Agree totally with your assessment of L GP's present standard. Being away from competition during his time in Uni may have put paid to his badminton career. I can still remember how he used to beat Shi Yuqi regularly as a junior,except in the Youth Olympics. At the moment I don't think he can take on the likes of Lee SF, Weng HY, Lei LS and Sun FX. Any confirmation that Shi Yuqi has suffered a relapse of his ankle injury?
for evening session : Gao Fangjie vs He Bingjiao! Not going to miss this. Jiangsu vs Ruichang https://m.weibo.cn/5094820906/4544693888619278 Shenzhen vs Qingdao https://m.weibo.cn/5094820906/4544690098276897
Still no news, I guess it's a speculation from his diehard fans who try find an answer about his absence in CBSL so far. According to this Sina Sports article reported, Lin GP has no systematic training due to waist injury : https://sports.sina.com.cn/others/badmin/2020-09-02/doc-iivhvpwy4507003.shtml 第四场男单，奥运冠军谌龙第四度代表厦门登场，代表浙江出战的是久违赛场的林贵埔。林贵埔近期因腰伤而没有系统训练，在场上没有有效的得分办法，很快就以6比11、5比11、2比11落败。 ============================================
While Lin Guipu's comeback is still problematic, in fairness, I also have to point out that Chen Long is actually, in my opinion, playing better and better as the tournament wears on after a tentative start in the initial rounds. The other one to notice is Zhou Zeqi, still only 22 years old to my surprise as I thought he's been around quite a while though he's off the radar for a year or so, not so much for taking out a couple of his peers, but for the way he played against Chen Long in R2 despite losing 1-3. Looks like a comeback for ZZQ is a viable possibility in the international circuit sometime next year, hopefully upon resumption of international tournaments when the global pandemic is substantially under control , thanks to the various vaccines awaiting implementation. I also managed to catch the replay of Han Yue vs Zhou Meng, thanks to CLELY's link posted above, and I like what I saw - both youngsters have improved, more proactive and offensive, an enthralling match , to me. As for the now super slim He Bingjiao, frankly, I wasn't too impressed with the way she handled Zhang Yiman as she was on the verge of defeat in G4, down 8-10 before she turned the tables on her opponent by forcing the decider with 12-10 and then went on to clinch the tiebreaker a bit more convincingly. Yes, apparently, HBJ appeared fitter, not panting as much as she used to esp in punishing rallies, moving better generally, and, happily for me, less prone to being caught at her deep backhand corner where she was often forced to turn her back to play it and get into all sorts of trouble But what's still missing is the lack of creativity and deceptiveness that once defined her playing style. Maybe it's early days yet as it's her first serious tournament since undergoing intense physical training regimen. We'll see.
Oh, HBJ injured her left knee, bleeding, wait, as the medics come over to treat her, she waved them away saying , never mind, she can carry on playing...
As HBJ fell to her left knee to receive GFJ's drop shot in G3, it's bleeding again but she's not seeking treatment...
Injury was there before the match. Probably scraped her knee. I saw a plaster on it in the first set. Good entertaining match. GFJ is slowly, and I think surely, finding her way back to her pre-injury form.
Thanks for the info, I didn't know as started watching the match late. Gao Fangjie used to be one of my favourite junior CHN WS, really hope to see her make a successful comeback.
It seems her style of play has changed to attacking style instead to exploit her crafty skill, the effortless drop shot and accurate placement. Her net shot also is quite mediocre now, court coverage aspect is better but I think she implements explosive play that wasting much energy to unleash smashes, some of them mishit into the net.
Not bad,an entertaining and fighting badminton between Li Shifeng and Bai Yupeng, the latter playing better than I expected of him.
Xiamen rests Chen Long as they fields Luo Wang Shan who takes on Lu Guangzu. Poor Qingdao team, looks like they have no other choice instead of Lu. It's rumored that Shi YQ has been injured in training before CBSL matches was commenced last week, what a pity!
Xiamen vs Qingdao. Now Chen Yufei playing https://live.media.weibo.com/live/show?id=1022:232050f23751e9cf2b15cf2e8d38dc77fcd589
Here bro, enjoy Anhui vs Ruichang https://m.weibo.cn/5094820906/4545055488217633 Shenzhen vs Jiangsu https://m.weibo.cn/5094820906/4545055916294658
They have changed the links , just realised it. https://live.media.weibo.com/live/show?id=1022:232050b150930cf043783f48ee10e43bc14c8e Shenzhen vs Jiangsu https://live.media.weibo.com/live/show?id=1022:2320504f2c1d123eb2beb2ff6fc4c19335ca66
