On August 30, Beijing time, the 2022 Japan Badminton Open opened. Two days ago, the World Badminton Championships came to an end. The Chinese team won the women's doubles and mixed doubles events. The men's singles, men's doubles and women's singles belong to Denmark, , Malaysia and Japan respectively. After a brief rest, all the powerful men quickly entered the preparation stage of the Japanese Open. Unlike the World Championships, the number of Chinese teams participating in this site has increased significantly, especially men's doubles and men's singles, including Li Shifeng , Liu Yuchen , Ou Yongyi , etc., will all make their debut.
On the first day of the competition, the men's singles arena ushered in a focus battle. The national badminton men's singles star Shi Yuqi had a fierce battle with Danish player Vitin Haas. In the end, Shi Yuqi defeated his opponent 2-1. At the World Championships that ended not long ago, Shi Yu, who was in the suspension period, made an exception and qualified for the competition. However, in the men's singles 1/8 finals , Shi Yuqi accidentally lost to Indonesian star Jinting , and unfortunately missed the quarterfinals. In terms of the progress of the competition, Shi Yuqi's competitive state is constantly improving. I believe that through a period of training and competition, he can return to his peak level.
In the end, another male singles player of the Chinese team, Zhao Junpeng won a bronze medal. When moving to the Japanese Open, Shi Yuqi is still the focus of fans' attention. Due to the small number of participants, the first competition between the players was to compete for the top 16. Shi Yuqi's opponent is the strong Vitinhas, who is the No. 3 main player of the Danish team. Although Vitinhas's technical ability is far inferior to that of Tokyo Olympic champion Ansailong , this player's playing style is varied and his offensive power cannot be underestimated.
Previous Thoms Cup was him defeating the Chinese team's Weng Hongyang in the decisive game and helping the team win the first place in the group. At the same time, Vitinhas is also one of the most "rebellious" players of the Denmark team. He once posted on his personal social platform to provoke the Chinese badminton team and also criticized International Badminton Federation for banning the Chinese team's men's doubles. Domestic fans are no strangers to this player who is "afraid of the world". For Shi Yuqi, when he meets Vitinhas, he must strive to win and dispel the Danes' arrogance.
In the first game, Shi Yuqi and his opponent entered the state very quickly. Shi Yuqi used his changing lines to limit Vittin Haas's offense, but he made many mistakes and fell behind 9-11. Then, the two started a tug-of-war and tied at 21. At the critical moment, Shi Yuqi decisively attacked and won the game 23-21. After the change of sides, Shi Yuqi continued to attack Vitinhas's backhand, forcing the opponent to make a mistake. Shi Yuqi led 11-10 to enter the technical timeout. Afterwards, the two kept biting the score, and Shi Yuqi made a mistake in the key ball and lost the second game 18-21. In the decisive game, Shi Yuqi took the initiative to speed up and scored in a continuous forehanded backcourt, starting with 11-6. At the end of the game, Shi Yuqi withstood the opponent's counterattack and won the whole game.
(Shopkeeper Luo)
