Guoyu's large-scale withdrawal from the 2025 U.S. Open has sparked speculation among netizens for reasons that have not been officially announced

The 22 players of the Chinese badminton team collectively withdrew from the 2025 US Open Badminton Championships held at the end of June, which caused a large number of netizens to speculate for reasons that were not officially announced. The U.S. Open Badminton Championships were held at Council Bluffs in Iowa from 24 to 29 this month, but before the draw was made, the official website showed that many Chinese players had withdrawn.

World No. 5 Chen Yufei retired from the Indonesia Open quarterfinals earlier due to a foot injury

According to the original entry list, all 22 men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles players withdrew, including world No. 5 Chen Yufei and former Olympic gold medallist Chen Qingchen in women's doubles with newcomer Wang Tingge.

Since the official did not issue an official statement or announce the reason for the withdrawal, a large number of netizens speculated that many people left a message "safety first" under the relevant news, which means that the withdrawal is related to the current situation in the United States, but the venue of the competition is not a big city, and there is no large-scale withdrawal from other countries (regions); The Hong Kong team did not sign up for the event.

Others pointed out that the withdrawal of the national badminton was only a technical adjustment, and the trade-off between the various tournaments - because the US Open is only at the Super 300 level, the points and prize money are lower, and the latter is significantly more important than the Japan Open (750 level) and the China Open (1000 level) in mid-to-late July.

Among them, Chen Yufei has abandoned the women's singles quarterfinals of the Indonesia Open a few days ago due to a foot injury. Most of the national badminton players participating in the competition are not ranked high, that is, the national badminton originally only planned to let young players gain experience through the US Open; However, the Canadian Open was held immediately after the United States, and for the time being, there was no large-scale withdrawal of national players from the Canadian Open.