The World Badminton Federation year-end finals are about to swing

Chinanews Client Beijing, December 11 (Wang Yu) The 2019 World Badminton Federation year-end finals kicked off in Guangzhou on the 11th. As the final battle of this season, the Chinese badminton team, which won three gold medals last year, will once again attack all five individual events. In addition, to accumulate game experience and better prepare for the Tokyo Olympics is also the goal of the team's trip to Guangzhou.

Data map: Chen Long in the game. Photo by China News Agency reporter Lu Ming

The finals of the World Badminton Tournament finals consist of 5 individual World Championships this year and the top eight players in each individual tournament. The Chinese team has 13 players. Qualified to participate. Only Chen Long, Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen participated in the men's singles and men's doubles. The women's singles and women's doubles were led by Chen Yufei and Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan respectively. The two mixed doubles of Guoyu also won two seats.

Chen Long has experienced a season of driving low and walking high. He did not gain any success in any single event in the first half of the year. His condition began to pick up in the second half of the season. He broke into the finals of the Denmark and France Tour for two consecutive weeks and achieved his wish. Harvested his first men's singles championship this season. According to the results of the draw, Guoyu male Miao Miao was drawn into Group B. He will compete with the Chinese Taipei brother Zhou Tiancheng, Danish star Ansailong and Indonesian Jin Ting for two qualifying rights.

In Chen Long's current state, facing three opponents who have experienced ups and downs in their state this season, it is not difficult to qualify for the group. Ansailong missed a large number of games due to injuries in the middle of the season. Although he performed well after returning, he failed to make the finals. Ginting's performance is also unstable. He has reached the finals four times this season, but he often encounters a round trip. In contrast, Zhou Tiancheng will become Chen Long’s rival in the group stage.

Data map: Tao Tian Xiandou in the game. China News Agency reporter Lu Ming photo

Zhang Jun said when analyzing the men’s singles situation: “(Chen Long) has recently passed systematic training and is in good condition, but he must play every game well before he can reach the finals. "The championship favorite Kento Momota was assigned to Group A. This season, he won 10 championships including the World Championships, making him the dominant player in men's singles in the badminton world today. Once Chen Long breaks into the knockout stage, Kento Momota will be his biggest obstacle to the championship. The

women's singles field will usher in the national feather civil war in the group stage. Chen Yufei and He Bingjiao, world championship champion Xin Du, and Yamaguchi Akane formed the "death group" of this competition. This season, Chen Yufei entered the finals six times to win all the championships, maintaining a 100% winning rate, including such a heavyweight champion as the All England Championship. Even if he is regarded as the favorite to win the championship by the World Badminton Federation, Chen Yufei still needs to go all out to go to the end in the face of a stadium that has never been conquered.

Faced with such a difficult grouping situation, Chen Yufei also said in an interview: "All players participating in the year-end finals are basically at the same level, so every game will be a tough battle and the competition is very fierce. I want to Fully prepare for the high-intensity competition.”

Data map: Chen Yufei celebrated the victory. China News Agency reporter Lv Mingshe

Like the women’s singles, the two pairs of Guoyu Women’s Doubles Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, Du Yue/Li Yinhui were also drawn in the same group. Also in the same group is the Japanese group Fu Shima Yuki/Hirota Ayaka, Indonesian strong player Polly/Rahayu. After experiencing a relatively sluggish 2018 season, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan returned with full blood this season and won 5 championships. They regained the No. 1 position in the world after two years, but faced the better overall strength of Japan. In women's doubles, striving to qualify for the team is the primary task of the two pairs of national feathers.

Guoyu Men’s Doubles’ only team "Twin Towers" Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen and strong Indonesian players, world number one Sukamuyo/Gideon, and two pairs of Japanese team Keigo Sonoda/Kamura Takeshi, Watanabe Yongda/Endo Dayou are in the same group. This season, whether it is the Tour or the World Championships, the performance of the Twin Towers is quite struggling. Coming to Guangzhou, every game is a tough battle for them.

In contrast, mixed doubles "double insurance" Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping are divided into A and B groups. Last year, the "Yellow Duck" combination crushed their teammates to the top of the mixed doubles podium in the year-end finals, and now it is their only goal to take the crown. "Regardless of the result of the draw, every game will be very fierce. I ask the players to make every gamePlay as a final, there is no tactics at all, play every game seriously. "Zhang Jun emphasized. (End)