China News Service, July 9th. On the evening of the 8th Beijing time, the badminton draw ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics was held.
According to the results of the draw, the 9-seat Chinese badminton team has encountered many challenges. The men's singles and men's doubles are the masters of the competition. It is not easy to defend the title. The mixed doubles who are most hopeful for gold have encountered strong enemies in the group stage.
Lottery scene.
Image source: World Badminton Federation official website
According to the competition system, all the players in the Olympic singles competition are divided into 14 groups, and only the first place in each group gets the right to qualify. The top two seeds have a bye in the first round of the knockout round, the 1/8 final.
According to the grouping situation, the national feather men's singles Chen Long and Shi Yuqi entered the upper and lower halves respectively. Although the group qualifying, they have to face many powerful enemies such as Tao Tian Xiandou in the knockout stage.
Men's singles sign.
Among them, Chen Long’s half area includes the Shinco All England champion, Malaysia’s first brother Li Zijia, No. 2 seed, Chinese Taipei star Zhou Tiancheng, Indonesian player Jin Ting and Danish player Anton Sen; Shi Yuqi may encounter Ansailong, Jonathan and the champion Kento Momota.
In women's singles, Chen Yufei and He Bingjiao are in the same upper half.
Due to the Spanish star Marin retiring, Chen Yufei rose to the top seed position, after qualifying can "pass through" the quarter-finals.
It is worth mentioning that South Korean player An Siying and Japanese star Okuhara Hope are also in this half, but the lower half where Dai Ziying, Xin Du, and Yamaguchi Akane gather are undoubtedly less pressure.
Women's singles lottery.
In the doubles competition, all players are divided into 4 groups, and the top two in each group will enter the top 8. There will be a second draw before the knockout.
National feather mixed doubles top seeds Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong are in the group of South Korean star Xu Zhangjiao/Cai Yoonji, as well as the Dutch combination Tabolin/Pique who upset the two in the All England game last year.
No. 2 seed Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping's opponents in the same group include Rio Olympic runner-up Chen Bingluo/Wu Liuying.
Guoyu's two pairs of women's doubles have both encountered strong rivals in South Korea. No. 2 seeds Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan and Jin Zhaoying/Kong Xirong are in the same group. The seeded players in Du Yue/Li Yin's group are No. 4 seeds Li Shaoxi/Shin Seung Chan.
However, the biggest opponents of the two Chinese pairs are domestic battles.
As the "single seedlings" of the national feather men's doubles, Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen belong to the host group Takeshi Kamura/Keigo Sonoda, and once they reach the finals, they may meet the top seed Gideon/Sukamuyo.
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