In the Asian Championship just ended last month, the Chinese team only won two gold medals in mixed doubles and female doubles, while the Japanese team won three gold medals in women’s singles, men’s singles and man pair.
Xinhua News Agency NANNING, May 18, Su Cup 30 years, whether Guoyu can win the Cup for the 11th time — prospect of Sudiman Cup
Xinhua News Agency reporter Lin Fan Shi Huang yaoteng
the 16th Sudiman Cup will be held in Nanning, Guangxi from May 19-26. Two years ago, on the Gold Coast of Australia, the Chinese team lost to South Korea at 2:3 in the final and failed to win the seven consecutive championships in the Soviet Cup. In this home game, there are no three senior generals Lin Dan, Li xuelui and Zhang Nan. Whether the Chinese team with young players as the base can win the championship trophy for the 11th time will become the focus.
The first Su Cup was held in Jakarta in 1989 and has gone through 30 years. There were only three champions in the top 15, among which the Chinese team won the Cup 10 times, including a four-consecutive championship and a six-consecutive championship. The Korean team was crowned 4 times and the Indonesian team reached the top once. The Chinese team can be described as a hero in the SU Cup, but from the lineup and recent results, the Chinese team will face strong challenges.
In the Asian Championship just ended last month, the Chinese team only won two gold medals in mixed doubles and female doubles, while the Japanese team won three gold medals in women’s singles, men’s singles and man pair. Obviously, in the SU Cup, which tests the overall strength of the team, the Japanese team with strong upward momentum will pose the greatest threat to the host Chinese team.
Among the 20 People’s Congress list released by the Chinese team, 8 people were selected for the first time in the SU Cup lineup, and Yan Long and Chen Yufei led the men’s and women’s singles teams respectively. The team matches new and old in the personnel structure, and there are newcomers and experienced veterans.
Chen Yufei won the women’s singles champion of Fuzhou Badminton Open in China last year, breaking the long-time champion shortage of Guoyu women’s singles. However, no matter He Bingjiao or Han Yue who participated in the SU Cup for the first time, if he wants to make a breakthrough in the SU Cup, he still needs to play on the spot. Men’s Shan Shi Yuqi was finally reversed by Japanese player taotian xiandou in the three games of fierce fighting in Wuhan the Championships finals of Asia last month. The Su Cup needs to be adjusted this time. As an old player in the team, the Olympic champion Xiaolong, who is not good at playing the “Team Competition”, is more important to bring the team the momentum of the champion and the role of stabilizing the army at the critical moment.
The Chinese team is in the same group as India and Malaysia team. The strength of the Indian team is singles. Women’s singles have two world famous generals, Sindu and Neville. Men’s singles have two masters, srikans and Velma.
In Malaysia team, famous generals such as Li Zongwei, Wu Weisheng, Chen Weiqiang, and Wu Liuqian were missing, which greatly damaged their strength, the leader Huang Zonghan also admitted that the comparison between Malaysia team and the Chinese team is obviously inferior. This year’s Su Cup Malaysia team can only hope that the newcomers can perform well. For example, man pair combination Xie Dingfeng/Su Wei translated, female single talented girl Wu Panxi.
Generally speaking, if the Chinese team plays normally, it will not be a problem for the group to qualify. The key is to adjust to the best state through the group match and prepare for the more brutal elimination match.
The last champion South Korea team, two leading figures Shon Wan-ho and Chengchi Xuan failed to play due to injury. The South Korean team will be provoked by young players this time, among them, 17-year-old anshiying defeated former Olympic champion Li Xuerui in this year’s New Zealand Open. The strength of South Korean women’s double Jin Zhaoying, Kong Xirong, man pair Kang Min Hyuk and Jin Yuanhao cannot be underestimated.
The Indonesian team in the post-Taufik era has also greatly improved its strength in recent years. In addition to the world’s first Gidean and sukamuyo, Ashan and Hendra in man pair, they can ensure winning points. Men’s singles also have two geniuses, kinting and joannatan. Last year’s Asian Games, Jin Ting successively eliminated two popular peach Tian xiandou and Xiaolong, while Jonatan laughed to the end in the Asian Games.
In Nanning, the most noteworthy is the Japanese team. The team has the world’s first taotian xiandou for men’s singles, the world’s second Aoyuan hope for women’s singles, the world’s fourth mountain pass Qian, and the women’s double three-pair combination ranks among the top four in the world. Man pair also has two pairs of top six combinations in the world. With Thailand and Russia, the Japanese team in Group A obviously won’t be A problem.
Zhao Jianhua, vice chairman of the Chinese Badminton Association and former world men’s singles master, said that among the five single items of the Chinese team, the mixed pair has the world’s top two Zheng thinking/Huang Yaqiong, Wang Xiaolu/Huang Dongping, no matter which combination comes on stage, it will have an advantage. However, for the other four projects, the Chinese team will face great challenges in winning points, and it is not difficult to win the championship at home this time.