WORLD CHAMPIONS SEEK TO MAKE AMENDS – WOMEN’S DOUBLES: PREVIEW
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2019
TEXT BY DEV SUKUMAR | BADMINTONPHOTO
女双前瞻：世锦冠军松永寻求弥补
Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara were in the semifinals of their first season
finale last year, but the world champions believe they weren’t at their best an
d are determined to do better this time.
松本麻佑与永原和可那去年首次参加年终赛就进入四强，不过这组世锦冠军认为去年没有发
挥最佳状态，决心这次参赛要打的更好。
As the earliest qualifiers to the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2019, Matsumoto and
Nagahara were comfortably placed while their compatriots were scurrying to qual
ify.
身为最早取得年终赛资格的组合，松本与永原在学姊们争得你死我活的时候，早已位居舒适
的位置。
“We’re very happy that we qualified for the World Tour Finals as the world cha
mpions this year. We were disappointed with our results last year, and we hope t
o win this time round,” said Nagahara, in an interview with Badminton Unlimited
.
“我们对于以世锦冠军获得参赛资格感到开心。对去年的赛果，我们感到失望，希望这次我
们能获胜。”永原在BWF的专访中说。
“Last year we won the World Championships plus a ticket to Guangzhou. We felt s
o happy we could participate in the big tournament,” said her partner Matsumoto
, adding that she was “satisfied” with the semifinal finish.
“去年我们因获得世锦冠军而附带拿到广州的门票。我们对可以参加这个大赛感到开心。”
松本补充说，她对年终赛四强的成绩感到满意。
The Japanese, who pulled off a surprise at last year’s World Championships, won
their three group matches to qualify for the knock-out, but lost to group-mates
Lee So Hee/Shin Seung Chan in the semifinals.
这组日本女双在去年世锦赛令人惊奇连连，她们在小组赛赢了三场后进入淘汰赛，不过在四
强阶段输给了同组的韩国女双李申。
“We were happy that we won all our group matches, including a first win against
Lee So Hee and Shin Seung Chan. But when we played the Koreans again in the sem
ifinals, we lost to them. We were never comfortable in that match,” said Nagaha
ra.
“我们对小组赛的胜利感到高兴，包括第一场赢了李申。不过等我们在四强再次相遇时，我
们却输了。那场比赛我们一直觉得很不舒服。”永原说。
As second seeds, they will head Group B in the draw, and will avoid meeting comp
atriots Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota in the group stage. There will be an extra
edge this time as a few Japanese pairs are in the running to qualify for Tokyo 2
020.
身为第二种子，她们在签表里将位居B组之首，而且会在小组赛阶段先回避了学姊福广。对
于争夺东京奥运资格的这几组日本女双，这将会有额外的优势。
“Our performances this year will affect our qualification for the Olympics,” s
aid Nagahara. “Therefore our results will be more important compared to last ye
ar, when we played in this event for the first time. We really hope we can win i
n Guangzhou.”
“我们今年的表现将会影响到奥运资格。”永原说。“所以这次的赛果会比我们去年首次参
赛更形重要。我们真的很希望这次能够拿到年终冠军。”
Apart from the two Japanese pairs, the other qualifiers are Kim So Yeong/Kong He
e Yong (Korea); Chen Qing Chen/Jia Yi Fan (China); Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu
(Indonesia); Du Yue/Li Yin Hui (China); Lee So Hee/Shin Seung Chan (Korea) and
Jongkolphan Kititharakul/Rawinda Prajongjai (Thailand).
除了这两组日本女双，其他合格的参赛者有金孔、陈贾、波哈、李杜、李申，还有泰国的拉
温达·巴宗哉/宗功攀·吉迪特拉恭。
Meanwhile, local hopefuls Chen/Jia, who have had a great season, will hope to wr
ap it up with a title at home, and reclaim the Finals trophy that they last won
in 2016.
同时，本季表现出色的地主希望陈贾，也希望能够在主场圆满夺冠，重新夺回2016年的年终
赛奖杯。
“We were very lucky in 2016 to have secured a last-minute spot in the year-end
championships,” recalled Jia Yi Fan. “We definitely didn’t expect to win the
title. Back then we were young and fearless, whereas now we are much more experi
enced but at times more passive and conservative. Last year we didn’t progress
past the group stage because of a hand injury. So our goal this year is to first
progress past the group stage.
“2016年我们幸运地在最后一刻拿到冠军，”贾一凡回忆道。“我们真的没预料到能拿到这
个冠军。那个时候我们年轻且无所畏惧，现在反倒是比较有经验但被动且保守的状态。去年
因为有伤病，所以我们没能从小组赛出线。我们今年的目标，大概就是先通过小组赛吧。”
“We have definitely improved from last year. It all boils down to our performan
ce on court and our form. It’s the end of the year and the last tournament, so
we’ll naturally be a bit fatigued, but we’ll fight on for glory and honour.”
“比起去年，我们今年的状态肯定有进步。这全部都要归结于我们在场上的表现跟比赛形式
。这已经是今年的最后一个比赛，我们自然会有点疲劳，但会为了荣誉而战。”
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