The Most Stable Badminton Players from Taiwan 2023 - Badminton Players Review #blogsocialdiary Version

 I think The Chinese Taipei National Badminton surprised us with their players starting to show their skills last year. Some players showed their techniques and shots to the audiences who enjoyed their matches. As we see, a player became a winner of the Super 300 tournament earlier. After that, some other newcomers to the World Tour series are also being competed to show the result of their training period. Last year, we also had a comeback moment from the Gold Medalist Tokyo Olympics. They had been down after they got it. Yet, they built their confidence, maintained their skill and technique, and kept their communication way. 

Image from Lee Chia Hsin's Facebook FP

I have chosen these Taiwanese badminton players based on their best performance (as long they got into the Quarterfinal, Semifinal, and Final rounds). I have three singles players and a couple of pairs who I think have the best progress in their plays and could keep it up until the end of the year. 

I will start to talk about the Men Singles (MS) discipline. 

Image by Lin Chun-Yi IG

The Chinese Taipei Badminton likely has two players who are playing in the World Tour Series 300 and above. In early 2023, they make more players to join his senior, Chou Tien Chen and Wang Tzu Wei at the World Tour level. There is a single player who is consistently playing at that level. He is Lin Chun-Yi. Last year, Lin Chun-Yi was 24 years old. He had the best start. The Taipei Open 2022’s Semifinalist became a Champion in the Thailand Master Super 300 2023. He played well and defeated Weng Hong Yang in a rubber game in the first round; he defeated Christian Adinata, Kenta Nishimoto, and Shi Yu Qi in a straight on his road to the final round. Finally, He beat Ng Ka Long Angus in the final round in a straight set. A week later, he reached the quarterfinal round after Li Shi Feng defeated him. Next, in the Malaysia Master Super 500, Chun-Yi reached the quarterfinal round after beating the Japanese representative, Kodai Naraoka in a dramatic rubber game: 17-21, 30-29, 21-19 in two hours. On the contrary, Lin Chun-Yi lost to Li Shi Feng only in two sets in the semifinal round. Then, in his home country tournament, the Taipei Open Super 300, Lin Chun-Yi entered the quarterfinal round after beating his teammate, Lee Chia Hao, and his senior, Chou Tien Chen. Yet, in the quarterfinal round,  Wang Tzu Wei defeated him. 

Lin Chun Yi entered the semifinal round of the US Open Super 300, and he lost to the Thailand representative, Kunlavut Vitidsarn. He got his second title of this year in the Kaohsiung Master Super 100 after beating Yushi Tanaka from Japan in three games. He reached the quarterfinal round Korea Master Super 300, and lost to another Japanese, Koki Watanabe, in a straight set; He was A Quarterfinalist in the China Master Super 750. He lost to Zhao Jun Peng; he reached the quarterfinal round in the Syed Modi International 2023. 

[The Women Singles picture will be updated soon] 

In 2021-2022, the Chinese Taipei Badminton National Team started to have a promising female player in the Women's Singles (WS) discipline. Hsu Wen Chi had won some titles in the International Series and Challenge-level tournaments. In 2023, another female player seemed as promising as Hsu Wen-Chi. Her name is Huang Yu-Hsun, a girl born 20 years ago. Let’s have a look at Huang Yu-Hsun’s match results below. 

Huang Yu-Hsun is the Champion of the Estonian International Series 2023 after defeating Kristin Kuuba in a rubber game. At her first tournaments in 2023, she struggled hard from the qualification round to the final round. She defeated her senior, Liang Ting Yu in the first round of the main draw Thailand International Challenge 2023. In the second round, she defeated a young Indonesian representative, Ester Nurumi Tri Wardoyo.

Asuka Takahashi beat her in the quarterfinal of the Thailand International Challenge 2023. Still, at the International Series level, Huang Yu-Hsun also became a Champion of the Dutch International Series 2023. In the final round, she defeated Kaloyana Nalbantova in a straight set. Next, Huang Yu-Hsun won the Slovenia Open International Challenge 2023. In the final round, she defeated Neslihat Yigit in two games.

Huang Yu-Hsun and Wang Yu Si, the other promising female badminton player from Taiwan succeed in making an All-Chinese Taipei final in the Austrian Open International Series. Huang Yu-Hsun won the match in a straight game. It is still in the Austrian Open 2023, Yu-Hsun played in the Women's Doubles (WD) with Chung Kan-Yu. Yet, Chung Kan-Yu/Huang Yu-Hsun lost to their compatriot, Hsu Yin-Hui/Lee Chieh Chen 22-24, 21-17, 16-21. Next, Huang Yu-Hsun reached the semifinal round of the Bonn International and lost to Hung Yi-Ting 7-21, 8-21. With Chung Kan-Yu, she also reached the semifinal round at the same tournament. The Turkish WD defeated them in two games.

Since Huang Yu-Hsun is still 20 years old and still in college (like other Taiwanese players who keep their studies while playing badminton), we may see Yu-Hsun about two or three years later. Otherwise, the Chinese Taipei Badminton Association has other considerations for Huang Yu-Hsun. 

We move to the Men’s Doubles section.

Image from Wang Chi-Lin Facebook FP 

It seems to back to their peak performance on the road to Tokyo 2020 is very hard for the Gold Medal Olympics, Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin. A year after they won the Gold Medal in the year 2021, the only highest achievement of Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin got is in the final round of their home country tournament, Taipei Open Super 300 2022. The Malaysian pair, Man Wei Cong/Kai Wun Tee defeated them in three games: 18-21, 21-11, 18-21. Slow but sure, they could get their confidence again. In 2023, they reached the quarterfinals consistently in the Arctic Open Super 500 and China Master Super 750; Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin got into the Semifinal round (finally….) in the Canada Open and Australian Open Super 500.

Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin entered the final round in the Hylo Open and Korean Master Super 300. Unlucky, Liu Yu Chen/Ou Xuan Yi of China defeated them in the Hylo Open, and Lee Jhe-Huei/Yang Po-Hsuan defeated their MD#1 in the Korean Master. However, in 2023, Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin won the Japan Open Super 750. They also got the bronze medal in the Badminton Asia Championship 2023 and Hangzhou Asian Games 2023 (Individual Event).

Oh, I forgot to tell you that Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin back to the Top 10 World Ranking at the end of the year. 

Read: The Coolest and Promising Badminton Players From Taiwan (mid-2023 update) Part 1

Now, we discuss the next discipline that has a stable performance of play in 2023. 

Image from Lee Chia Hsin Facebook FP

Two years ago, the Mixed Doubles section of the Chinese Taipei Badminton started to have a promising Mixed Double pair. Lee Chia-Hsin and her junior and new partner, Ye Hong Wei, showed significant results in the lowered-level tournament. I posted their progress in mid-2023 on the previous blog posts. After being a Semifinalist in their home country tournament, the Taipei Open Super 300, Ye Hong Wei/Lee Chia-Hsin reached the final round of the US Open Super 300 after defeating their compatriot, Yang Po-Hsuan/Hu Ling Fang. In the final round, Hong Wei/Chia-Hsin defeated the Danish pair, Mathias Thyrri/Amelie Megalund in three games. 

Ye Hong Wei/Lee Chia-Hsin reached the semifinal round in the Hylo Open Super 300. They lost to the Hong Kong pair, Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet in three games. Ye Hong Wei/Lee Chia-Hsin collected many tournament points by playing to the quarterfinal round in the Japan Open and Denmark Open Super 750. Unfortunately, they were withdrawn from the quarterfinal match of the Japan Open, and their opponent, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong entered the semifinal round. The Mixed Double number 1 of the Chinese Taipei team failed to get a ticket to the World Tour Final 2023 after they lost to Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet in R16 of the China Master Super 750. 

Also, read: The Coolest and Promising Badminton Players From Taiwan (mid-2023 update) Part 2 

Image from Tai Tzu Ying Facebook FP

Finally, I should put her name in any review of the Chinese Taipei Team I have posted. She won the Silver Medal in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She is Tai Tzu Ying who ended 2023 with a champion title in the World Tour Final after defeating An Se Young, her eternal rival. Previously, I said that Tzu Ying didn't play in many tournaments. So, she would maximize her plays for each match she competed. At least, she entered the quarterfinal round for some tournaments and was entering the SF and final rounds. She also won the three titles last year.

After the Taipei Open Super 300, Tai Tzu Ying entered the final round of the Korea Open 500 after defeating Akane Yamaguchi in the semifinal round. But, she lost to the host country representative, An Se Young in a straight game. In the Japan Open Super 750, An Se Young defeated her again in the semifinal round in a straight game. Tai Tzu Ying reached the quarterfinal round in the Arctic Open, Kumamoto Open Super 500, Denmark Open Super 750a, and the BWF Badminton World Championship 2023. Tai Tzu Ying also reached the final round of the French Open Super 750. But, she lost to the Chinese Single, Chen Yu Fei in two games. In the last 6 months of 2023, Tai Tzu Ying retired from two tournaments because she was unfeeling well. She ended her match in the first match of the Hong Kong Open Super 500 and the second round of the China Master Super 750. We hope 2024 she will have a fit performances in the year of the Paris 2024 Olympics. 

Alright! I completed the review of The Most Stable Badminton Plays From The Chinese Taipei National Badminton Team. I hope all of us know that there is a badminton association in a country where badminton isn't a popular sport to play getting ready to appear a potential player in the world. It is the Chinese Taipei Badminton Association of Taiwan. 

Thank you for visiting my simple #blogsocialdiary. See you on another title of blog post, guys! 

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The Coolest and Promising Badminton Players From Taiwan - Part 2 (Women's Team)

 Hi, everyone! 

This post should be released after the previous one [The Coolest and Promising Badminton Players From Taiwan - Part 1 (Men's Team)] was released. Because of something else, I should postpone posting it. 

So, I will make a disclaimer first. The Players' World Ranking I used here refers to the mid-2023 after The Taipei Open 2023 Super 300 was held. 

Here is my resume for the Taiwanese female badminton players who I looked at who have more progress until mid-2023. Check these out, guys! 

Throwback post: My Favorite Badminton Players 2022 (Part 1) 

First of all, 

In 2023, Tai Tzu Ying still becomes the main squad for the Chinese Taipei Badminton Team. It is similar to Chou Tien Chen in The Men’s Squad. The gap between the first rankings to the player who is in the second place based on the Chinese Taipei Badminton national ranking is quite far. So, Tai Tzu Ying and Chou Tien Chen keep their position as the main bullet for the team. 

I always put Tai Tzu Ying in every resume of badminton players of the year. Today I will not re-write last year’s performances of Tai Tzu Ying, and I will only keep focusing on the tournaments she joined in the first semester of 2023. 

As we know, Tai Tzu Ying has decided not to register herself for every BWF tournament. Some accounts said it relates to her decision to retire from the badminton tournaments. However, Tai Tzu Ying still got the best result from the tournaments she had chosen. Early 2023, Tai Tzu Ying won the Badminton Asia Championship 2022 and the Taipei Open Super 300. She also entered the final round but did not win the competition in the Korea Open Super 500. She lost to An Se Youn in a straight game: 9-21, 15-21. In Malaysia Open Super1000, All England Super1000, China Open Super1000, and Singapore Open Super750, Tai Tzu Ying only reached the semifinal round. 

During the TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup 2023, Tai Tzu Ying played twice in Group Stage C against Goh Jin Wei of Malaysia and P. V. Sindhu of India. Both matches were won by Tai Tzu Ying. She played in the knocked-out stage when The Chinese Taipei Team met The Korea Team. Tai Tzu Ying lost to An Se Young in two sets. 

Image: Tai Tzu Ying Facebook Fanpage

Secondly, 

There is a girl who plays in Women's Double Disciple. She is 23 years old, and she is partnered with Liu Chiao-Yun, a girl who is three years older than her. Liu Chiao-Yun and Wang Yu Qiao have been partnered-up since 2019. Based on the BWF Ranking update on June 26, 2023, Wang Yu Qiao/Liao Chiao-Yun is in the 42nd world ranking.

Liu Chiao-Yun/Wang Yu Qiao don’t have a good result in early 2023 in Thailand Master Super 300. They lost to the Japanese girls, Rui Hirokami/Yuna Kato in the first round. However, in Thailand International Challenge they became champions after defeating Hong Kong girls, Lui Lok Lok/Ng Wing Yung in a straight game. Playing together with Liu Chiao-Yun, Wang Yu Qiao also becomes the Champion at Austria Open International Series after having all Chinese Taipei Final with Hsu Yin-Hui/Lee Chieh Chen, then become a Champion of the Thailand Open International Challenge, and Winner of the Slovenia Open International Challenge and (again) they defeated another Chinese Taipei Women Doubles, Hsu Yin-Hui/Lee Chieh Chen. Furthermore, Liu Chiao-Yun/Wang Yu Qiao is being a runner-up at Bonn International Future Series.

In their home country event, the Taipei Open Super 2023 Super 300, Liu Chiao-Yun/Wang Yu Qiao reached the quarterfinal round. They lost to their compatriot, Lee Chia-Hsin/Teng Chun Hsun in two sets: 13-21, 11-21. After the Taipei Open Super 300, we haven’t seen Wang Yu Qiao and Liu Qiao-Yun for the rest left the tournaments in 2023, except Kaohsiung Master Super 100. So, we may go on to the next players who play in two sections. 

Throwback post: My Favorite Badminton Players 2022 (Part 2)

Third, I have... 

Li Xiao Min, a female player of Chinese Taipei National Badminton, is a 27-year-old girl who plays in two sections in Mixed Doubles and Women's Doubles. In the Women's Doubles, she doesn’t have any significant play while she is partnered up with a female player who has more experience than her. With Hu Ling Fang, she only reached the quarterfinal round in their home country event, the Taipei Open Super 300. However,, in the Taipei Open, Lin Xiao Min became a runner-up in the Mixed Doubles section with a young boy, Chiu Hsiang Chieh, after they defeated their senior, Tseng Min Hao/Hsieh Pei Shan in the semifinal round. But, in the final round, Chiu Hsiang Chieh/Lin Xiao Min lost to the Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei of Malaysia in a straight game. Chiu Hsiang Chieh and Lin Xiao Min have only a year been partnered-up, On June 26, 2023, they are in the World Ranking 48^th and the XD5 in Chinese Taipei National Badminton.

Throwback post: Chinese Taipei Women's Team - Uber Cup 2022

In the next line, we have a female player of the Chinese Taipei Badminton Team who is lucky enough (I guess…) to have been partnered up with her senior who has so much experience on the court, Hsu Ya Ching. 

Image: Hsu Ya-Ching/Lin Wan Ching (Hsu Ya-Ching FB)

On June 23, 2023, Hsu Ya Ching/Lin Wan Ching placed in the 30^th BWF World Ranking. At the time, they are the WD2 in the Chinese Taipei Team. Lin Wan Ching has been partnered up with Hsu Ya Ching since early 2022. Within their notional point, they got the main draw in the Thailand Open 2022 Super 500, but, they ended up only in the first stage against Vivian Hoo/Lin Chiew Sien in a rubber game: 21-16, 21-16, 21-16. In 2023, Ya Ching/Wan-Ching reached the quarterfinal round in the Malaysia Master 2023 Super 500 after they defeated the Korean representative, Kim So Yeong/Kong Hee Yong in the second round. In the quarterfinal round they were beaten up by the Japanese, Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara in three sets: 21-16, 16-21, 16-21. Next, Hsu Ya-Ching/Lin Wan-Ching lowered their level of the game and played in the International Challenges. Ya-Ching/Wan Ching won the Nothern Marianas Open 2023 (International Challeng, and Saipan International 2023 (Internatiinal Challenge). Wang Yu Qiao/Liu Chiau-Yun beat Ya Ching/Wan Ching in the first stage of the Taipei Open 2023 Super 300 in a rubber game: 20-22, 21-17, 17-21. 

Image: Ye Hong Wei/Lee Chia-Hsin (Lee Chia Hsin FB)

The last player I set as The Coolest Badminton Player From Taiwan in mid-2023 is Lee Chia-Hsin. As we know she plays doubles in Women’s Doubles with Teng Chun Hsun. She also plays in the Mixed Double section with Ye Hong Wei. And, I will talk more about Chia-Hsin's performances in the Mixed Doubles section.

Lee Chia-Hsin struggled hard to back to her peak performance after Wang Chi-Lin had been set to focus on the MD section for the road of the Tokyo Olympics. In 2022, The Chinese Taipei Badminton Association found Ye Hong Wei for her. Almost one year and a half later, on June 23, 2023, Ye Hong Wei/Lee Chia Hsin placed on the 20^th BWF World Ranking. 

Before Ye Hong Wei/Lee Chia Hsin got into the Top 20, they reached the semifinal round in the Swiss Open 2023 Super 300. They lost to the Chinese young pair, Jiang Zhen Bang/Wei Ya Xin; a runner-up Orleans Master Super 300 after being beaten by Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei; Semifinalist in the Thailand Open 2023 Super 500; and, semifinalist in the Taipei Open 2023 Super 300.

Similar to Tai Tzu Ying. Lee Chia-Hsin is also a silver bullet for the Chinese Taipei Team in the Sudirman Cup 2023 in Suzhou, China. Of course, she counts more in the XD section. With Ye Hong Wei, Lee Chia Hsin played twice. When the team against the Australia Team and the Malaysia Team in the group match. Ye Hong Wei/Lee Chia-Hsin won against Rayne Wang/Angela Yu (Australia), but, they lost to Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei (Malaysia). With Teng Chun-Hsun, Lee Chia-Hsin played twice against the India pair,  Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand Pullela in a rubber game, and almost made a clear win for the team. The second, Lee Chia-Hsin/Teng Chun-Hsun played against the Malaysia pair, Pearly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan also in a rubber game. 

Image: Lee Chia-Hsin/Teng Chun Hsun (Chinese Taipei Badminton FB)

Throwback post: Chinese Taipei Men's Team - Thomas Cup 2022

Here they are... 

Finally, I completed The Coolest and Promising Badminton Male and Female Players From Taiwan.  Next, I will see you with another post about Taiwanese Badminton Players. See you on another title of blog post! 

The Coolest And Promising Badminton Player From Taiwan - Part 1 (Men's Team)

Hi, everyone! I came back with my favorite badminton players. It has been a long time since I did not post about it. I bring you some names of the coolest badminton players of the Chinese Taipei Badminton Team. Some of them also can be mentioned as The Promising Players of Chinese Taipei. 

Early this year, many new players from Taiwan appeared in the BWF World Tour. There is Lin Chun-Yi who became a winner of Thailand Master Super 300. Previously, Lu Chen had stolen our sight when he partnered with Lee Yang when Wang Chi-Lin was recovering from his injury. Unfortunately, Lee Yang/Lu Chen did not win any trophies. Lu Chen looked like he would be a promising player in the future, as well. I am not overproud of him. Let him approach it first.

I chose these nominees based on their latest performance (I updated the newest BWF World Ranking (last updated on June 27, 2023, and sorry for the very late posting). I also considered their physical appearance. I have four men who are The Coolest Chinese Taipei Men Singles. They are: 

Su Li Yang (image by FB Taipei Yuqiu )

Chou Tien Chen (image by Chou Tien Chen)

Lin Chun Yi and Lee Chia Hao (image by: IG Lin Chun-Yi)

 

In the Men Doubles disciple, I skipped the players who are still active playing in two disciples (Men Double and Mixed Double). So, there are about four players I skipped to put in the MD category. Therefore, I only have two players here: 

Lu Ching Yao/Yang Po-Han at TotalEnergy BWF Thomas&Uber Cup 2022

The last category is the male player of Mixed Double Disciple.

Many double players in Taiwan play in two disciples. Also, the badminton federation has many ways to mix the players into men, women, and mixed doubles. I already chose four male players in Mixed Double Disciple. All of them also have partners in Men’s Double Disciple. So, these men are the best ones since they succeed in playing in two numbers. They are: 

Ye Hong Wei (source: his Instagram)

[One Photo Image will be updated very soon]

Finally, I present them to you…

First of all, I would like to introduce you to Ye Hong Wei.

Recently, he has played in two disciples: Men Doubles (MD) with his Senior, Su Ching Heng; and in the Mixed Double (XD) with Lee Chia-Hsin. I have scrolled down to Ye Hong Wei’s first appearance in an international badminton match. Ye Hong Wei’s first match in badminton sport as a man single in the Korea Junior Open Badminton Championship 2015. It was held in Gwangju, South Korea. At that time, Ye Hong Wei was 16 years old. He also played in the MD section with Su Li Wei. They played since the qualification round and ended up in the top 16 round. In the MS disciple, Ye Hong Wei was defeated by the host country representative, Kim Moon Jun, who beat him in the MD section, too. The next year, Su Li Wei/Ye Hong Wei was a champion in the Korea Junior Open Badminton Championship 2016 after defeating Kang Min-Hyuk/Kim Won Ho in four games: 3-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8.

In 2017, Ye Hong Wei also played in two disciples: Men Doubles (MD) still with Su Li Wei; and in the Mixed Double (XD) with Teng Chun-Hsun. In the junior-era tournaments, Hong Wei showed very pleasant results. Here are some results with Su Li Wei: Champion Dutch Junior 2017; They reached the semifinal round of the German Open 2017; Champion TUI Medical Waikato International 2017 after defeating Chen Tang Jie/Soh Wooi Yik. He also got a silver bronze with Teng Chun Hsun after defeating Riky Widianto/Richi Puspita Dili in a similar event. Ye Hong Wei also got two gold medals in Australian Junior. 

In 2018, Hong Wei started to play with Lu Chen in Austria Open 2018. Lu Chen/Ye Hog Wei won the games after defeating Oliver Leydon-Davis/Lasse Molhede (AUS/DEN). Ye Hong Wei also got two titles, Men Double Disciple with Lu Chen and Mixed Double Disciple with Teng Chun Hsun in the Slovak Open 2018. Lu Chen/Ye Hong Wei won the 53 Portuguese International Championship 2018. In the same tournament, with Teng Chun Hsun, he reached the semifinal round. 

In 2019, Hong Wei partnered with Chiang Chien-Wei. Their first match was Taipei Open 2019 in September 2019. Chiang Chien Wei/Ye Hong Wei entered the semifinal round Scottish Open 2019. They lost to the host country representative, Alexander Dunn/Adam Hall in a straight set. Ye Hong Wei/Chiang Chien-Wei won the next tournament in Victor Welsh International 2019. 

In 2020, before the pandemic covid-19, Chiang Chien Wei/Ye Hong Wei won two titles in two tournaments. In a straight game, they won the All-Chinese Taipei-Final against Wei Chun Wei/Wu Guan Xun. Chiang Chien Wei/Ye Hong Wei defeated Daniel Lundgaard/Mathias Thrry from Denmark in the final round and became a champion. Ye Hong Wei does not play in XD Disciple this year. 

The BWF Sudirman Cup 2023 is not the first event team for Ye Hong Wei. In 2016, he joined the team for the BWF Junior Mixed Team Championship 2016 in Bilbao, Spain. Also, he joined the team for the SCG Badminton Asia Junior Championship 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. Ye Hong Wei played back with his former partner Su Li Wei in Spain and Bangkok for some matches. Also, he played with Lin Hsiang-Ti in the XD Disciple. 

In 2017, Ye Hong Wei was sent to Yogyakarta, Indonesia to join the Chinese Taipei Team in the BWF World Junior Mixed Team Championship 2017. Ye Hong Wei also played in Pembangunan Jaya Raya Badminton Asia Junior Championship 2017 (Team Event). The Chinese Taipei Badminton Association has put his name and Su Ching Heng on the name list squad for the BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2022. 

The domino effect of Liao Min Chun’s retirement in early 2021 is the coaching team tried to find a new partner for his partner, Su Ching Heng. Ye Hong Wei is the new partner for Su Ching Heng. 

Also, read: My Favorite Badminton Team - Chinese Taipei [Part 2]

The next is...

 Currently, this pair is at the top of the men's Doubles section in Chinese Taipei National Badminton. Yet, their highest achievement is being Runner-up in their home country's tournament Super 300, Taipei Open 2023. In some tournaments, I see Lu Ching Yao have a very good play attitude on the court rather than his partner. So, I made him follow Ye Hong Wei on this list. 

Lu Ching Yao also played in two sections in 2021. In the Men Doubles section with Yang Po-Han, and the Mixed Doubles disciple with Lee Chia-Hsin. It seems he and Lee Chia Hsin cannot work together as a partner on the court. Finally, they are separated. Lu Ching Yao keeps playing in the MD section with Yang Po-Han. Meanwhile, Lee Chia-Hsin plays in the Women's Doubles section with her junior. 
I will let you know and remind you that last year Lu Ching Yao proposed to his girlfriend. After that, they are getting married. Lu Ching Yao is a husband and a daddy now. So, I see that thing makes him calmer on the court than before, yet, he still has a strong motive to win.  

Lu Ching Yao/Yang Po-Han (image: Facebook)

The next badminton player who I call the promising player of Chinese Taipei is...

The future badminton era in Taiwan will have Su Li Yang, the boy who was born on December 27, 2001. When I collected his data, Su Li Yang was now on the 35th BWF World Ranking (date updated June 27, 2023) after the Taipei Open Super 300. At his home-country tournament, Su Li Yang got a silver medal after Indonesian Representative, Chico Dwi Aura Wardoyo, beat him in the final round in a straight game: 21-23, 15-21.

I guess the previous tournaments that made him being promoted to the World Tour Series are Nothern Marianas Open (International Challenge) where Su Li Yang finished the tournament as the Semifinalist after he lost to his compatriot, Liao Jhuo-Fu, in a straight game: 20-22, 21-23; also, he reached the semifinal round in Saipan International Challenge after losing his game to the host country representative, Takuma Obayashi, in three games: 10-21, 21-16, 17-21. This year, Su Li Yang entered the final round of the Slovenia Open. Unlucky, Sameer Verma from India defeated him in the final round in a straight game: 21-18, 21-14. 

Su Li Yang’s first final round in the junior era matches was in Australian Junior 2017. At that time, he only lost to another Taiwanese young boy, Lee Chiao Hao in two games: 16-21. 21-13. Su Li Yang got his first win after he defeated Yu Sheng Po, another Chinese Taipei young badminton Men Single, in Italian Junior 2018. 

Su Li Yang (image: Facebook)

The Young man from the Chinese Taipei badminton team who I placed in number four was born 21 years ago. He was born on November 11, 2002. His name is Chiu Hsiang Chieh. Currently, Chiu Hsiang Chieh plays in two disciples. In the Men Doubles section, Hsiang Chieh is partnered up with Yang Ming Tze who is five older than him. This year, Chiu/Yang entered more than once into the quarterfinal rounds. They made it in the Thailand Open Super 300 after the host representative, Supak Jomkoh/Kittinupong Kedren defeated them in a straight game. The Malaysian pair, Goh Sze Fei/Nur Izzuddin defeated Hsiang Chieh/Ming Tze in a straight game in the quarterfinal round of the US Open Super 300. A week before, in the Canada Super 500, Chiu Hsiang Chieh/Yang Ming Tze lost in the quarterfinal, too. They lost to the Danish pair, Rasmus Kjaer/Frederik Sogaard in two games. 

Meanwhile, in the Mixed Doubles section, Chiu Hsiang Chieh is playing with Lin Xiao Min. Chiu Hsiang Chieh/Lin Xiao Min’s highest achievement this year is being Runner-up in their home country tournament, the Taipei Open Super 300. After they defeated their compatriot, Tseng Min Hao/Hsieh Pei Shan in the semifinal round. But, Hsiang Chieh/Xiao Min lost to Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei from Malaysia in the final round within two games. 

We go back to the previous year first….

Chiu Hsiang Chieh/Yang Ming Tze was a champion in the Dutch Open International Challenge, Polish International Series, Bonn International, and Croatia International Future Series. They also became runner-up in the tournaments: Bulgaria International Future Series, Czech Open International Series, and Denmark Master International Challenge. 

When Chiu Hsiang Chieh played in the Polish International Series, he also became a winner in the Mixed Doubles section with Lin Xiao Min. Still, with Lin Xiao Min, Hsiang Chieh also won the Croatia International Future Series and Bulgaria International Future Series. Those good results in 2022 might be a consideration for the federation to play in the World Tour Series. 

[Chiu Hsiang Chieh's image will be updated soon]

The next player on the list of The Coolest Male Badminton Players from The Chinese Taipei National team is… 

He is Su Li Yang’s senior. I already wrote about him in many blog posts here, you can scroll down the link below later. 

Read: My Favorite Chinese Taipei Player 2022

  

Yeah, he is Chou Tien Chen, a senior player from Taiwan who is already 33 years old. I think I should be writing his name on this list even though you have read some posts I have written here. It is because Chou Tien Chen still becomes the main bullet for the team. As we see in the BWF Sudirman Cup 2023, Chou Tien Chen played four times in the group stage, and once in the quarterfinal round against Korea. 
Chou Tien Chen also joined the squad team in the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championship 2023 where held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He played twice in the group stage against Ng Ka Long Angus from Hongkong, and Kodai Naraoka from Japan. Unfortunately, The Chinese Taipei Team failed to enter the knock-out stage since The Hong Kong China Team won the game difference to the Chinese Taipei.

This year, Chou Tien Chen got a silver medal in the Swiss Open Super 500 after defeating The World Ranking Number I, Viktor Axelsen in the semifinal round. But he has to lose to Koki Watanabe in the final round. Chou Tien Chen entered the Top 8 stage in the India Open Super 500 and Indonesia Open Super 1000 after Jonatan Christie and Viktor Axelsen defeated him. Chou Tien Chen failed to defend his title in his home country's tournament, the Taipei Open  Super 300 after he lost to his junior, Lin Chun-Yi in three games. 

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Finally, that is all I can write about The Coolest Taiwanese Badminton Players in the last first semester of 2023. Some of the players also could be promising successful players from Taiwan in the future. I hope I can update you about The Coolest Taiwanese Badminton Players in the second semester of 2023 or we could say let's observe them again for the ranking at the end of the year. 

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My Favorite Badminton Team - Chinese Taipei 2022 [Part 2]

 Hai, aku kembali masih dengan postingan yang sama dengan sebelumnya. It is still about my badminton team country, Chinese Taipei part 2! Here we go! 

My Favorite Badminton team Chinese Taipei (part 1) - baca disini

Awal tahun 2023 ini Tim Bulutangkis Taiwan sedikit banyak membuat kejutan buat para Badminton Lovers (BL) dimanapun. Banyak sekali nama-nama pemain baru bermunculan diturnamen BWF World Tour. Buatku pribadi sih, nama-nama baru itu sudah tidak asing lagi. Tahun lalu mereka masih berjuang dilevel International Challenge, International Series, hingga Future Series demi bisa mendongkrak pengalaman, poin, dan ranking dunia mereka. Alhasil, tahun ini sebagian dari mereka itu seperti sudah layak mendapat "promosi" ke level turnamen yang lebih tinggi. Misalnya, disektor tunggal putri paling jelas menunjukan kemajuan tim mereka. Tai Tzu Ying tidak lama lagi bisa mendapat teman bertanding di-World Tour setelah Hsu Wen Chi menunjukkan perkembangan bagus tahun lalu. Terus, seperti yang kuesebut dipostingan sebelumnya Hsu Ya Ching dan Hu Ling Fang mulai dipisah dan dapat partner baru masing-masing. Hsu Ya Ching bersama Lin Wan Ching juga menunjukkan kemajuan berarti. Bolehlah Ya Ching/Wan Ching mulai bermain diturnamen level atas bersama Lee Chia Hsin/Teng Chun Hsun. 

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(holding the camera: Lin Wan Ching; standing: Hu Ling Fang; sit: Hsu Wen Chi and their official team)
source: IG @wanchingwa

Sektor ganda putri bulutangkis Taiwan bisa dikatakan sektor paling lemah diantara empat sektor yang lain. Bisa jadi karena itulah federasi disana tengah fokus menggembleng pemain-pemain disektor itu. Mulai dari pertukaran partner hingga diturunkan dibanyak turnamen Future Series hingga International Challenge sehingga tim pelatih dan federasi mendapat kombinasi yang pas untuk dipatenkan dalam beberapa kurun waktu. Ada dua pasang ganda putri Taiwan yang cukup mendominasi diturnamen level dasar. Ada Lee Chia Hsin yang satu setengah tahun lalu masih belum menemukan pasangan tepat untuknya. Ditahun 2022 lalu Lee Chia Hsin bersama Teng Chun Hsun (22 tahun) berhasil menjuarai Slovak Open (Future Series), Austria Open (International Series), Bendigo International Challenge; menjadi Runner-up di Polish International Challenge. Chia Hsin/Chun Hsun juga mencapai babak Semifinal Australia Open (Super 300) setelah dikalahkan wakil China, Zheng Yu/Zhang Shu Xian dalam dua gim langsung, juga mencapai babak semifinal turnamen North Habour International Challenge, serta Bonn International Future Series. Hasil positif tahun lalu membuat Lee Chia Hsin/Teng Chun Hsun mulai turun di-World Tour Series BWF tahun 2023 ini.   

Teng Chun Hsun sendiri sampai dengan Kejuaraan Dunia Junior 2018 masih berpasangan dengan Li Zi Qing disektor ganda putri, dan pernah bermain dengan Ye Hong Wei dan Wu Guan Xun disektor ganda campuran. Dari informasi yang pernah kubaca lewat postingan Federasi Bulutangkis China Taipei dimedia Facebook, Li Zi Qing/Teng Chun Hsun menjuarai kompetisi nasional ditahun 2019

Masih dari sektor ganda putri. Hsu Ya Ching dengan notional point bersama Lin Wan Ching (27 tahun) bisa mengikuti beberapa turnamen World Tour Series, seperti Thailand Open Super 500 (sayangnya mereka hanya sampai dibabak awal), Malaysia Master Super 500, Singapore Open Super 500, di-Taipei Open Super 300 mencapai babak delapan besar, kemudian di Hylo Open Super 300 juga mencapai perempatfinal. Namun, diturnamen diluar World Tour Series, Hsu Ya Ching/Lin Wan Ching berhasil menjuarai Italian International Challenge dan Bonn International Future Series, serta menjadi Runner-up Nantes International Challenge. 

Sektor ganda berikutnya yang menunjukan tren positif tahun lalu adalah sektor ganda campuran. Ada dua pasang Mixed Double cukup bersinar di-layer menengah tim bulutangkis Taiwan: Ye Hong Wei/Lee Chia Hsin; dan Chang Ko Chi/Lee Chih Chen. 

Ye Hong Wei (23 tahun) merupakan pemain ganda putra. Disektor ganda campuran Ye Hong Wei hanya baru bermain dengan Teng Chun Hsun (2018) dan Lee Chia Hsin (2022). Tahun lalu, bersama Lee Chia Hsin, Ye Hong Wei menjuarai Austria Open International Series dan Polish Open International Challenge. Ye Hong Wei/Lee Chia Hsin juga tiga kali mencapai babak Semifinal: Nantes International Challenge, Bendigo International Challenge, dan North Habour International Challenge. Keduanya bermain bagus pada gelaran Taipei Open namun harus terhenti babak delapan besar setelah dikalahkan wakil Hong Kong China, Lee C H R/Ng Tsz Yau dalam tiga gim. 

Selanjutnya disektor ganda campuran ada Chang Ko-Chi dan Lee Chih Chen yang lumayan prospektif kedepannya (semoga saja mereka dipasangkan dalam waktu lama yaaa...). Ditahun 2022 Chang Ko-Chi/Lee Chih Chen menjuarai turnamen Bendigo Intercnational Challenge dan North Habour International Challenge. Kemudian mencapai babak Semifinal Sydney International Series dan Taipei Open Super 300. Chang Ko-Chi (27 tahun) dan Lee Chih Chen (24 tahun) mencapai babak delapan besar diturnamen Australia Open Super 300. 

Baca juga: Tim Bulutangkis China Taipei Uber Cup 2022

Menurutku, sektor ganda putra China Taipei tidak ada habisnya. Disetiap level turnamen seperti ada saja pemain yang menonjol. Sepertinya tahun 2022 lalu menjadi tahun-nya Ye Hong Wei dimana dia memiliki progres sangat bagus baik disektor ganda campuran maupun diganda putra bersama Su Ching Heng.

Su Ching Wei merupakan pemain senior berusia 30 tahun. Sebelumnya Su Ching Heng berpasangan dengan Liao Min Chun dan sempat menduduki peringkat 10 dunia sekaligus menjadikan pasangan ini sebagai MD2 setelah Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin. 

Tahun lalu Ching Heng/Hong Wei sudah konsisten mencapai (setidaknya) babak delapan besar hingga semifinal diturnamen Slovak Open dan Bonn International Future Series, Slovenia Open dan Austria Open International Series, North Habour International Challenge, bahkan diturnamen Polish International Challenge dan Italian International Challenge Su Ching Heng/Ye HongWei berhasil melaju kebabak final namun harus puas menjadi runner-up dikedua turnamen tersebut. 

Oh iya, selain Ye Hong Wei, ada satu lagi pemain putra Taiwan yang sama-sama cukup sukses menorehkan prestasi terbaiknya di-dua sektor, baik diganda putra maupun campuran. Dia adalah Chang Ko-Chi. 

Chang Ko-Chi dan Po Li Wei sudah cukup lama dipasangkan namun baru-baru ini nama keduanya mulai terdengar luas, atau aku bisa bilang setelah Federasi Bulutangkis China Taipei mengalami perubahan kepengurusan sehingga banyak nama-nama baru keluar ke kancah turnamen internasional.Ayo, kita lihat kilas balik hasil pertandingan Chang Ko-Chi/Po Li Wei ditahun 2022. 

 

Belgian International Challenge 2022 (Source: Wang Chi-Lin FB)

Chang Ko-Chi/Po Li Wei merupakan juara pertama turnamen Bendigo International Challenge, North Habour International Challenge, dan Belgia International Challenge. Ko-Chi/Li Wei juga mencapai babak empat besar diturnamen Sydney International Challenge. Namun, tidak ada hasil baik yang didapat Ko-Chi/Li Wei di-World Tour tournament tahun lalu. Aku juga masih sangat berrharap Chang Ko-Chi/Po Li Wei tetap dipasangkan ditahun ini. 

Tahun 2019 merupakan tahun pertama Chang Ko-Chi dipasangkan dengan Po Li Wei, dan keduanya berhasil memenangkan pertandingan final 54 Portuguese International Championship 2019 (International Series) setelah mengalahkan Christopher Grimley/Matthew Grimley dari Skotlandia dalam tiga set. Juga memenangkan titel disektor ganda campuran bersama Lee Chih Chen diturnamen yang sama setelah menyudahi perlawanan wakil Bulgaria, Alex Vlaar/Mariya Mitsova. 

Ditahun 2018 Chang Ko-Chi pernah dipasangkan dengan Lu Chia Pin sebagai ganda putra, dan dengan Cheng Chi-Ya disektor ganda campuran. Chang Ko-Chi/Lu Chia Pin bahkan mencapai babak Semifinal Macau Open 2018 Super 300 setelah mereka harus mengakui kehebatan ganda wakil Korea, Ko Sung Hyun/Shin Baek Cheol dalam tiga gim. Sementara disektor ganda campuran bersama Cheng Chi-Ya, Chang Ko-Chi juga sempat mencapai babak Semifinal Akita Master Super 100 setelah dikalahkan ganda campuran asal Indonesia, Alfian Eko Prasetya/Angelica Wiratama, mencapai babak Semifinal Bangka Belitung Indonesia Master Super 100 setelah ditaklukan oleh wakil tuan rumah, Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari. Masih digelaran Bangka Belitung Indonesia Master Super 100, disektor ganda putra Chang Ko-Chi/Lu Chia Pin menjadi merebut titel juara setelah mengalahkan Ko Sung Hyun/Shin Baek Cheol dengan straight set. 

Baca dan nyanyikan: English translation a song from Rossa (OST. Susi Susanti: Love All)

Selain sektor ganda campuran diatas, satu sektor lagi yang paling terlihat progres perkembangan didunia bulutangkis Taiwan adalah sektor tunggal putri. Seperti yang pernah kusebut dibeberapa postingan tentang Chinese Taipei Badminton Team sebelumnya, tidak lama lagi Tai Tzu Ying bakal punya teman berjuang diturnamen level Super 300 keatas. Dilayer tengah ini sepertinya Federaasi Chinese Taipei Badminton Association tengah menaikkan tiga pemain tunggal putri kelevel turnamen lebih tinggi dari sebelumnya. Mereka adalah Hsu Wen Chi, Sung Shuo Yun, dan Lin Hsiang Ti. 

Melihat tren postif Hsu Wen Chi sejak pertengahan hingga akhir tahun 2021, tahun lalu Hsu Wen Chi diikutkan beberapa turnamen World Tour Series. Sayang, tampaknya Wen Chi belum bisa melaju jauh diturnamen level elit tahun lalu. Pencapaian tertingginya tahun lalu adalah menjadi Semifinalis dirumah sendiri, Taipei Open Super 300 setelah masih harus mengakui keunggulan seniornya, Tai Tzu Ying dalam pertandingan dua set langsung. Sementara itu, Wen Chi juga mencapai babak delapan besar Hylo Open 2022. Ia dikalahkan oleh wakil Jepang, Nozomi Okuhara dalam pertandingan tiga set. Kemudian menjadi juara di Italian International Challenge, Ducth Open (International Challenge), juga menciptakan All Chinese Taipei Final diturnamen Nantes International Challenge dan Austria Open (International Series) bersama Sung Shuo Yun, pemain tunggal putri Taiwan lainnya yang sama-sama sedang dikenalkan kepada dunia luar oleh federasi. Oh iya, dikedua turnamen ini, Hsu Wen Chi keluar sebagai juara.

Sementara, prestasi Sung Shuo Yun belum bisa banyak berbicara dilevel BWF Word Tour. Sempat dikirim ke turnamen Singapore Open Super 500, Taipei Open Super 300, dan Australia Open Super 300, kenyataannya Sung Shuo Yun belum bisa menembus babak delapan besar. Akan tetapi, Sung Shuo Yun merupakan juara pertama Bendigo International Challenge dan Sydney International Series. Sung Shuo Yun juga berhasil mendarat sebagai runner-up diturnamen Austria Open International Series dan Bonn International (Future Series). 

Selain Hsu Wen Chi dan Sung Shuo Yun, satu lagi pemain putri Taiwan yang tengah dalam tren positif adalah Lin Hsiang Ti. Pemain tunggal putri kelahiran 20 November 1998 ini tahun lalu menjuarai Slovenia International Series. Dibabak Semifinal sebelumnya, Hsiang Ti menghentikan wakil pemain Indonesia, Ester Nurumi Tri Wardayo dalam tiga gim. Lin Hsiang Ti juga sampai bermain hingga babak final turnamen Croatia International (Future Series) namun harus puas menjadi runner-up setelah menciptakan All Chinese Taipei Final bersama Huang Ching Ping. Hsiang Ti juga mencapai babak Semifinal Austria Open namun dikalahkan oleh teman satu timnya sendiri, Sung Shuo Yun dalam dua gim langsung. Selain itu ia juga merupakan Semifinalis Denmark Master setelah dijegal oleh wakil Thailand, Pitchamon Optaniputh sebelum melaju ke babak final, serta Semifinalis Vietnam Series. Hasil ini diakhir tahun 2022 membawa Lin Hsiang Ti memasuki ranking dunia ke-79 sekaligus menjadikannya sebagai WS5 China Taipei. 

Tulisan lain tentang Hsu Wen Chi bisa dibaca disini 

Hsu Ya Ching/Lin Wan Ching -  (IG @wanchingwa)

Mari beralih menelusuri calon-calon penerus Chou Tien Chen disektor tunggal putra nih. 

Wang Tzu Wei (FB: Wang Tzu Wei)

Disektor ini, khususnya pas gelaran World Junior Championship 2022, dunia per-BL-an cukup dikagetkan dengan menangnya wakil China Taipei dinomor tunggal putra setelah mengalahkan wakil junior India-S.Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian difinal, wakil Korea-Byung Jae Kim dibabak semifinal, hingga the future raising player of France, Alex Lanier dibabak perdelapan besar. Weeiittss, tapi agaknya kejauhan yaa kalau kita langsung bahas nama Kuo Kuan Lin di-layer atau part ini, sementara diatas Kuo Kuan Lin masih banyak pemain potensial melengserkan pemain MS2 Taiwan saat ini. 

Tampaknya Federasi Chinese Taipei Badminton Associarion sedang semangat-semangat-nya menerbitkan pemain yang satu ini. Sejak awal tahun lalu nama Lee Chia Hao sudah terdengar di Tur Eropa turnamen level International Challenge maupun International Series. Lee Chia Hao kini berusia 24 tahun dan menduduki peringkat MS4 China Taipei (WR54) dengan torehan prestasi menyabet juara perrtama Hungaria International Series setelah menciptakan All Chinese Taipei Final; menjadi Runner-up Norwegia International Series juga setelah melalui pertandingan sesama China Taipei melawan Lin Chun Yi. Lee Chia Hao juga menjadi Semifinalis diturnamen Slovenia International Series dan Austrian Open International Ssries, Indonesia Master Super 100 di Malang setelah dikalahkan oleh pemain Malaysia, Cheam June Wei dalam dua set langsung. Oh iya, dibabak Quarter Final sebelumnya Lee Chia Hao mengalahkan wakil tuan rumah, Christian Adinata dalam tiga set. Dalam gelaran turnamen Super 100 lainnya, di Orleans Master Lee Chiao Hao harus mengakui keunggulan tuan rumah, Christo Popov dalam pertandingan tiga gim dan penuh duece-point set dibabak delapan besar. Kemudian, di Vietnam Open, Lee Chiao Hao harus kalah dari Cheam June Wei dibabak Quarter Final. 

Selanjutnya, disektor tunggal putra Taiwan yang akhir tahun lalu sudah menduduki peringkat MS3 China Taipei (WR38) sekaligus kandidat paling mungkin dan dekat untuk menikung Wang Tzu Wei sebagai MS2 Taiwan. Sama seperti Lee Chia Hao, dibulan Oktober nanti Lin Chun Yi menginjak 24 tahun. Bersama Lee Chia Hao pula, keduanya menciptakan final sesama pemain China Taipei di-dua turnamen berturu-turut, 47th Victor FZ Forza Hungaria International Championship 2022 (International Series) dan FZ Forza Norwegian International 2022 (International Series) dimana dipertandingan yang kedua ini gantian Lin Chun Yi yang mengalahkan Lee Chia Hao. Ditahun 2022, Lin Chun Yi keluar sebagai juara diturnamen International Challenge lainnya: Monnis Mongolia International 2022 mengalahkan wakil Taiwan lainnya, Su Li Yang;  Yonex Bendigo International 2022 setelah mengulang pertandingan final sebelumnya dengan Su Li Yang juga dengan straight set; dan Yonex Belgian International 2022 mengelahkan wakil Denmark, Kim Bruun dalam dua gim langsung. Lin Chun Yi juga menambah kemenangan di Tur Australia dengan memenangi pertandingan Yonex Sydney International 2022 setelah mengalahkan wakil Singapura, Jia Wei Joel Koh dalam tiga set. Lin Chun Yi berhasil memasuki babak semifinal diturnamen rumahnya sendiri, Taipei Open, namun sayangnya disini ia harus mengakui kehebatan pemain muda wakil Jepang, Kodai Naraoka dalam dua set langsung. Dimana sebelumnya dibabak Quarter Final Taipei Open, Wang Tzu Wei harus mengakui keunggulan juniornya setelah bertanding dalam tiga set. 

Baca juga: Karakter sepupu yang mungkin kalian temui dikeluarga kalian 

Lin ChunYi (IG: @lin_chun-yi_88)

Lin Chun Yi, Lee Chia Hao (IG: @lin_chun_yi_88)

Lee Chia Hao (IG: @lee_chiahao604)

Naaahh, itu dia ringkasan turnamen-turnamen yang diikuti beberapa wakil China Taipei ditahun 2022 lalu. Mereka-yang kusebut diatas itu tahun lalu masih bermain dilevel Internatinal Challenge hingga International Series, namun beberapa dari mereka kini, ditahun 2023, mulai kita lihat permainannya dilevel World Tour Series. Semoga akhir tahun nanti aku bisa konsisten update progres performance pemain-pemain yang kini mulai mendekati layer utama bulutangkis Taiwan yaaa... 

Okay, see you in another blog post! ☺

Oh iya, hampir ketinggalan. Pemain Taiwan yang disebut diatas rata-rata sukses menjuarai kompetisi event nasional Taipei. Berikutnya foto-foto para juara: 

(Men Doubles)

(Mixed Doubles) 

(Women Doubles)

(Women Singles)

Credits: 

Tournamentsoftware.com

Photos: 

Lin Wan Ching IG

Lin Chun Yi IG

Lee Chia Hao IG

Chinese Taipei Badminton FB

Wang Chi-Lin FB

Wang Tzu Wei FB

My Favorite Badminton Team - Chinese Taipei 2022 [Part 1]

Hai, Teman-teman Pembaca! Selamat datang dipostingan pertama #blogsocialdiary tahun 2023. 

Image source: Badminton Photo

Sebagai postingan pembuka tahun ini aku mau menuliskan insight yang aku atau tepatnya para Badminton Lovers (BL) sekalian dapat ditahun 2022 lalu. Seperti yang diketahui kebanyakan warga BL pada umumnya, tim nasional bulutangkis Taiwan (dalam dunia olahraga mereka membawa bendera China Taipei) seringkali menjadi tim underdog dalam setiap turnamen BWF. Namun, belakangan timnas Taiwan tersebut mulai menunjukkan taringnya dikancah turnamen bulutangkis internasional. Kalau sebelumnya pebulutangkis dikenal luas sejak era pemain Chen Hung Lin. Hung Shihan, dan beberapa pemain Taiwan lain (yang aku sendiri belum kenal). Kemudian, beranjak ke era Chou Tien Chen, Tai Tzu Ying, hingga Peraih Medali Emas Olimpiade Tokyo 2020. Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin. Kini dan kedepannya keuksesan Ah-Tien, Xiao Ying, serta Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin akan diikuti oleh nama-nama pemain yang akan kutulis dalam postingan ini. Simak sampai akhir ya, teman-teman. 

Yonex Badminton Belgia International Challenge 2022
(Photo's taken from Wang Chi-Lin's FB) 

Silakan dibaca juga Chinese Taipei Mens Team Thomas Cup 2022

Pada awal tahun 2022 lalu, Taiwan masih berjuang keras memerangi pandemi Covid-19. Pemerintah Taiwan memberlakukan karantina ketat bahkan mengharuskan warga mereka yang baru melakukan perjalanan dari luar negeri melakukan karantina mandiri selama kurang lebih sepuluh hari. Itulah kenapa kita jarang sekali melihat pemain-pemain Taiwan dilapangan bulutangkis yang diadakan diselenggarakan BWF awal tahun 2022. Sehingga selepas kompetisi nasional awal tahun 2022 di Taiwan, aku melihat beberapa perubahan strategi oleh Ofisial federasi bulutangkis China Taipei. Contohnya dari sektor ganda putri (WD) pemain senior Hsu Ya Ching yang tidak lagi berpasangan dengan Hu Ling Fang. Hsu Ya Ching akan dipasangkan dengan Lin Wan Ching yang memiliki record permainan cukup bagus bermain disektor ganda campuran. Hu Ling Fang juga sudah ditetapkan akan berpasangan dengan Lin Xiao Min. Tetapi, tim China Taipei kelihatannya belum memiliki perubahan signifikan mengenai komposisi yang akan terlihat bermain dilevel Super 500 keatas. Kita masih melihat Chou Tien Chen dan Wang Tzu Wei dinomor tunggal putra; Tai Tzu Ying dan Pai Yu Po dinomor tunggal putri; Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin, Lu Ching Yao/Yang Po-Han, serta Lee Jhe-Huei/Yang Po-Hsuan dinomor ganda putra. Meskipun Hu Ling Fang dan Hsu Ya Ching tidak bermain bersama lagi dinomor ganda putri, keduanya masih menjadi andalan timnas dinomor ganda campuran dilevel turnamen tertinggi BWF bersama Yang Po-Hsuan dan Lee Jhe-Huei. 

Lee Jhe-Huei/Yang Po-Hsuan Runner-up Hylo Open 2022

Podium Hylo Open 2022
(Photo's taken from Lee Jhe-Huei's FB)

Oleh karena timnas China Taipei melewatkan beberapa turnamen awal tahun (sampai sebelum event Thomas&Uber Cup 2022), tidak banyak hasil terbaik yang diperoleh para pemain dari level Super 500, Super 750 hingga Super 1000.Hanya Tai Tzu Ying meraih gelar Indonesia Open Super 1000 dan Thailand Open Super 500 setelah mengalahkan Chen Yufei dalam tiga gim. Selain itu, Tai Tzu Ying juga membawa medali emas di-Super 300 ketika menjuarai turnamen Taipei Open setelah mengalahkan pemain tunggal putri "calon penerus"-nya, Hsu Wen Chi dibabak semifinal dan Saena Kawakami dibabak final.

Medali emas dan gelar juara Super 300 lainnya didapat oleh ganda putra Lu Ching Yao/Yang Po-Han di Hylo Open setelah melewati pertandingan All Chinese Taipei Final melawan Lee Jhe-Huei/Yang Po-Hsuan. Oh iya, diturnamen ini Lee Yang sedang dipasangkan dengan pemain muda, Lu Chen karena Wang Chi-Lin sedang proses penyembuhan dari cederanya. Hasil terbaik yang diperoleh Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin adalah meraih runner-up diturnamen rumah sendiri, Taipei Open. Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin harus mengakui keunggulan pemain ganda Malaysia, Man Wei Chong/Kae Wun Tee. 

Baca juga Chinese Taipei Women Team Uber Cup 2022

Sementara disektor tunggal putra, Chou Tien Chen mampu bawa pulang medali dan gelar juara ke Taiwan. Saat itu Chou Tien Chen menjadi juara turnamen Super 300 Taipei Open setelah mengalahkan pemain muda Jepang, Kodai Naraoka dalam tiga set. Sebelumnya, Kodai Naraoka mengalahkan the future badminton star from Taiwan, Lin Chun Yi dalam tiga set dibabak semifinal. Selain itu, Chou Tien menjadi runner-up di Hylo Open Super 300, dan menjadi semifinalis di All England dan Badminton World Championship 2022. 

Chou Tien Chen and Tai Tzu Yin at World Tour Final 2022
(Photo's taken from Tai Tzu Ying's FB)

(Left-right) Fisioterapis Victoria Gao, Chou Tien Chen, Tai Tuz Ying, Pelatih Lai

(photo's taken from Tai Tzu Ying's FB)

Okay, sebelum menutup postingan Part 1 ini, aku mau ngasih informasi pertandingan paling mengesankan dari satu wakil sektor ganda campuran, Yang Po-Hsuan/Hu Ling Fang. Di Malaysia Master Super 500, Yang Po-Hsuan/Hu Ling Fang berhasil menembus babak semifinal. Sayangnya, mereka gagal melaju kebabak final setelah dikalahkan ganda campuran terkuat dari China, Zheng Siwei/Huang Ya Qiong lewat pertandingan tiga set dan penuh drama, 22-20, 16-21, 20-22. Kurasa ini merupakan penampilan terbaik Po-Hsuan bersama Ling Fang ditahun ini. 

Sampai bertemu dipostingan bagian selanjutnya. 

~Yang harus kalian baca setelahnya: 

The Chinese Taipei Sudirman Cup 2021 Squad 

Chinese Drama: Litter to Glitter 

~Bonus~ photos stream: 

~Credits: 

All data tournaments provide tournamentsoftware.com 

I do not own all photos above. I get them from the Facebook of Lee Jhe-Huei, Wang Chi-Lin, Wang Tzu Wei, Tai Tzu Ying