Xinhua News Agency, WUHAN, April 29: “The Road to Tokyo” is not flat-from the badminton Asian Championship to see the five events of Guoyu preparation for Olympic Games
Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Jinfeng, Yu Yi and Le Wenwan, four (pairs) players entered the final and won three championships, including men’s singles and women’s singles. This is the transcript of the Japanese badminton team in the just-concluded 2019 badminton Asian Championship.
There is still more than one year before the Tokyo Olympic Games, and the First Battle of the Olympic Games points race is about to start. The “siege of cities and villages” of Japanese players in various competitions this year indicates that they are preparing for Tokyo China badminton team in the Olympic experience, which is by no means a smooth way.
Although this badminton Asian championship is not points race of the Olympic Games, it does not affect the observation of the overall strength and troop arrangement of the Japanese team, the biggest opponent of Guoyu in the Tokyo Olympic cycle.
Although the figure is generally not high, the physical fitness is abundant, and the ability to find and grasp opportunities in multiple shots is outstanding, which has become a distinctive feature of Japanese players’ playing style. Against the singles players of the Chinese team, taotian xiandou and Yamaguchi Sisi once laughed to the end with the holding and moving of the latter two games when they lost the first game.
Man pair project has always been a relative weakness of the Japanese team. However, the performance of Japanese players in the semi-finals of this Asian Championship was impressive. Japan portfolio Hiroyuki Endo/Watanabe brave team against South Korea, when his opponent won the match point many times in the final match, he still showed good toughness and endurance, constantly tied and surpassed the score, and finally reached 27:25 promotion.
Judging from the overall strength of the two teams in China and Japan, the Chinese team does not have obvious advantages in the other four projects except the mixed doubles project. After winning one gold and one copper for women’s double events in Rio Olympics and creating the best record in history, Japan’s plus-sized investment in badminton and other projects has significantly improved the strength of men’s singles and women’s singles, they all have the ability to rush gold at the Tokyo Olympics. On leading player, Chinese women’s singles player Chen Yufei and women’s double combination Chen Chenchen/Jia Yifan had to stand out in the interception of many experienced veterans in Japan, and there were still many shortcomings.
Japan’s “first brother” taotian xiandou has grown rapidly in the past two years. Although there is still a certain gap between the ruling Men’s Singles Project, in the Chinese team, no matter Dragon, Lin Dan, Shi Yuqi or Lu Guangzu, there is no absolute certainty to win in the current state. In the past three Olympic Games, the Chinese team, whose men’s singles gold medals have not been dropped, will face the biggest challenge in the Tokyo Olympics.
In addition, according to the regulations of the World Badminton Federation, each team can only have at most two (pairs) players to participate in the Olympic Games in singles and doubles. For the overall strength of the Chinese team, the Olympic Games will face more uncertain risks.
Lin Dan said in an interview during the Asian championship that in today’s world badminton landscape, the strength gap between the top players in the world is getting smaller and smaller, and every game will be very fierce. In the past, there were three qualifications for the competition, and the pressure of the Chinese team was relatively less. “after cutting to a maximum of two places, the Tokyo Olympics will be the most difficult”.
Zhang Jun, chairman of the Chinese Badminton Association, once said frankly: “The fierce battle between China and Japan Badminton (in the Olympics) cannot be avoided. All five projects have to face the confrontation between Japan.” Park Zhufeng, head coach of the Japanese badminton team, has also stated many times that Japan’s badminton performance must surpass Rio in the Tokyo Olympics.
Guoyu’s “Tokyo Road” is doomed to be uneven.