New Kids on the Block Continue to Sizzle
羽坛新锐热度不减 延续强劲势头
Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang’s performances over the last eight months have been nothing short of a sensation.
梁王在过去八个月中的表现引起了不小的轰动.
With their YONEX SUNRISE India Open 2023 win on Sunday, they continued to blaze the trail they lit up less than a year ago.
周日在2023年印度羽毛球公开赛夺冠，他们继续延续着不到一年前开启的那条辉煌之路.
When they teamed up in May 2022, Liang hadn’t played international badminton for two years. Wang Chang, who’s had a fan following since his junior days, had middling results with partner Di Zi Jian.
2022年5月他们刚组对时，梁已经两年没打国际比赛了。王自少年时期起便拥有众多拥趸，但与搭档邸的组合却战绩平平。
Yet, at only their second event together, at the Indonesia Masters 2022, they came through qualifying to finish runners-up, beating along the way such pairs as Liu Yu Chen/Ou Xuan Yi, Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik, and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo.
然而，组对后的第二个赛事，2022年印尼大师赛，他们从资格赛打起，最终获得亚军，中途击败了刘雨辰/欧烜屹、谢定峰/苏伟译和吉迪恩/苏卡穆约等组合.
Then at the Malaysia Masters 2022, another giant-killing run ensued, with the qualifiers felling Choi Sol Gyu/Kim Won Ho and then-world champions Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi, before falling to Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan in the semifinals.
然后在2022年马来西亚大师赛，他们又上演了一出大杀四方的好戏，从资格赛打起，先后淘汰了崔率圭/金元浩以及当时的世锦赛冠军保木卓朗/小林优吾，最后在半决赛输给阿山/亨德拉。
They didn’t have to wait long for their first World Tour title – it came at the Japan Open in September. Once again the list of victims was impressive: Lee Jhe-Huei/Yang Po-Hsuan, Ahsan/Setiawan, Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto, Choi/Kim and in the final, Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.
他们并没有等太久就获得了世界羽联巡回赛的首个冠军——9月的日本公开赛上，他们成功问鼎。击败对手的名单令人瞩目：李哲辉/杨博轩、阿山/亨德拉、阿尔菲安/阿迪安托、崔率圭/金元浩以及在决赛中击败的阿斯特鲁普/拉斯姆森。
This year, after finishing runners-up at the season-opening PETRONAS Malaysia Open 2023, Liang and Wang went all the way in India, outwitting world champions Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik in the final in a come-from-behind effort. The Chinese appeared to be fading at 7-12 when they turned things around.
今年，在赛季首秀2023年马来西亚公开赛获得亚军之后，梁和王在印度一路过关斩将闯入决赛。决赛中，中国队在 7 比 12 落后的情况下上演逆转好戏，击败了世界冠军谢定峰/苏伟译。
Adapting to the Malaysians’ quick game at the forecourt, the Chinese replied in kind, staying sharp on the flat, rapid exchanges. From the back, they were, like other top Chinese pairs, able to throw in enormous punches, with Liang in particular untiring with his big jump smashes.
梁和王逐渐适应了这对马来西亚组合在前场的快速进攻，用相同的方式回应，保持了网前的快速进攻。在后场，梁王和其他的中国顶尖组合一样，展现出了强大的攻击力，尤其是梁的大力扣杀。
“We had a lead, and they suddenly changed their gameplan,” said Chia. “The Chinese players are all quite similar, but they (Liang/Wang) are really strong on their style. They’ve been playing quite well, and they can make changes in the game when required.”
“我们一度领先，但他们突然改变了比赛策略，”谢说道，中国选手都很相似，但他们（梁/王）在各自风格上确实很强。他们打得很好，他们可以在需要的时候做出改变。
“We were playing quick, they moved up and they were more ready on the first three shots and they caught us a few times,” added his partner.
他的搭档苏伟译说："我们打得很快，但他们迅速调整，在前三次进攻中准备得更加充分，有几次把我们打乱了。"
Whether this young pair’s momentum lasts remains to be seen, for men’s doubles now has an extremely competitive field, with at least the top 20 pairs capable of beating each other. For the moment, Wang Chang was content with having won the India Open as a present for Chinese New Year.
这对年轻组合的势头能否持续，仍有待观察，因为现在的男子双打竞争非常激烈，至少前20对组合都有能力击败彼此。王很高兴能够将印度公开赛冠军当做一份春节礼物。
“It’s double delight as we won the title and it’s Chinese New Year,” said Wang. “The Malaysians are tough opponents but we came through as we have been improving day after day.”
王说："我们很高兴能夺冠，而且是在中国农历新年。马来西亚组合是很难对付的对手，但我们能够胜出是因为我们每天都在进步。"
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
