2023 China Badminton Masters 16 into 8 rounds officially started, a number of focus matches ended first! One by one, Mariska, Anshuying, and Jinting are all out! However, it is good news for the national feather, mixed doubles strong promotion; Wang Zhiyi also beat An Shuying for the first time in the season!
The latest news:
- Okuhara hopes to end Mariska's winning streak and open the cold mode of women's singles!
Former world champion Okuhara was hoping for a four-game losing streak heading into the match, leaving her season record at 7-13. The first round was a three-game battle to eliminate Xu Minqi, and the second round challenged Mariska, who won the Japan Masters last week. The latter, ranked as high as 7th in the world, won the first round against Busanam while taking a wave of 6 consecutive wins (6 matches 2-0)!
In the first set, Okuhara hopes to lead the whole way and win 21-12; Late in the second set Mariska completed the reversal, with a 21-15 comeback. Okuhara hoped to achieve a reversal, after 13 ties scored 4 points to open the gap, 21-16 to lock the win. The first two meetings this season Okuhara hope all lost (both 0-2), this is her second win over Mariska after more than four years!
2, IELTS group swept through the promotion, to achieve 7 consecutive wins!
The top-seeded Yashi pair took on world No. 19 Kyohei Yamashita/Nanyu Shinoya, winning 21-17, 21-13, both times in their career.
The ability to score continuously becomes the key to win the game! The first set a 6-0, a 5-0, IELTS combination will open the score; After the second set came back from the pause between 11-8 sets, the IELTS group hit a 6-0 small climax to seal the victory! In the quarter-final, they will face fellow national feather duo Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin! The latter swept Rivaldi/Mentari 2-0 to advance!
3, Wang Zhiyi season first win An Shuying, injury effects can be seen!Wang Zhiyi challenged An Shuying for the fifth time in the season and finally won! The scores of the two sets were 21-12, 21-16, which was Wang Zhiyi's second career victory over An Shuying! However, An Shuying is suffering from injuries, affecting the overall play. Compared with the "health competition" of the first man in men's singles, An Shuying can be described as a model worker this season. In the Japan Masters on the premise of initial fatigue, did not choose to withdraw more unexpected!
4, Jin Ting lost to Lin Junyi, men's single surprise also hit!
Second seed Jin Ting lost 18-21, 17-21 to Chinese Taipei's Lin Junyi and is 1-4 in his last four matches. In fact, this season Jinting's overall play is not ideal, with a total record of 37-17; Had he not won the Asian Championship, his competitiveness would have declined further.
