Voted Most Popular Male and Female Players of The Tournament, Zheng Siwei (Qindgao) and Huang Yaqiong(Ruichang)
The Fittest Athlete title goes to (I didn't get his name, tell you later) based on the first two days physical fitness test competition.
Understandably , the prize money has shrunk considerably (by at least 50% if I'm not wrong), the Champion, Qingdao, gets RMB 1 million, the Runner-up, Ruichang, RMB 500K, and the 3rd place finisher, Xiamen, RMB 250K. How they are distributed among the team members, coaches included, I'm not sure, but I remember the Champion Team in previous editions was rewarded with RMB 2 million.
LI SF vs Lu Guangzu https://weibo.com/tv/show/1034:4549147865579541?from=old_pc_videoshow Zheng SW/Wang YL vs Li JH/Ren XY https://weibo.com/tv/show/1034:4549134279966733?from=old_pc_videoshow The XD match. https://weibo.com/tv/show/1034:4549160079130675
Injury problem have hampered those two hotshots play actively in just concluded CBSL. Only XD could stole one game, anticlimactic final than their group-stage encounter
For those who interested to watch CHN Uber Cup simulation : https://live.media.weibo.com/live/show?ua=Mozilla/5.0+(Linux;+Android+5.0.2;+A0001+Build/LRX22G;+wv+Mobile+Moto+E+(4)_7.1.1_WeiboIntlAndroid_3650&id=1022:23205048b760d582dd1cbb26ab0b6d165df94b Player's Line-Up : WS - Chen Yufei v Wang Zhiyi WD1 - Chen QC/Jia YF v Li WM/Zheng Y WS2 - Gao Fangjie v Zhou Meng WD2 - Du Y/Li YH v Liu XX/Xia YT WS3 - He Bingjiao v Han Yue
He Bingjiao slips to WS3? Does it mean the CBA does not deem the new slim and mean HBJ as stable enough? In the game she look pretty sharp though the usual silliness still haunting her. On the contrary GFJ doesn't do enough for me to warrant her place as the WS2.
We don't understand what's the real meaning of CBA weird decision to field He BJ as WS3 Uber Cup line-up arrangement based on world ranking order.
CBA Thomas Cup Simulation (01.00pm local time) : https://live.media.weibo.com/live/show?ua=Mozilla/5.0+(Linux;+Android+5.0.2;+A0001+Build/LRX22G;+wv+Mobile+Moto+E+(4)_7.1.1_WeiboIntlAndroid_3650&id=1022:23205027065f7e8b8e30b9ce2547c357cb7cab MS1 - Chen Long v Zhao Junpeng MD1 - Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen v Han Chengkai/Zhou Haodong MS2 - Sun Feixiang v Weng Hongyang MD2 - He Jiting/Tan Qiang v Wang Chang/Di Zijian MS3 - Li Shifeng v Lei Lanxi* (last minute replacement)
Weng Hongyang has been my favourite junior since I saw him. He has improved and has more confidence. He has a good attacking game and a good defence as well. He has great footwork and anticipation. Love his unpredictable style. Lei Lanxi has a similar game but hasnt the confidence. Both are tricky players. SFX and LSF are straightforward players and will face problems with an unpredictable opponent. I am not a great fan of either, sorry but thats my humble opinion.
Seems like Chinese badminton is in a historically weak period right now. Not much depth right now. Where is Zhang Nan?? Did he retire?
Not yet, just slow down his career... A downward cycle for China badminton (reminiscent of 1990's era), I'm not surprised if they only nailed one gold in Tokyo 2020 from we know which category they're capable.
Obviously mixed doubles is their trump card to save their "face" in most tournaments but looking at what happened in All England this year...
Read that the China National Badminton Championships start today, 28th October. Hope those who find links will post. Thanks in advance.
https://live.media.weibo.com/live/show?id=1022:23205093124c6b42c4a2a9ef9c3c7c1ea42d32 Court 1 of 8 courts
Well, CHN National Championships will be splitted by two categories : Team Event (28th October-2nd November) Individual Event (3rd-10th November) Almost all CBA National team players participate this annual domestic championships, except Shi Yuqi, He Bingjiao, Li Yinhui, Lu Guangzu, Zhang Nan, etc.
https://live.media.weibo.com/live/show?id=1022:2320508f193ccc21a35d61a2655d45cbdee789 Fujian vs Zhejiang 2nd team. CL playing now.
