, who is only ranked 156th in the world. The first game of the two sides The contest went as expected. Weng Hongyang lost 12-21, and in the second game, he fell behind 17-19. However, under desperate circumstances, Weng Hongyang showed calmness and courage beyond his years. After winning the second game with four points in a row, he went on to win another victory 21-15 and used a counterattack to win the men's singles championship of the Korea Open . The last time a Chinese player won the super To win the men's singles event at this level can be traced back to Chen Long who won the 2019 French Open three years ago.

In fact, Ong Hongyang’s journey to becoming the king in South Korea is the same as the finals, a story of counterattack. Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the stars of this year's Korea Open were dim. Weng Hongyang, who was originally not eligible to participate, was able to compete as a substitute because his teammates abandoned the competition. Including his final opponent Jonatan, Weng Hongyang also defeated Xu Guangxi (30), Zhan Junwei (72), Huang Zhiyong (45) and Svendsen (75) this time, and all of his defeated opponents were ranked much higher in the world. to its own 156th position. Such a miracle of counterattack is really surprising. Some people even say that they shoot with their left hands and have similar playing styles. They are both from Fujian. They can see the shadow of , Lin Dan and in Weng Hongyang.

To put it more realistically, Weng Hongyang's breaking of the three-year curse actually reflects the difficulties faced by and Guoyu in the Paris cycle. At last year's Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese badminton team made it to the finals in all five events despite not being favored. Among them, the mixed doubles won the championship and runner-up, Chen Yufei, women's singles, Chen Long, Chen Qingchen, , Jia Yifan, combination, Li Junhui, , Liu Yuchen, combination also won the men's singles and men's and women's doubles respectively. Won silver in projects. But in the new Paris Olympic cycle, in addition to the mixed doubles combination of Chen Yufei and Wang Yilu, Huang Dongping and the women's doubles combination of Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan, veteran Chen Long is likely to make his final call. The battle is scheduled for the Hangzhou Asian Games . Li Junhui of the men's doubles pair Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen has retired. The mixed doubles pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong also chose to split up. They are expected to reunite at the Thailand Open next month.

Since the young players of the national badminton team have not been able to take over at this stage, in the world rankings of each individual event, the Chinese team only takes the first place in the women's doubles, with the combination of Fanchen. As for the men's singles and men's doubles, which are in the worst situation, the men's singles The highest-ranked He Jiting Tan Qiang in doubles is only ranked 18th, while in men's singles besides Chen Long the highest-ranked Shi Yuqi is only ranked 16th. From this point of view, Weng Hongyang's fame in the Korean Open may not be able to change the decline of national badminton. If they want to make a difference in the Paris Olympics, they still need more young players to step forward.