China News Service, Beijing, July 9th (Reporter Gao Kai) On the evening of the 8th Beijing time, the results of the Tokyo Olympic badminton draw were announced. The Chinese team's gold-winning mixed doubles event will encounter strong rivals in the group stage.
Prior to this, the World Badminton Federation has officially announced the ownership of 133 seats in the 5 individual events of the Olympic Games.
With the exception of the men's doubles, the Chinese team was shortlisted for only one pair, and the rest of the individual events all achieved full participation.
According to the competition system, the Tokyo Olympic singles events are divided into 16 groups, of which two groups are empty groups. Each group only qualified first. The top two seeds have a bye in the first round of the knockout round, the 1/8 finals, while the doubles event is divided into 4 Group, take the top two of the group to enter the top 8.
Judging from the current grouping situation, the Chinese badminton team has the most gold-winning mixed doubles event. The top seed Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong is in the group not only South Korean celebrities Xu Zhangjiao/Cai Yoo Jie, but also the Dutch combination Thabo, who has recently shown extraordinary strength. Lin/Pick.
No. 2 seed Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping's opponents in the same group include Rio Olympic runner-up Chen Bingluo/Wu Liuying, and Hong Kong players Deng Junwen/Xie Yingxue.
The two pairs of women's doubles have faced South Korean rivals. No. 2 seeds Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan and Kim Soyoung/Kong Xiyong are in the same group. The seeded players in Du Yue/Li Yin's group are No. 4 seeds Li Shaoxi/Shen Seung-chan.
The only pair of the Chinese team’s men’s doubles Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen’s signing is advantageous. The group they are in is only a strong pair of host combination Takeshi Kamura/Keigo Sonoda, and they will not be able to compete with the top seed and aspiring to gold until they reach the finals. Dean/Sukamuyo meet.
In the singles event, the Chinese team's Chen Long and Shi Yuqi had no obvious obstacles, but the difficulties increased sharply after the two entered the knockout rounds.
The No. 6 seed and defending champion Chen Long is about to face the Shinco All England champion and Malaysian player Li Zijia in the first round. In the quarter-finals he may face No. 2 seed and Chinese Taipei player Zhou Tiancheng.
The 11th seed Shi Yuqi's opponent in the first round of the knockout round after qualifying may be the Jakarta Asian Games champion and Indonesian star Jonathan. In the semi-finals, he may encounter the top seed and the top seed in the same upper half, Japan's Kento Momota.
In women's singles, Chen Yufei and He Bingjiao are in the upper half, and there is no suspense about the two teams qualifying.
Due to the Spanish star Marin retiring due to injury, Chen Yufei rose to the top seed position, after qualifying can "pass through" the quarter-finals.
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