The 2025 Badminton World Federation all-england Open is in full swing, with the Chinese team, the strongest in the competition, winning 7 victories on the first day. Men’s singles brother Shi Yuqi and star player Li Shifeng, Olympic champions Jia Yifan and Huang Dongping all got off to a good start. The only losers were mixed doubles pair Zhu Yijun and Zhang Chi, they were eliminated in the first round by the French duo of Guiguire and Delroux. This is the first time the national badminton team has competed in an international competition with its main force in the new season. The team’s goal is still to win all five gold medals and kick off the Los Angeles Olympic cycle.
During the Paris Olympic cycle, the Chinese badminton team won two gold medals in women’s doubles and mixed doubles, and both women’s singles and men’s doubles reached the final. With He Bingjiao, Liu Yuchen, Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong have withdrawn from the international stage, national feather part of the individual in the Los Angeles cycle for“Blood.”. In singles, Shi Yuqi and Chen Yufei are still in good shape, with Lee Sze-feng, Han Yue and Wang Zhiyi still in the first team.
In the doubles event, Leung Wai-hang and Wang Chang Wai-hung carried the men’s doubles flag. Olympic champion Jia Yifan wai-hung and Cheung Shu-yin competed in the women’s doubles together. Chen Qingchen wai-hung was exempt from the competition. Mixed doubles as the most competitive one of the national feather, in the new cycle is still the focus of the work of the coaching group. It is worth mentioning that Jiang Zhenbang and Wei yaxin, Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping two pairs of combinations have tried to split the reorganization, Jiang Zhenbang and Huang Dongping partner, Feng Yanzhe is paired with Wei yaxin. Fans are divided over the decision by the coaching staff. Some believe that this move will help several players to maximize their own strength, while others questioned the effect of the split and the results.
The All England Badminton Open is the World Badminton Super 1000 competition, many of the world’s top players gathered here, for the championship battle. In the men’s singles, Shi Yuqi, Li Sze-feng and Yung Hong-yeung will join forces. In the women’s singles, Chen Yufei and Wang Zhiyi will lead the team, men’s doubles pair Leung Wai-hung and Wang Chang, women’s doubles Olympic silver medallists Lau Shing-shu and Tam Ning, and mixed doubles pair Chiang Chun-pong and Huang Dongping were all qualified. China’s main rivals, such as South Korea, Japan and Denmark, are all keen on gold.
On the opening day, the Chinese team was unstoppable, winning seven games. In the men’s singles, Li defeated Yang can of Canada 2-1, while Shi Yuqi swept Vardoyo of Indonesia in straight sets. Young Men’s doubles duo Huang Di and Liu Yang edged out Harif and Yip Ruiqing of Malaysia 2-1, while Jia Yifan and Chang shu-yin, Li Yijing and Luo Xumin played a triumphant game in the women’s doubles. Jiang Zhenbang and Huang Dongping defeated Singapore’s Xu Yongkai and Jin Yujia 2-0 in the first round of mixed doubles, while Zhu Yijun and Zhang Chi lost 2-0 to Guiguier and Delroux. Next, Chen Yufei, Leung Wai-hang, Wang Chang and others will all take part in the match and look forward to hearing more good news.