Zhao Junpeng, who ranked 11th in the world at the peak of his career, has lost his style of that year. Not only has the world ranking dropped to 40, but also his performance in the world championships has failed to satisfy the fans. He has participated in four competitions in this season, only winning 4 and losing 3. The best result is the top four of the German Open Badminton, This week, Zhao Junpeng followed Guoyu to start the journey of the Malaysian Open Badminton Super 500. In the first round of the men's singles, he met a strong opponent, Li Zijia, the first brother of Malaysia. Although the latter's status has also declined significantly this season, his strength and status are above Zhao Junpeng. In addition, Li Zijia has also gained the upper hand by winning 2 and losing 1 in the past, Whether we can beat Li Zijia in the Devil's away game becomes the biggest expectation of fans for Zhao Junpeng! After the start of the game, Zhao Junpeng played very calmly in the first game and got off to a good start. But then he lost control of the rhythm and let Li Zijia win two games in a row, and finally qualified for the second round of the men's singles 2-1!
Zhao Junpeng, who was very aware of his strength gap, played very aggressively after the first game. Through the change of the placement and return route, Li Zijia could not stand at all and had to save the ball in a wide range. In addition, Li Zijia was not in the best state at the beginning of the game, the quality of the return was not high, and he could not grasp the chance to kill hard, Zhao Junpeng established a 4-1 lead when he came up. However, as the game went on, Li Zijia gradually found a sense of attack. Together with the crazy cheering of the fans, he responded to a wave of scoring climax, and soon made the score even to 7. Then the two entered a tug of war, biting the score to 10. At the critical moment, Zhao Junpeng withstood the pressure, One more point, with a weak lead of 11-10, entered the middle break.
After returning to the game, Li Zijia started to speed up on his own initiative. The quick and flat drive in front of the net was determined not to take the high ball, but he wanted to bring the game into his favorite rhythm. Fortunately, Zhao Junpeng played smart enough, that is, he mobilized opponents in a wide range before and after the game, and then looked for opportunities to hit a deadly shot. Both of them achieved their own tactical goals, and kept the score close to 17, At the decisive moment, Zhao Junpeng patiently pulled the strings and restrained Li Zijia, who ended up making mistakes in several forced raids, which also made him lose the first game 19-21.
In the second game, the two players still played inextricably. However, after 5 draws, Zhao Junpeng suddenly lost his form and was hit 6-0 by Li Zijia, leading 11-5, ending the competition in the first half of the game. After the game started again, Zhao Junpeng began to stabilize his position and used his patience to swing around the opponent again. He also scored 3 points to narrow the gap, However, Li Zijia did not give him a chance to overturn the game and tied the score 21-11.
Zhao Junpeng completely lost his rhythm in the decisive game and fought against Li Zijia when he came up, which also made him fall into a passive situation early. The more successful the fight was, the more easily the Malaysian brother got a 10-4 lead. Although Zhao Junpeng did not give up and tenaciously approached the score, Li Zijia did not give him a chance to reverse and easily locked the victory with 21-14.
The victory in the first game is just a flash in the pan. If Zhao Junpeng wants to return to the peak, he needs to play smarter in the game, especially to control the rhythm in his own hands. I hope Zhao Junpeng can make a good summary after the game, and strive to play better in the future competition!
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