From the National Team, he was sent to the Jiangsu provincial team. There he trained and hopefully healed his ankle injury further. He most probably worked with his mentor Sun Jun in Jiangsu. Some weeks back, I read that he had been sent to a training camp in Jinjiang... perhaps a stepping stone to his return. Shi Yuqi may return stronger than before his ban.
liang weikang should be partnered with liu yuchen or he jiting or ren xiangyu. Also liu cheng should be partnered with one of the above mentioned three.
Liang Weikeng's play does seem a little special. His partner in the Guangdong team was the excellent Ren Xiangyu. Here's a video of the fast and dynamic young player Wang Zhengxing beating Zhao Junpeng: -- .
looking forward see wang zhengxing as well as liu liang, don tain yao and ren chengming who was expelled from national training team.
Wang Zhengxing is quite talented. He just turned 20. I like his speed and court craft. This match was played a few months ago. I hope he and Dong TY are in training at chiangmai. They have good potential
not sure about wang zhengxing. saw him getting destroyed by sun feixiang in a match. looking for dong tain yao and liu liang more than him.
So who are the top Chinese juniors (18 and below) these days? Is it Sun Chao? The current 19-21 year olds like Liu Liang, Dong Tianyao and Wang Zhengxing have been deprived of any international actions, so don’t know what their actual potential is. China is only beginning to expose the likes of Weng Hongyang, Lei Lanxi, Sun Feixiang, who are all 23 years and above. Looks like there a long queue behind them.
Yes, according to this news article : http://news.ijjnews.com/system/2022/05/12/030095416.shtml Chen Long, Shi YQ and upcoming players are training together in Jinjiang, Fujian for three months (May-August). The question is how about CL plan after Tokyo World Championships? Will he wait the postponed AG till next year? His protected WR will be expired soon, August or September plus the unfreezed WR. Shi YQ, he had wasted primary/golden age and will turn 27 years old next year, not much time left for him.
From a weibo post (auto-translated), these are in Jinjiang:-- 'Guoyu's latest Jinjiang training camp men's singles list of 18 players: Shi Yuqi (Jiangsu), Li Xiang (Jiangsu), Gao Zhengze (Tianjin), Gu Junfeng (Liaoning), Zhang Weiyi (Liaoning), Sun Chao (Zhejiang), Fang Kai (Zhejiang), Dong Tianyao (Anhui), Wu Kai'an (Fujian), Wang Yifan (Fujian), Li Yunze (Shandong), Liu Shumin (Hubei), Wang Zhengxing (Hunan), Liu Liang (Hunan), Pang Yucai (Hunan), Song Ransheng (Guangdong), Chen Wenjie (Guangdong), Liu Zeqing (Sichuan).'
great opportunity for these new comers to train with chen long and shi yuqi. Even chen long and shi yuqi are not actively playing, they are miles ahead of current chineese shuttlers who are playing in the world tour
Current batch of active CHN MS squad (LSF, WHY, LLX, SFX) are still busy to collect point and experience to be established player while Lu and Zhao international competing time practically will be expired when the new reliable star is born.
After the disastrous performance in the recent Thomas Cup, the CBA today announced a 'star selection' program (literal translation) to handpick 16-19 year old players for a training camp, and these players could be the backup players to the national team. One of the requirements sparked a huge debate in China - male players have to be 185CM, and female players have to be 175CM.
Unbelievable, they still apply that ridiculous and the old school standard for screening purpose Height isn't important criteria to determine or seek high quality talent, Gong Zhichao, Sydney Olympic Games gold medal isn't tall player, only 163 cm.
Height, power, reach over agility and quick reflexes; can’t say I don’t agree with their long term strategy. Probably more a 10 - 20 year plan requirement than a short term strategy. Most of the top MS players are taller this generation (except Ginting and LKY, Lakshya is 179); has the natural advantage of size begun to overcome technical prowess (I suppose you can teach court craft but not increase height)? More reach = less steps = more consistent (chances for deviations to occur with every step); abit like CL vs Ginting or a 3U HH racket over a 4U even balanced one.
