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[Malaysian Badminton Tournament]Lee Cheuk-yao captures Luo Jianyou in the top 16, shakes Ansailong and Xie Yingxue recovers from illness

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[Sports Road News]The Malaysian Badminton Open kicked off on Tuesday (28th), and the world’s 15th-ranked men’s singles Hong Kong player Lee Cheuk-yao beat his “campmate” Luo Jianyou at Axelon’s training camp in Dubai earlier in the first lap , the Hong Kong team defeated the current World Championship champion in straight sets and entered the second lap; as for the Hong Kong team’s chief mixed doubles combination Deng Junwen/Xie Yingxue, they defeated the host team in straight sets and advanced to the second lap.

(Credit : Alan Siu)(Credit : Alan Siu)

(Credit : Alan Siu)

(Credit : Alan Siu)(Credit : Alan Siu)

(Credit : Alan Siu)

After the two races in Indonesia, the Hong Kong badminton team moved to Malaysia. Li Cheuk-yao, who joined the world’s “first brother” Axelon’s training camp in May, although his best results in recent races have only reached the top 8, his world ranking has risen 2 places to 15, which is the highest in his career at 14. Just one. In the first round of this tournament, Lee Cheuk-yao faced off against Lok Kin-you, a Singaporean player who was also a player in the training camp of Axelsen and who won the world championship at the end of last year. The two sides have played against each other in the past two times, and Hong Kong will not be defeated.

In the early stage, Luo Jianyou obviously entered the game earlier and dominated the lead until 10:5. However, after Li Zhuoyao stood firm, he scored 6 points in a row, 1 point before entering the technical timeout, and then the two sides drew 4 times. Hong Kong will be after 19:19 Find the gap and head first with 21:19. In the second round, Hong Kong will attack bravely. He scored 3 points in a row at the beginning. Although he was chased by Luo Jianyou to 5:4, but Li Zhuoyao did not have a chance to equalize his opponent. The advantage was gradually expanded by many points and finally ended at 21:12 Another victory, two straight sets defeated the current World Championship champion to make the second lap.

In mixed doubles, Xie Yingxue, who withdrew from the competition last week because of the infection of the new crown pneumonia, has recovered earlier, and has been training with the team, and even uploads Malaysian food from time to time. Deng Junwen/Xie Yingxue are back at the Malaysia Open today. The draw was announced earlier. “Deng Xiepei” was listed as the No. 6 seed. In the first round, the host team Zhong Hongjian/Bai Yanwei competed for the second round seat. meet.

(Credit : Alan Siu)(Credit : Alan Siu)

(Credit : Alan Siu)

The two sides fought fiercely at the beginning of the first game. After 6 draws, Zhong Hongjian/Bai Yanwei scored 4 points to take the lead. However, when it was 12:16 behind, “Deng Xiepei” scored 7 points in a row and won the first game with 21:18. The second game was also stalemate. After 7 draws, “Deng Xie Pei” scored 4 points in a row, but Zhong Hongjian/Bai Yan Weili chased the tie at 14:14, and then the two sides fought until 18:18, “Deng Xie Pei” Find an opportunity to score 3 points in a row, and win another victory at 21:18. Eliminate opponents in straight sets to advance to the second round.

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Zhang Dezheng (left), Wu Yongrong (right) Photo: Body Road Database

As for the other mixed doubles combination Zhang Dezheng/Wu Yongrong, they are ranked in the world46Indonesian combinationRehan Naufal KusharjantoLisa Ayu Kusumawatiin the first game, the Hong Kong generals fought hard in “Diao Shi” with2123Lost, although they won the second lap by a big margin218Pull back a game, but the tiebreaker is over1818Failed to seize the opportunity, was even won by the opponent3points, end with1821Lost, stopped in the first lap.

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