Source: Sin Chew.com Danish national badminton team coach Jonathan admitted that the country’s Tokyo Olympic champion Axelsen is indeed one of the strongest men’s singles, but it is now believed that the men’s singles badminton world has entered the Axelsen era. It's too early to

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Danish national badminton team coach Jonathan admitted that the country’s Tokyo Olympic champion Axelsen is indeed one of the strongest men’s singles, but now it is believed that the men’s singles in badminton has entered the safety stage. The Sailong era is premature.

Jonathan, who led the Danish players to compete in the Malaysian Open (Super 750 Tournament), was interviewed by the Malaysian media and commented on the current men's singles landscape in the badminton world.

47-year-old Jonathan said: “Today’s men’s singles landscape is actually quite open to a certain extent, but Axelsen has obviously widened the gap with others, and others are catching up with him, especially in the past few games. Tournament. "

" Behind Axelsen, there are many men's singles players who are capable of challenging each other, and among them, I think there are 3 to 4 players who are of equal strength and are at a higher level than other players, and indeed. , Axelsen is obviously at the front. "

" Japan's two-time world champion Momota Kento, who won 11 championships in 2019 but has a sluggish performance this year, is trying to regain his form this year and won the Asian Championship and Thailand Super 300. Malaysia's number one men's singles Lee Zii Jia is also a little ahead of most other men's singles. "

In any case, Jonathan believes that the current men's singles can beat each other's opponents, which is their performance on the day.

However, Jonathan believes that based on Axelsen’s performance in the past six months, it is too early to say that men’s singles has entered the Axelsen era, but if he can continue to maintain his dominant performance, it is possible to move in this direction. .

Jonathan gives an example. A few years ago, Chinese super Dan Lin Dan, Malaysia's former world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei, and Chinese star Chen Long dominated the men's singles arena for a very long time. Kento Momota also dominated the men's singles field in 2018. And won almost every competition in 2019.

He said: "Now Axelsen is indeed in a very advantageous position, while other men's singles are struggling, but at the same time, they are working hard to improve their performance, so Axelsen must remain 100% focused to maintain At a high level, he is doing this now to avoid declining. "

Jonathan also pointed out the young players who can challenge in the men's singles arena, including India's Thomas Cup hero Lakshya , Singapore world champion Luo Jianyou. , Li Zijia and Denmark's second men's singles Antonsen .

"The men's singles field is very open. These young players are constantly improving their level. They are gradually maturing, and their physical fitness, mentality on the court, and strength are all improving. Having these new stars in the badminton world will definitely help the development of badminton."

For The reason why Axelsen is at the top of men's singles is that Danish badminton national team head coach Jonathan said that Axelsen has speed, strength and few mistakes, which have become the guarantee for him to defeat the enemy.

Jonathan said in an interview with "Sing Chew Sports": "Akselsen's overall speed is very fast, and he rarely makes simple mistakes. In addition, he is also very confident on the court. In many aspects, he also knows that he can What to do and what not to do. At the same time, he is very relaxed on the court, which makes him very lethal on the court. "So, the speed, the strong power all the time, there are very few simple mistakes in the whole game. Unforced errors, these are Axelsen's strong advantages in recent games, and the opponent must therefore maintain a very high level in the game, because the points he will give you are really too few. "

Another. On the other hand, Jonathan also revealed that Antonsen had to withdraw from the previous two Indonesia tournaments and the following Malaysian Open, Malaysian Masters and Singapore Open due to an injury that appeared out of nowhere: "The situation is a bit tricky. . He was suddenly injured before the Indonesian game. We thought the situation would get better. "But unfortunately, not only was he unable to recover during the entire Indonesian game, but his injury also showed no progress after training in Malaysia, so we decided to let him return to China. Resolve injury problems.The problem has not yet been resolved, and I hope he can get back on track before the Tokyo World Championships in 7 to 8 weeks after rehabilitation. "

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