Congratulations to Sun Feixiang. Slowly but surely he has positioned himself as the spearhead for the newer Chinese MS generation. I think he should be able to enter the qualifying rounds of the majors now, along with the other stagnating Chinese players like Zhou Zeqi, Zhao Junpeng, Lu Guangzu and Huang Yuxiang,
The younger MS generation has made their mark in the last year. This is the 4th Chinese youngster to have won a BWF 100 tournament in the last 11 months - Liu Haichao (Scottish), Weng Hongyang (Lingshui) and Li Shifeng (Canada). Lei Lanxi also won the Belarus open (not BWF100 though) and Bai Yupeng had a few notable QF appearances. Ren Pengbo, being the oldest at 22, despite winning the university games, had a disappointing year.
Next year we should see Li Yunze graduating from the ranks and maybe Gao Zhengze will be given more opportunities. Liu Liang may still be required to play junior badminton until 2021, hence not ready to participate in the adult circuit. And I don’t think Lin Guiou is likely to make a comeback now.
Overall, I’d say the CBA has done well in allowing the youngsters to play in so many tournaments this year. Long may this trend continue.