Source: Oriental Image/Jiang Xu
[Saba Sports News] On the morning of May 5, Qiqiu Chen, coach of China’s men’s doubles team, posted on his personal social media account, saying that although China’s men’s doubles team won the Sudirman Cup “by default” this time, the doubles group was ready, but the combination of Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang did not have a chance to play. Subsequently, official accounts such as “Migu Sports” and “China Blue News” spread the post with the tagline “Chen Qiqiu speaks out for Liang-Wang,” which caught the attention of fans. Observant fans noticed that besides speaking out for Liang-Wang, more than half of Chen Qiqiu’s content was online “bickering” with fans. This has happened before. Chen mentioned that some netizens said that Wang Chang could have killed that shot in the half court; then, Chen challenged the fans to a live PK. For this, some fans commented that this behavior was quite similar to the online bickering and provocation in some WeChat groups, followed by offline face-offs. If it were ordinary people, this behavior could be understood; but as a coach of China’s badminton team, does it really make sense to quarrel with fans? Interestingly, the netizen also “accepted the challenge,” and the two agreed on the time and place. In no time, many fans flooded the account’s comment section. Currently, Chen Qiqiu has disabled the comment function on his account, and the specific reason remains unclear.