Chinese badminton star shockingly lost 5 tournaments in a row

Three months ago, Wang Zheng Xing was considered China's new generation badminton star, but then he went through a series of inexplicable defeats.

Tennis player Wang Zheng Xing lost consecutive matches - Photo: BWF

At the ongoing 2025 Denmark Open, Wang Zheng Xing was quickly defeated with a score of 0-2 (19-21, 12-21) by the not-so-strong home player Rasmus Gemke.

It is important to note that the Danish tennis player is only ranked 29th in the world and is 28 years old this year, with almost no potential for development. Meanwhile, 3 months ago, Wang Zheng Xing was considered the successor to Lin Dan, Chen Long...

That hope came from Wang Zheng Xing reaching the final of the China Open, which took place in July.

The China Open is one of the most prestigious Super 1000 tournaments in top-level badminton, and can even be said to be the number 1 tournament, second only to the World Championships or Grand Finals.

In the final at that time, Wang faced his senior Shi Yuqi - the world's number 1 player, and only lost with a score of 1-2.

Shi was 29 years old, while Wang was only 23. That match made the Chinese badminton community especially expect Wang to explode soon in the second half of 2025. In August, he climbed to 16th place in the BWF rankings.

But then the hope of a "new champion" of Chinese badminton quickly faded. In the next 5 consecutive prestigious tournaments, Wang failed miserably.

At the Hong Kong Open, Wang lost quickly to 35-year-old Chou Tien Chen in the first round. Just a week later, he lost in his first match at the China Masters.

Even after lowering his target to two Super 500 tournaments, the Korea Open and the Arctic Open, Wang still had to accept defeat in the first round, even though his opponents were not in the world's top 20.

And recently, Wang disappointed again at the Denmark Open - Super 750 tournament. A series of losses pushed Wang out of the world's top 30.

Of course, the Chinese badminton world is not lacking in talent. They are just a little disappointed because they put their hopes on the wrong person.

HUY DANG

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/ngoi-sao-cau-long-trung-quoc-thua-soc-lien-tiep-5-giai-2025101519442655.htm