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Yesterday at the 2024 National Badminton Championships, current men’s doubles stars and world top-ten pair, Liang Weikeng and Ren Xiangyu, were unexpectedly defeated 1-2 (13-21, 21-18, 12-21) by the junior national team players Zhu Yijun and Hu Keyuan.
Zhu Yijun and Hu Keyuan shared that facing such seasoned and skilled opponents, they didn’t focus too much on the outcome beforehand. “We just wanted to focus on our own performance,” they said, “even when trailing in the second game, we decided to take it one point at a time.” Reflecting on their 2-1 victory, Zhu Yijun mentioned, “Perhaps we got a bit lucky to win, but it wouldn’t have been surprising if we lost. We simply wanted to learn from them.” Hu Keyuan added that the loss in the World Junior Championship finals taught him a lot, reinforcing the importance of maintaining self-belief.
