Data map: The picture shows the Chinese team selected Shi Yuqi in the men's singles match. China News Agency reporter Yu Jingshe

China News Client Beijing, March 14th (Lee He) On the evening of the 13th, Beijing time, in the 2020 badminton All England Open quarter-final contest, Nine Dragons and Shi Yuqi were successively eliminated in the men's singles competition. The All England Championship has just reached the third round, and the Guoyu Men's Singles 6 will be all out. Such a "historic" bleak performance occurred during the one-stop tour of the highest specification before the Tokyo Olympics, and Guo Yu's Olympic prospects are hard to be optimistic.

The entire army annihilated the Guoyu men's singles to create the worst record in 21 years

How important is the All England Championship? From the perspective of the British Championship itself, this 121-year-old tournament is one of the oldest badminton tournaments in the world, and it is even known as the "Little World Championships". Its position in the hearts of players and fans is evident.

On the other hand, in the event of the cancellation of multiple badminton tournaments affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the All England Championship is the last 1000 level race before the Tokyo Olympics points end, and its importance is self-evident. Because of this, Guoyu 6 will come out, showing its importance.

After full promotion in the first round, Guo Yu will have four in the second round. Lin Dan and Zhao Junpeng lost to Dragon, Shi Yuqi respectively in the civil war. The newcomers of Lu Guangzu and Li Zijia ended up with the Malaysian star's promotion. Huang Yuxiang, who was alone in the upper half, also lost in the second round. Only Shi Yuqi and Qiu were left in the national singles. The two dragons are now promoted to the top 8 on the "facade".

Data map: The picture shows Chen Long (above) in the game. Photo by Chen Xin, reporter from China News Agency

In the quarter-finals, the "facade" couldn't hold it. First, Chen Long lost two crisp scores of 18:21 and 7:21 to Li Zijia, who eliminated Lu Guangzu in the previous round, and then Shi Yuqi also defeated An Sailong with two 13:21. At this point, the Guoyu Men's Singles were annihilated and stopped in the top 8 of the British Championship.

This is also the first time in the 21st century that the Guoyu Men's Singles has been nominated to the semifinals of the British Championship.

It is not accidental that the internal singles and external singles' men's singles record is bleak

At such a critical time point, why not only did the Guoyu Men's Singles fail to see improvement, but suffered a huge defeat?

Although objective factors exist, although this time Guoyu sent 6 to play, 5 people concentrated in the lower half, which means that before the final, even from the second round of the competition, Guoyu will take the lead in some "infighting" Lin Dan, who desperately needed to earn points in this competition, and Zhao Junpeng, who met Shi Yuqi in the second round, lost in their own hands.

In the second round, Lin Dan lost to teammate Chen Long and missed the next round. Data Figure: Lin Dan. Photo by Lu Ming, China News Agency

In addition, affected by the epidemic situation, Guo Yu's recent competition plan has been adjusted. Many of the original competition plans have been cancelled, and the state will be affected to some extent. In this context, whether it is eager to score or craving for good results, there will be psychological fluctuations.

In addition, as the two major arrows of the Guoyu Men's Singles today, although the 31-year-old Chen Long has taken the initiative in qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics, it has recently been difficult to maintain his status at a high and stable level. Shi Yuqi was recovering from a serious injury. Although the Olympic qualification is not a problem, look back at his performance this year: the Malaysian Masters quarterfinals, the Indonesian Masters quarterfinals, and the Thailand semifinals. This modest performance is enough to show that he is far away Without returning to their pre-injury state, there was no accident in the British Championship.

In addition to them, the remaining men's singles 4 will not show their strengths alone. Lu Guangzu was completely defeated in a direct conversation with Li Zijia, a Malaysian star and known as "Li Zongwei's successor."

Not occupying the right time and place, coupled with the inherent "internal trouble" has not disappeared, the Guoyu men's singles can only suffer a miserable defeat.

Prior to a foot injury, Shi Yuqi had truce for 3 months. Data Map: The picture shows Chinese player Shi Yuqi in the game. Photo by Liu Guanguan of China News Agency

Will Tokyo's Guoyu continue the men's singles glory

Nevertheless, despite such a disastrous defeat at the mouth of the Tokyo Olympic Games four months ago, the Guoyu Men's Singles still has the opportunity to continue its glory.

In the three Olympic Games since 2008, Guoyu has won the gold medal in the men's singles event. In fact, in the 5th Olympic Games since the 21st century, four men's singles gold medals have been included in the national feather. The only one that fell by the side was taken down by Taufik at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

The original Tokyo Olympic badminton men's singles hot Momoda Kendo missed the competition due to a car accident. Data map: Momota Kendo. China News Agency reporter Yu Jingshe

However, the situation this year is slightly different from the past. As a result of a car accident, Kenta Momoda, who almost rode the dust in the past year, underwent surgery twice, and his return time is yet to be determined. In the case of the championship fever injury, any situation is possible.

This may be the biggest benefit of Guoyu men's singles. The defeat of the All England Championship will certainly cast a shadow over the prospect of the Tokyo Olympics in the Guoyu Men's Singles. As for whether to break the deadlock and continue the domination of the Guoyu Men's Singles in the Olympic Games, at present, it can only be hoped that Shi Yuqi can quickly get out of the injury and he is in an uncertain state. (Finish)