China News Agency, Beijing, March 13th, in the early morning of Beijing time on the 13th, Guo Yu’s two famous generals Lin Dan and Xiaolong ended the round of “internal fighting” on All-England Open Badminton Championships, 20202020. finally, Xiaolong took 21:17 and 21:8 beat Lin Dan to advance to the top eight. The record of stopping the second round also made veteran Lin Dan’s fifth Olympic journey even more hopeless.
Lin Dan is in poor state this season. There have been three races before. In addition, several Olympic points race have been canceled or postponed due to the cancellation or delay of the new Crown pneumonia epidemic, and the opportunities for Lin Dan to earn points have become increasingly scarce, the All England is the last 1000-level competition before the end of the Tokyo Olympics points race, and it is also the best chance for Lin Dan to “turn over.
The first round of Lin Dan 2:1 reverses the champion of the three World Youth Championships and the Thai New Star kunlawute. In the second round, Lin Dan once took the lead in the first game. However, after being sentenced to service fault called twice, Yan Long gradually surpassed the score. In the middle game stage, Yan Long made continuous mistakes, lin Dan led by 15:11 again; Lin Dan made many mistakes such as catching the front ball of the net in the latter half, and Yan Long won the first game at 21:17.
In the second game, Xiaolong’s status improved, starting at 5:0. Later, although Lin Dan continued to score points, Xiaolong forced the other side to make many mistakes with the speed increase of the middle game stage, and quickly achieved 16:8’s lead; Lin Dan, who had fallen behind by a big score, did not find too many scoring methods in the second half. Finally, Yan long passed the next game at 21:8, thus eliminating Lin Dan at 2:0, advance to the top eight of the All England.
According to the competition rules of badminton events in Tokyo Olympic Games, from April 29, 2019 to April 26, 2020 is the Olympic points cycle, the scores of the top 10 races won by athletes in this cycle will be reflected in the world ranking announced on April 28, 202020. the World Badminton Federation will allocate 34 places for men’s singles in Tokyo Olympic Games based on this.
Among the 34 men’s single-quota, an association can only have 2 seats at most, and the 2 athletes who have obtained the quota must be ranked in the top 16 in the ranking published on April 28. In the latest world ranking, Xiaolong ranked 5th, Shi Yuqi ranked 9th, and Lin Dan ranked 19th. At present, Yan Long and Shi Yuqi both beat their opponents to advance to the top eight of the British games. Stopping the second round also made Lin Dan’s hope of participating in the Olympic Games for the fifth time even more slim. (Finished)