Smashing Success: Qi Pinqian Shatters Personal Record with 4th Place Finish at Taipei Badminton Tournament
2024/9/7 16:58
(Updated 9/7 at 17:16)
Taipei Badminton Open: Qiu Pinqian’s Historic Run Ends in Semifinals
(Central News Agency Reporter Li Jianzhong, Taipei, 7th) Qiu Pinqian, the sole hope of the Taipei Badminton Open women’s singles title, lost to Indonesian teenager Vardani in a fierce 64-minute fight today, achieving his best performance in the history of the competition in a championship game.
In the history of the Taipei Badminton Open, only Zheng Shaoji and Tai Tzu Ying have won the women’s singles championship in Taiwan, and Qiu Pinqian was one step away from challenging this year.
25-year-old Qi Pinxi met Putri Kusuma Wardani for the first time at the Thailand Open in May this year and took three hard-fought games to win.
Today both teams won one each of the first two games, while the two teams drew 8-8, the opponents laid the foundation for victory. After the game, Qi Pinqian said, ‘I don’t really have any strength.’
In this fierce battle, both sides had to go so many forwards for each of their points that Qi Pinqian said in an interview with the media that he had no regrets and “But the third game was really dominated by physical strength, and my legs almost went away. Tired.” Playing against him I know that Valdani’s forehand chop is very strong.”
Qi Pinqian was selected for the national team because of his second national ranking championship this year. Although he only had a few days of national training before going north, he still achieved a lot. “In the national training, I saw many top seniors and seniors. I can learn some experience and techniques from them. They are also very willing to share, and there are also different coaches who bring me different opinions and ideas, which makes me happy. has increased.”
Qi Pinqian revealed that he is not very fast, his strengths are defense and counterattack “But my teammates all laugh at me. I can save hard balls from the waist, but I will miss easy balls from the waist.”
Facing expectations in the second half of the year, Qi Pinqian hopes that he can gradually improve his world ranking. want.