KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The quarterfinals of the 2024 Malaysia Open Badminton Championships will be decided in Kuala Lumpur on the 11th, and the Chinese team will have players in each individual event, including four in women's doubles, three players in men's singles and women's singles, and two pairs of men's doubles and mixed doubles in each of them.
On January 11, Chen Qingchen (right) and Jia Yifan celebrate scoring in a game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cheng Yiheng The five pairs of women's doubles pairs of the Chinese team all passed the first round, and in the second round of a national feather team competition, Li Yijing and Luo Xumin lost 0:2 to Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning, regrettably stopping in the top 16. The other three pairs, Chen Qingchen, Jia Yifan, Zhang Shuxian, Zheng Yu, and Li Wenmei, and Liu Xuanxuan, defeated Denmark's Fleurgold Thygesen, the American pair Xu Xinfei Xu Yifei, and the Thai pair Zonggong Pan Rawinda to enter the next round.
On January 11, Shi Yuqi returned the ball in the game. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Zhang Wenzong) After all four men's singles players of the Chinese team advanced to the top 16, one of them also lost in the competition within the national feather team on the same day. After more than 80 minutes of fierce battle, Li Shifeng won two games in a row after losing the first game, and finally defeated teammate Weng Hongyang with 18 and successfully advanced. Shi Yuqi easily defeated France's Da Popov in two straight games, and Lu Guangzu narrowly defeated Indonesia's Ginting 23.
On January 11, He Bingjiao was in the game. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Zhang Wenzong) In women's singles, the Chinese team also staged an internal competition. He Bingjiao defeated teammate Wang Zhiyi 2:1 after losing one game first and advanced to the quarterfinals. Chen Yufei and Zhang Yiman eliminated Thailand's Intanon and Chinese Taipei's Xu Minqi in straight games, respectively, and Han Yue lost to Singapore's Yang Jiamin with 22 and missed the promotion.
In the men's doubles, China's Leung Wai Keng and Wang Chang easily defeated Japan's Keiichiro Matsui and Yoshiken Takeuchi 2:0. When He Jiting Ren Xiangyu and Indonesian pair Ahsan Hendra fought to the second game, the opponent retired due to injury, and He Jiting Ren Xiangyu directly advanced.
On January 11, Zheng Siwei (left) and Huang Yaqiong in the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cheng Yiheng In mixed doubles, China's Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong defeated Indonesia's Kusharyanto Kusumavati 2-0, and Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin also easily defeated Malaysia's Chen Bingshun and Xie Yiqian 2:0.
The Malaysia Open 2024 is a BWF World Tour Super 1000 level event that will run until 14 January.