The 13-7 lead was reversed, and Zhao Junpeng lost 1-2 to Gemke for three reasons
In the early morning of March 3, Beijing time, the semifinals of the 2024 German Open Badminton Championships ushered in a regrettable match. The national feather men's singles Zhao Junpeng was reversed by his opponent Gemke when he was leading 13-7 in the deciding game and missed the final.
Judging from today's game, Zhao Junpeng has no chance of winning. In the first game, Gemke's attack was extremely ferocious, and Zhao Junpeng was a little overwhelmed and lost the first game 15-21. In the second game, Gemke's physical strength dropped sharply, and Zhao Junpeng seized the opportunity to gain the advantage of the game through patient mobilization and pulled back a game 21-17. In the decisive game, Zhao Junpeng took advantage of the victory to chase and once led his opponent with a score of 13-7. When almost everyone thought that Zhao Junpeng would win the match and reach the final after his comeback, the court changed dramatically. In the second half of the third game, Zhao Junpeng and Gemke fought the net, and were blown a net shot, and then Zhao Junpeng's mood was affected, Gemke attacked again and again, and finally Zhao Junpeng was reversed, lost the tiebreaker 19-21, and unfortunately missed the first championship of the Super 300 tournament.
After the game, there were three main reasons for Zhao Junpeng's loss, one was the defensive problem, the return ball was straight and high, and the opponent continued to save the ball. The second is the state problem, the opponents in front of the net are not as good as Zhao Junpeng, so Zhao Junpeng seized a lot of opportunities to attack, but today against Gemke lost the advantage in the front court. The third is the mentality problem, the critical moment can not withstand the critical moment, after being chased close to the score by the opponent, the problem of always looking back at the coach has not been solved, and the ability to adapt is lacking.