Right now, if CHN WS is still led by the young 20-year-old Chen Yufei, then, sadly, she's still not out of the woods yet ,not that CYF is no good but that she's not good enough for a CHN WS player. A worrisome , maybe even alarming situation that lasted almost two years since Rio'16, if not earlier.
For the time being,I can only hope Li Xuerui quickly assumes the mantle of helming CHN WS, the sooner the better. For that, LXR has to fully regain her match fitness and mobility to optimal level to return to her former prowess. However, it's only been about three months since her comeback from her long injury layoff, it might be somewhat too much to ask of her to achieve that in less than a year's time.
Just that LXR's performance so far, aside from the Uber Cup fiasco has been very encouraging,if not nothing short of spectacular, three titles in a row albeit at WTS100 and WTS300 levels but besting the likes of Zhang Beiwen, Michelle Li, twice, Sayaka Takahashi, Sayaka Sato, all ranked inside the Top 20, and, most importantly, she did it despite the odds against her, literally playing 13 matches in two weeks for her back-to-back titles in her North American expedition. All the more remarkable.
For the time being,I can only hope Li Xuerui quickly assumes the mantle of helming CHN WS, the sooner the better. For that, LXR has to fully regain her match fitness and mobility to optimal level to return to her former prowess. However, it's only been about three months since her comeback from her long injury layoff, it might be somewhat too much to ask of her to achieve that in less than a year's time.
Just that LXR's performance so far, aside from the Uber Cup fiasco has been very encouraging,if not nothing short of spectacular, three titles in a row albeit at WTS100 and WTS300 levels but besting the likes of Zhang Beiwen, Michelle Li, twice, Sayaka Takahashi, Sayaka Sato, all ranked inside the Top 20, and, most importantly, she did it despite the odds against her, literally playing 13 matches in two weeks for her back-to-back titles in her North American expedition. All the more remarkable.