Thailand Badminton Open ended, Chinese team won one championship and two Asians
2022-05-23 19:51:14Source: People’s Daily Online
People’s Daily Online, Beijing, May 23 (Reporter Ou Xingrong) The 2022 Thailand Badminton Open ended the competition for all five individual finals on the evening of the 22nd. The Chinese team Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong defeated the host players De Chapong/Saxi Li won the mixed doubles championship , Chen Yufei and Li Shifeng won the runner-up in women’s singles and men’s singles respectively.
Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong were in excellent form in this tournament, beating strong players all the way to advance to the finals, where they met the current world No. 1 Shinke World Championship champions De Chapong/Sasiri, who eliminated the Tokyo Olympic champions in the semi-finals , Another pair of Chinese combination Wang Yilyu/Huang Dongping. In the final, both sides played at a high level. The “IELTS Combination” took the next game at 21:12, and the Thai combination came up later in the second game and regained a victory at 21:18. In the tiebreaker, the “IELTS Combination” was full of firepower and no longer gave the opponent too many opportunities, and sealed the victory with 21:14, thus defeating the opponent 2:1 to win the championship.
In the women’s singles competition, Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Yufei suffered a foot injury when she competed in the Uber Cup. She participated in this Thailand Open with an illness, but she still showed good strength, repeatedly defeated strong opponents, and lost two straight games in the semi-finals. The game defeated the Indian star Sindu to advance. Chen Yufei faced Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the final. This is the second time the two met in the final after the Tokyo Olympics. The two fought hard for three rounds. Tai Tzu Ying won the first round with 21:15. In the second round, Chen Yufei fought tenaciously and regained a victory at 21:17. In the deciding game, Tai Tzu Ying was in even better condition, winning 21:12, and finally Tai Tzu Ying won 2:1.
In the men’s singles competition, “post-00” teenager Li Shifeng brought a surprise. In the semifinals, he defeated Japan’s Kodai Naraoka twice 21:19 to advance. In the final, he faced the Malaysian player Li Zijia, who ranked far ahead of himself in the world. In the final, Li Shifeng took the lead with 21:17. In the second game, Li Shifeng made many mistakes and was pulled back by Li Zijia. In the deciding game, Li Shifeng first entered the game with a 11:4 lead, and took the lead with 20:19 to get the game point. Unfortunately, he failed to seize the opportunity and lost the championship with 21:23. Li Shifeng said after the game that he had a good chance to win the game, and it was a pity that he didn’t win, “But I think it was a good exercise. There are still many games to come, and I hope to learn from experience. better performance.”
Both the men’s doubles and women’s doubles titles were won by Japanese players. Among them, Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi won the men’s doubles championship due to their opponent’s withdrawal from the competition, and the women’s doubles title was won by Matsuyama Naomi/Shida Chiyo.