Malaysia Badminton International Series ended yesterday, and the Chinese team, which mainly plays young players, won 4 gold and 3 silver. This group of players who had hardly participated in international competitions also ended the two-month competition period of the small trial and gained a lot of experience.
In the Malaysia International Series that ended yesterday, the Chinese team entered the finals of all five individual events and met in the finals in the women's doubles and mixed doubles events. Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin and Cheng Xing/ Chen Fanghui met in the mixed doubles finals for the third consecutive match. The first two times were the "Jiang Wei" combination winning the championship. This time, Cheng Xing/Chen Fanghui fought a comeback, winning 26-24 and 21-18, winning the international championship for the first time.
Women's Doubles Finals were won by the new World Youth Championship double champion Liu Shengshu partnered with Tan Ning against Luo Xumin /Li Yijing. In the end, Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning won 24-22 and 21-16. This is the first international championship of the adult group they won.
Women's Singles Finals, Gao Fangjie defeated Chinese Taipei player Qiu Pinlu 21-10, 21-16, winning the third championship since his comeback. In the men's doubles final, Chen Baiyang/Liu Yi defeated a pair of Malaysian combinations 21-11, 21-13, winning the championship for the second time after the Vietnam station. In the men's singles final, Lei Lanxi lost to Indonesian player Berawa 17-21 and 18-21, winning the runner-up.
Since September, the players ranked low in the first team of the Chinese Badminton team have participated in four low-level competitions in Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia. They first won 2 gold and 2 silver in the One International Challenge in Malang and the One Super 100 matches, and then won 4 gold and 2 silver in the Vietnam International Championship. Finally, they ended with 4 gold and 3 silver in yesterday's Malaysia International Championship, ending this year's international competition mission.
Among them, except for men's singles Weng Hongyang and Lei Lanxi, men's doubles He Jiting / Zhou Haodong , Tan Qiang / Ren Xiangyu and women's singles Gao Fangjie who returned to the international competition, most of the other Chinese badminton young players participated in adult international competitions for the first time, and some even participated in international competitions for the first time. For them, although the level of these competitions is not high, they have gained great experience from the perspective of points ranking, competition experience and results.
For example, Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin and Cheng Xing/Chen Fanghui have been practicing together for a long time in the past three years of the epidemic, but have not been able to participate in international competitions. After finally getting the opportunity, they seized the opportunity and met in the finals in all three competitions. Wei Yaxin and her partner won 2 gold and 2 silver in four competitions, but in fact, she officially transferred from the women's singles group to the mixed doubles group in mid-2020, and encountered many difficulties during this period.
Men's doubles young player Chen Baiyang/Liu Yi seized the opportunity this year and entered the first team through the adjustment competition, but they had no international competition experience before these competitions and had never participated in the youth competition. Through the training of these games, they gradually learned how to prepare for international competitions and how to study their opponents after winning.
For Gao Fangjie, who returned to the arena to win three championships, the four competitions have given her a new ranking and are close to the top 100. There will be hope for participating in the Super 100 or even the 300 competition next year. Of course, for her who has won the 300 championship and reached the Super Series finals, all this is just the starting point for a new start. She said that winter training should be accumulated again, continue to work hard next year, and strive to return to the high-level event in half a year.
After the competition on this site ended, the 2022 international season of this group of players also ended. They will return to China to adjust and gradually enter the winter training rhythm.
