2022 Badminton World Championships will be held in Tokyo, Japan from August 22 to 28. The Chinese badminton team will depart from the training base in China and in Chiang Mai, Thailand, for the competition venue on August 18. They will compete in the remaining four events except men's doubles. The competition goal of and is to win the gold medal in all four events, but at present, mixed doubles has the best chance, women's singles and women's doubles both have hope, and the possibility of men's singles winning is slim.
Guoyu’s actual men’s singles number Shi Yuqi has returned from the ban. Although this will be his first time competing this season and his status is unknown, judging from his previous record, he is still the Chinese men’s singles player participating in the World Championships. The most powerful one among them, he and some coaches and officials will go to Tokyo from China and join most of his teammates from Chiang Mai at the competition venue. Other national badminton athletes who have been competing in Southeast Asia for three months and are participating in the World Championships will fly from Thailand to Tokyo.
In addition to Shi Yuqi in the national badminton men's singles, there are two other players, Lu Guangzu and Zhao Junpeng , who have obtained the right to participate in the World Championships. Together with Shi Yuqi, all three of them are ranked outside the 20th place in the world. Although the probability of winning the competition is not entirely based on ranking, no one can enter the TOP16. This situation is still very embarrassing, especially since Shi Yuqi and Lu Guangzu are both ranked with Olympic champion and now flourishing Danish master Axelsen. In the same half, it will be difficult to advance to the semi-finals. Zhao Junpeng's recent performance is also unstable. Although he has avoided Anselon, the second half is also crowded with experts. In short, the men's singles cannot be optimistic.
Several pairs of Chinese men's doubles badminton team finally failed to wait for the opportunity to play as substitutes and will collectively miss the World Championships. This is a rare event in the history of the Chinese badminton team's participation in the World Championships. The downturn in the men's event is evident. In the other three individual events, Guo Yu has a chance to win the championship.
Especially in the mixed doubles event, the separate and combined "IELTS" combination Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong are currently in the midst of a 30-game winning streak for six consecutive championships in various events. They are unparalleled. In an enemy state, they are the guarantee for the National Badminton Mixed Doubles to win the championship. Unfortunately, the two and their teammates, Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping , are in the top half. In this way, the National Badminton Mixed Doubles is equal to before entering the finals. Lost double insurance.
In the women's singles, Olympic champion Chen Yufei will lead four teammates to compete. Chinese Taipei 's Dai Ziying will be a big test for Chen Yufei in the semi-finals. As for other foreign players, the host's Akane Yamaguchi will also be the main opponent for the national feather championship, and South Korea's Ahn Se-young is another major competitor. India's Sindhu is absent, and Spain's Marin has regressed a lot. This time, the national feather team has the best chance to win the women's singles title at the World Championships.
In terms of women's doubles, Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan strive to defend their titles. Although their performance has been ups and downs this season, they are still the women's doubles players with the best record in the international badminton world in the first half of the year. However, the women's doubles draw for the national feathers is not very good. The "Fanchen" combination, Du Yue / Li Wenmei , Liu Xuanxuan/ Xia Yuting are all located in the upper half, and only Zhang Shuxian/ Zheng Yu is in the lower half. guard.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Liu Ailin
editor/Zhang Yingchuan
