Original title: Malaysia Badminton Masters Finalized in the Top Eight (introduction)

The "Four Golden Flowers" of Guoyu Women's Singles all bloom (theme)

China Sports News reporter Zhou Yuan

On May 23, Beijing time, the first and eighth finals of the Malaysian Badminton Masters 2024 were contested, and Guoyu continued its good performance, winning 10 wins and losing 2 losses. Among them, the women's singles continued their unbeaten record, and all the "four golden flowers" entered the top eight.

In this competition, four people from Guoyu Women's Singles were sent to participate. The four people continued to remain unbeaten in this round and all entered the top eight. The number one seed Han Yue only took 26 minutes to beat Chinese Taipei player Hong Yiting 21-16 and 21-11. In the next round, it will compete for the top four seats with India's famous general Sindhu. No. 2 seed Wang Zhiyi defeated Indonesia's Esther 21-10 and 21-11, but the next round will meet his teammate Gao Fangjie. Gao Fangjie faced the famous Thai player Li Meimei this round. When he lost to his opponent in the last Thailand Open, Gao Fangjie made a bold effort and was more decisive in key points, narrowly defeating his opponent by 21 to 19 and 22 to 20. Zhang Yiman easily defeated Liang Tingyu from Chinese Taipei 21-15 and 21-16.

On the men's side, Li Shifeng continued to be in good shape after defeating the French great Popov in the first round, and defeated Malaysian Liang Junhao in two straight sets, 21-15 and 21-16, to advance to the top eight. Lu Guangzu defeated Wang Ziwei, a Chinese Taipei player, 21-14 and 21-13, and also entered the top eight.

In men's doubles, No. 3 seed He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu easily beat Indian combination Galaga/Pratek 21-11 and 21-9. On the same day, Chen Boyang/Liu Yi, another pair of national feather groups, fought hard for three games and lost to Malaysia's top dog Xie Dingfeng/Su Wei, 13 to 21, 21 to 13, 10 to 21. They missed the top eight men's doubles.

The two pairs of national feather women's doubles won the round and entered the top eight. Keng Shuliang/Zhang Chi went straight down 21 to 16 and 21 to 17 to beat the 3rd seed Indonesian team Kusuma/Amalia. No. 5 seed Li Yijing/Luo Xumin defeated Chinese Taipei combination Zhang Jinghui/Yang Jingdun 21-16 and 21-13.

In the mixed doubles quarter final, the Thai Open champion Guo Xinwa/Chen Fanghui quickly defeated Chinese Taipei team Wei Junwei/Zhan Youzhen 21-14 and 21-17 in just 26 minutes. Another pair of Guoyu, Cheng Xing/Li Xi, fought fiercely for three games, and was reversed by the No. 6 seed and Indonesia's top dog Deyang/Vedegajia 21-14, 18-21 and 17-21.