China News Service, Beijing, March 15th. On the 15th, Beijing time, Chinese players Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, who competed in the All England Badminton Championships as the top seeds in the women's doubles, lost to the Malaysian combination and missed the quarterfinals.
The All England Badminton Tournament has a history of more than 100 years and is known as the "Little World Championships". Each competition attracts many badminton masters to participate.
The Chinese team sent its main lineup to participate in this competition. Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan is the number one Chinese women's doubles combination and has won the World Championships and Olympic silver medal.
However, the journey for the two of them this time was a bit bumpy. In the last game, Jia Yifan suffered a sprained ankle and had to fight hard for three games before winning.
Facing the Malaysian combination Chen Kangle/Tina, Jia Yifan's foot injury obviously restricted her movement. In the end, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan lost to their opponents 20:22 and 16:21 and missed the quarterfinals.
Another Chinese combination, Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yucheng, was the only one in the top eight in the women's doubles. They defeated Indian players Krasto/Ponnappa in two consecutive games after losing one game first.
Among the three Chinese men's doubles pairs, only He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu reached the quarterfinals.
After defeating the World Championship champions, South Korea's No. 3 seed combination Kang Min Hyuk/Seo Seung Jae, in the first round, He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu defeated Denmark's Kjaer/Søgaard 21:15 and 21:12 to lock in the top eight.
Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang and Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi all lost to the Chinese Taipei combination and missed the promotion.
In the men's singles, Chinese player Shi Yuqi defeated Indonesian player Ziko 21:19, 21:10. After the game, he admitted that both of them were in good condition and he actively attacked his opponent and won the game.
Another Chinese player, Weng Hongyang, lost to world number one Danish star Viktor Axelsen 19:21, 14:21.
Three Chinese women's singles players, Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao and Han Yue, all advanced to the quarterfinals, while Wang Zhiyi was eliminated by Spanish player Marin.
South Korean player Ahn Se-young, ranked No. 1 in the world in women's singles, lost in two straight games to Indian star Sindhu.
The defending mixed doubles champions, Chinese players Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, eliminated the Danish combination 21:16, 21:17. Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping also successfully defeated their opponents to advance to the quarterfinals.
In the next quarter-finals, China's women's singles Olympic champion Chen Yufei will face Spanish player Marin.
In the 11 previous matches between the two, Chen Yufei had a slight advantage with 6 wins and 5 losses. However, in the World Tour Finals at the end of last year, Marin narrowly defeated Chen Yufei twice in the group stage and semi-finals.
As the "only seedling" of the Chinese team in the men's singles quarterfinals, No. 2 seed Shi Yuqi will compete with Indonesian player Jonatan for a spot in the top four.
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