Recently, at the Malaysian Badminton Open, Gade, a legendary Danish star and one of the four kings, pointed out that there are five people who can pose a threat to Arcelor.
They are: Malaysian brother Li Zijia, world champion Singaporean brother Luo Jianyou, Indian rising star Lakshya, Indonesian Gemini Jin Ting and Jonatan.
Seeking truth from facts, of these five people, only Li Zijia and Luo Jianyou can compete with Arcelor when they are crazy. In last year's all-England competition, Li Zijia defeated the then mighty Arcelor after three sets of bitter battles. However, Luo Jianyou was all black in the World Championships. In the competition, Arcelor was completely defeated and won the first gold medal in the history of the Singapore World Championships.
The five men pointed out by Gade are indeed outstanding representatives of badminton today, but he ignores the biggest nemesis of Arceloró n-former Japanese champion, the world's first and second world champion Kento Momota.
Open the meeting records of the two men, and you will find that Arceloró n is really powerless to Kento Momota. In the confrontation with Kento Momota, it once suffered a losing streak of 13. Until last year, at home in Denmark, Celoron fought hard for three games, ending this embarrassing record.
Arcelor's brilliant achievements today are not unrelated to the setbacks suffered by Kento Momota. In the final of Malaysian Open in 2020, Kento Momota easily defeated Anseron 2-0. In the competition, Arcelor was beaten directly and threw a racket to vent his depression.
After the game, something happened that changed the history of badminton. On the way to the airport, Kento Momota's car had a serious accident and the driver died on the spot. Tian Tao Dou Xian suffered a serious eye injury, and the car accident had a great impact on Tian Tao. Although a few months later, Tian Tao came back, but the state is not as good as before. It never rains but it pours. Shortly after his comeback, Tian Tao was infected with COVID-19 again.
Encountered these two accidents, Kento Momota's state plummeted. Not only was it eliminated in the local Olympic group competition, but the next open competition often encountered a round of travel. Thomas Cup also lost to Jinting, which directly led to Japan's elimination.
Today, although Kento Momota still ranks second in the world, second only to Arcelor. However, his opponent across the net is no longer afraid of him. He is often eliminated by unknown players. This also caused Tian Tao not to meet Arcelor for more than 1 year.
Although Arcelor is eager for success now, we can't ignore Kento Momota. Tigers will nap, but they will wake up eventually. Tian Tao is still the favourite to win the world championship in August.
Li Zijia and Luo Jianyou have been rubbing their hands, Taoyuan has made many a mickle, Chen Long has rested, and the progress of Arcelor is doomed to be not smooth sailing.
Who can win the championship, let's wait and see.