Chen Yufei failed to defend his title, and Guo Yu's "zero crown" ended in the 2020 All England Open. Data Map: Chen Yufei. Photo by Lu Ming, China News Agency

Chinanews Client Beijing, March 16th (Li He) At the moment when the 2020 All England Championship was exhausted, there was still no horn of victory for Guoyu. In the early morning of Beijing time on the 16th, with the duo / Li Yinhui combination and Chen Yufei losing in the women's doubles and women's singles final, Guo Yu had to leave Birmingham with 2 silver medals. The zero-closing performance also set the worst record in 25 years for the Chinese badminton team in the British Championship.

Guoyu set a number of embarrassing records

In the past 5 days, in the All England game with Guo Yu at all times, in addition to the poor performance, I am afraid that the most common is the slightly embarrassing worst record.

In the men's singles field, the 6 national feather men will be out before the semi-finals. In the second round, Lu Guangzu, Lin Dan, Zhao Junpeng and Huang Yuxiang were eliminated. In the quarter-finals, Chen Long and Shi Yuqi also lost to their opponents. In this regard, the Guoyu Men's Singles have not even been promoted to the All England Final Four. This is the worst performance of Chinese players in the All England Men's Singles since 1999.

Data Map: The picture shows the Chinese team Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong (right) in a mixed doubles match. China News Agency reporter Yu Jingshe

In the mixed doubles project, "Double Insurance" also failed to win a championship. Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong, who were unbeaten in 11 consecutive seasons and unbeaten in 14 games across the season, burst out in the second round; in the quarter-finals, Wang Xilu / Huang Dongping also failed to hold pressure under the loss of teammates.

Guoyu mixed doubles pair left and front feet left the stage of the 2020 All England Championship. Coupled with the newcomers Guo Xinwa / Zhang Shuxian who were out in the first round, Guoyu has been proud of the mixed doubles project for a long time. Off. " This is also the case of the combination of "IELTS" and "Yellow Duck" in the same event, the Guoyu mixed doubles missed the semifinals for the first time.

At the same time, in the men ’s doubles field, the “double tower combination” Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen led the Guoyu Men ’s Doubles to stop in the top 8. After the third match day, the men ’s singles, mixed doubles and men ’s doubles events have all disappeared. This figure is also the worst performance of Guo Yu in the UK since the 21st century.

Coupled with the "zero crown" ending, creating the worst record in 25 years, Guo Yu swallowed a big defeat in this one-stop tour with the highest specifications before the Olympic Games.

In 2020, the national British feathers failed. Data Map: The picture shows Chen Long. Photo by Wang Dongming

Chen Yufei became the only highlight of the rout

In addition to various embarrassing records, what is more unexpected is that the national ace of the trump cards has been dropped.

Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong, who has “almost won all mixed doubles matches in the past period” in his opponent ’s mouth, is the most dominant combination in the current national feather team, and the group advantage they have built with teammates Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping has always been regarded as Guo Yu's biggest guarantee of winning gold in Tokyo.

Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan In the women's doubles matches of the past season, although they are still not ruled, they are also murderous and savage. They are the second most competitive point in the Olympic Games after the mixed doubles. .

In the British Women's Doubles quarter-finals, defending champion Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan broke out. Data map. Photo by Zhang Chang from China News Agency

The Guoyu Men's Singles, which have never left gold medals in the past 3 Olympic Games, was once expected to continue to glory in Tokyo.

However, it is these most anticipated and most competitive singles of Chinese badminton, all of which are "horse horses lose their forefoot", and have written down one in the "reverse" of Guoyu's honor book. From this point, in the past 5 days, Guo Yu has suffered an unbroken rout across the board.

However, in such a "blasting" one by one collapse, Chen Yufei can be regarded as one of the few, even the only bright spot, as the defending champion, she killed all the way to the final.

In the process of promotion, she defeated Thai strongman Intanon, eliminated the world champion from Japan, Aohara Hope. Although she lost to Chinese Taipei player Dai Ziying in the finals, she showed her competitive status and competition standards along the way. Commendable.

Data Map: Chen Yufei. Photo by Lu Ming, China News Agency

Can such bleakness be a preview of the Tokyo Olympics?

Grainlessness, although this is not the true level of Guo Yu's strength, it is also a true portrayal of the current competitive state.

Although after the Rio Olympics cycle, Chinese badminton has not been able to return to the previous overall level, but it is not so disappointing. In the 2019 World Badminton Federation's year-end ranking, Guo Yu still holds three world firsts, which is enough to prove strength, but this time in Birmingham, the overall poor condition is an indisputable fact.

An objective factor that cannot be ignored is that due to the previous impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the competition schedule and preparation plan for Guoyu have changed a lot. Most athletes have not participated in the competition for about a month and their training has also been affected. influences.

Data map: The picture shows Wang Xilu / Huang Dongping in the game. Photo by Lu Ming, China News Agency

Such unforeseen twists and turns and its psychological impact are more or less one of the reasons for Guo Yu's defeat. Therefore, despite the decline in competitiveness, Guo Yu, who has already suffered bitter results, will certainly not bring this state to the Tokyo arena.

But the reality is not optimistic. On March 14, Beijing time, the World Badminton Federation announced the decision to suspend all competitions from March 16 to April 12. These include the Swiss Open at the 300 level, the Indian Open at the 500 level, the Orleans Masters at the 100 level, the Malaysian Open at the 750 level, the Singapore Open at the 500 level, and Asia as the final game of the Olympic points. Championships and European Championships.

The Olympic Championship may end abruptly after the All England Championship, and Guo Yu has not achieved much in the All England Championship, although the detailed changes to the rules of the Olympic Championship have not been announced. Based on the current situation, Guo Yu is afraid that it will be difficult to achieve full participation in the Tokyo Olympics.

At present, only the Lijun Hui / Liu Yuchen combination has won the Tokyo Olympic qualification. Data map: The picture shows Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen in the game. Picture source: Osports All Sports Pictures

In addition, during the suspension period, Guo Yu will experience a period of blank competition, which poses a challenge to the quality and state of their training. However, this impact has affected the world's badminton, and Guo Yu, who had previously had an "empty window period" experience, may cope more calmly. But this alone does not seem to be enough to reverse the current slump. If you want to rise against the trend, more changes are needed.

It is said that after the bottom, it will rebound. The national feather, which has set the worst record in 25 years, cannot continue to fall. The stage in Tokyo is just around the corner. Whether they can complete the counterattack and correct their names will be known at that time. (Finish)