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By Xiao Yazhuo, Tao Xinye, Liu Yue
NANJING, China, July 30 (Xinhua) – As the world's top sneakers gather to compete in the 2018 BWF World Championships, which kick off here on Monday in Nanjing, the players who play the ballet in the ballet box.
Japan's Momota Kento is definitely under the spotlight in Nanjing and is seen in the world. the men's singles competition. After missing 15 months of international badminton, the 23-year-old started off his comeback well by defeating Long Chen and Viktor Axelsen in the Asian Championships and Indonesian Open this year.
Finding himself in the bottom half of the draw, Mom and Daddy have lost their way to victory in the final round of Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia and Sun Wan Ho of South Korea.
Defending champion Axelsen was drawn into the top half of the draw along with four Chinese players – Dan Lin, Long Chen, Shi Yuqi and Huang Yuxiang.
Barring any surprises, Axelsen will confront Rio 2016 champion Chen Long, seeded no.8, in the quarterfinals. A potential third-round clash between two Chinese players, no.3 seed Shi Yuqi and five-time champion Lin Dan would have a rematch of the All England final this year.
In the women's side of the draw, Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying is the woman to beat in the World Championships. The 24-year-old has swept five titles in six events this year, finishing with an astonishing 33 wins out of 34 matches.
Tai will also be aware that many players are itching to beat her, including China's He BingJiao who may This year Chen Yufei, seeded fifth, and another Chinese player Chen Xiaoxin Chen Yufei medal in Glasgow last year and is looking to improve in Nanjing
The host team has a big chance to dominate the mixed doubles event. Top seeds and front-runners Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong, second-seeded Wang Yilyu / Huang Dongping Asia Championships. But the duo were drawn into a fiercely-contested bottom quarter, which will see All England champions Yuta Watanabe / Arisa Higashino, European champions Chris and Gabrielle Adcock and Chinese young guns He Jiting / Du Yue fight for a place in the seedling. [19659002Indonesia'sMarcusFernaldiGideonandKevinSanjayaSukamuljohavebeenthestandoutmen'sdoublesparforsometimenowandtheyhavebeeninoutstandingformTheIndonesiansarelookingforwardtocarryingontheirmomentuminNanjing
China's two seeded peers Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen and Liu Cheng / Zhang Nan were both drawn into the lower half of the draw. Liu and Zhang will be kicking off the tournament with the title and the duo is going on through an inconsistent season in the last couple of months. If there is any chance for the world, they should have a resource they can rely on.
China has shown a remarkable dominance in women's doubles in the World Championships history, totaling 20 titles in 21 editions. However, the current world no.1 and defending champions Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan have had a disappointing year so far in the world.
The Olympic Champions Rio Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi have been extremely this year, winning the Indonesia Masters and the Malaysia Open, and finishing runners-up at the Asia Championships and the Thailand Open. Their teammates Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota also clinched three titles this season. If they do not capture the title, it will be the first triumph for a non-Chinese peer since 1995.
Nanjing, an ancient city in eastern China, is the third city in the country to host the Badminton Word Championships after Beijing 1987 and Guangzhou in 2013. Over 340 elite players from nearly 40 countries and regions will participate in the competition this week.
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