Here is the Boys' Double finals in the 2024 German Junior. https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1xr421H7ee/?spm_id_from=333.788.recommend_more_video.-1 The young Malaysian pair is good. They just won the 2024Toyota Thailand International Challenge today. Meanwhile ZZJ lost to Liuyang Mingyu in the U17 category in China's National youth Championship. WZJ n XWJ won their respective U19.titles n Yin Yi Qing won the girls' U17 title.
Let's wait for a while. Give me time to search. So far I can't find any. Maybe ABC live will post some matches later
What an amazing performce by China at the quarterfinals of the Ningbo tournament. In particular the WS. Unlikely victories by HBJ and Han Yue. HY's game was interesting, she introduced deception ,speed and accuracy in her repertoire, something very difficult to do when you've never had it. This is a remarkable thing to do. Its similar to Jonaton Christies's makeover. He has improved his game , cutting out unforced errors and sharpening his power and net play. The WS and XD also had great performances by China. Lets see whether they can do the same in the semifinals. The interesting match up for me is the MS. It will be a good one to watch. Oh, its been a long time since China's WS players has dominated in this manner. I wonder whether home support played a role? Lets hope its the hard work of the coaches and players.
Some of the 2024 China National Junior Championship U19 semi-finals matches 1.Men's doubles Chen Junting/Liu Junrong (Guangdong) vs. Li Hongyi/Li Xuancheng (Guangxi) 2. Women’s Singles Xu Wenjing (Jiangsu) vs. Dai Qinyi (Beijing) 3. Men’s singles Hu Zhe'an (Zhejiang) vs. Liu Haoda (Shanghai) 4. Mixed Doubles Liu Yuanyuan/Mao Zhe (Hunan) vs. Hu Keyuan/Cao Zihan (Shanghai) U17 semi-finals 1. Women’s Doubles Liu Jiayue/Li Kexin (Shandong) vs. Liu Yuanyuan/Wen Yilan (Hunan) ( This one may be U19) 2. Men’s singles Zhang Zhijie (Shandong) vs. Li Zhihang (Beijing)
I had mentioned Li Zihhang as a promising youngster before. You all can judge whether he is or not. This is his second loss to ZZJ, both almost in similar ways. The last time was in the 2023 Asian Junior Championship U17 finals.
2024 China national Junior finals 1. Women’s Singles Yin Yiqing (Jiangxi) vs Xu Tengti (Sichuan) 2. Men’s singles Hu Zhe'an (Zhejiang) vs. Wang Zijun (Hubei) 3. Men’s doubles Chen Yongrui/Lin Xiangyi (Xiamen) vs. Wang Ziheng/Hu Keyuan (Shanghai) 1. Women’s Doubles Xu Xiuyan/Zhang Qihuan (Hunan) vs. Tan Kexuan/Zhang Wanqing (Hunan) 2. Men’s singles Zhang Zhijie (Shandong) vs. Liu Yangmingyu (Liaoning) 3. Women’s Doubles Liao Lixi/Sun Xialei (Shanghai) vs. Liu Yuanyuan/Wenyi Lan (Hunan)
Looks like China is rich in junior MS talent. WS doesn't appear to be doing as well. At the recent National Championships - which the National Team skipped - Xu Wenjing was the only junior to make it to the semi-finals. But, on a bright note, Yuan Anqi played. She won her match/matches, and then retired from the tournament for reasons unknown to me. It seems, she said in an interview that she has recovered well from her serious knee injury of 2022, which required surgery and lengthy rehabilitation.
A friend of mine saw a surgical scare on her knee. She was the only one who could put up a strong fight against the Japanese girl, Tomoka Miyazaki and the Thai girl, Pitchamon Opatniput. It is yet to be seen whether Yuan Anqi can bounce back from her two years of recuperation from her injury. Xu Wenjing and Huang Linran are behind the Japanese and Thai girl.. However China has other young girls coming up. Yin Yi Qin is one of them, only 15+. Another one is Sun Yifei, runners-up in the U15 category in the 2023 Asian Junior Championship. She lost a final that she could have won after missing a couple of sitters at the net. A tall girl with a powerful smash. Another lesser known girl is Tian Sirui (田思睿},age 14, about 5 ft 8 in height and training under Han Li. I don't know how good she is. I mention her because someone sent me a writeup introducing her.
Zzj is playing without using his attacking game. Looks like he is working on stroke play. He still needs to improve his defensive lobs. Once he achieves those skills he will be ready to take on his foreign opponens.. Lzh his opponent, is not good enough.
Liu yang ming lu is very talented . His net play is executed confidently. I thought ZZJ was the best in that age group having seen him winning in Europe. I am so delighted to see another star in the making. Hope to see them tested overseas soon.
2024 Chinese National Championship held in Anhui; 1. MS Dong Tian Yao - Liu Liang 21-16,21-14 2.WS Dai Wang -Wu Lou Yu 23-21, 21-17 3. WD Chen Xiao Fei/Feng Xueying - Du Yue/Hua Xiaobei 21-16, 21-17 4.MD Ma Shang /Guo Ruohan - Huang Di/Sun Wenjun 21-16,15-21,21-18 5.XD Chen Xujun/Chen Fan Shutian - Zhang Han Yu/ Bao Lijing 14-21, 21-9, 21-15
