Original title: South Korea Badminton Masters: National Badminton Women’s Singles, Women’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles have advanced
The 2022 South Korea Badminton Masters will enter the second round on the 14th. The Chinese women’s singles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles players have advanced one after another. Only Lu Guangzu and Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi are left in the men’s singles and men’s doubles.
In the women’s singles, the three national feather players beat their opponents and successfully advanced to the next round. Top seed Chen Yufei defeated Japan’s Saya Kawakami 21:14 and 21:17. No. 4 seed He Bingjiao beat South Korea’s Kim Ga-eun 21:14 with two sets. Teenager Wang Zhiyi eliminated Malaysia’s Wu Jinwei with 20:22, 21:7 and 21:12.
In the women’s doubles match, the Chinese team Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu defeated a Canadian pair 21:16 and 21:10. Du Yue/Li Wenmei eliminated teammates and No. 4 seeds Liu Xuanxuan/Xia Yuting at 14:21, 21:12 and 21:12.
In the mixed doubles competition, the Chinese team eliminated their opponents in two consecutive rounds. Tokyo Olympic champion Wang Yilyu/Huang Dongping defeated a pair of South Koreans 21:12 and 21:18. Zheng Siwei/Zhang Shuxian defeated a pair of Malaysians 21:18 and 21:14. Ou Xuanyi/Huang Yaqiong defeated the sixth-seeded Indonesian duo Rivaldi/Mentari 21:13 and 21:18.
In the second round of men’s singles that day, Lu Guangzu, the No. 4 seed Chinese player, defeated an Algerian player 21:10 and 21:5 and advanced easily. Li Shifeng lost to Japan’s Takeda Naraoka by 21:13, 12:21 and 14:21. The teenager Weng Hongyang, who was promoted in the first round, retired this round.
The Chinese men’s doubles pair Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi eliminated a pair of South Koreans at 21:13 and 21:15. Ren Xiangyu/Tan Qiang faced the No. 4 seed Indonesian pair Fikri/Maurana. They fought hard for three games and finally lost 21:17, 24:26 and 20:22. He Jiting/Zhou Haodong lost to a Korean duo with 16:21 and 19:21. (Reporter Wang Yiliang and Zhou Siyu)