Lin Junyi.

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[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] Taiwan's "left-handed heavy gun" Lin Junyi has a chance to face Denmark's Axelsen!

The Super 300 series Swiss Open draw was released yesterday. Lin Junyi will face the 29th-ranked Chinese-Canadian player Yang Can in the world in the first round.

Cheng Yongmin, an expert of the scientific research team of the Chinese badminton team, recently wrote an article naming Lin Junyi. He believes that he has a chance to defeat the Danish champion Axelsen. It is a Xiangke style of play, and there is a chance to "slay the dragon" successfully.

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The 23-year-old Lin Junyi shined in the Thailand Masters earlier this month. He defeated the Japanese master Kenta Nishimoto and the famous Chinese player Shi Yuqi in a row. The first championship, the second super championship in his career.

Lin Junyi, ranked 32nd in the world, will fight for his second championship this season at the Swiss Open. In the first round, he will face Yang Can, a Chinese-Canadian player ranked 29th in the world. The two have played against each other in the 2018 US Badminton International Challenge At that time, Lin Junyi won three rounds with 21:19, 13:21, and 21:11.

If Lin Junyi advances to the top 16, he will have the opportunity to face the top seed Axelsen.

In addition, the first round of the men's singles at the Swiss Open will also feature a civil war in Taiwan. As the No. 3 seed in the tournament, Taiwan's No. 1 brother Zhou Tiancheng will face the world's No. 24 Wang Ziwei. The two have played 10 games in international competitions. Total victory record.

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