The Chinese badminton team's men's doubles are rising! On the afternoon of September 2, the 2022 World Badminton Federation Tour Super 750 Japan Open ended the quarter-finals in Osaka. In the highly-watched men's doubles arena, the two pairs of national badminton played. Although the team's top group Liu Yuchen / Ou Guanyi regretted losing against the Korean group Jinjizheng / Jinsharon and stopped in the quarterfinals, another younger pair of "King Liang" staged another counterattack show. Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang defeated Indonesian third doubles combination Alfian / Adianto for the third time this season, adianto .
In fact, including the father combination and double A combination won by the Japanese Open, Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang has defeated the world's first Gideon /Sukamuyo, the world's second BOMU Zhuolang/ Kobayashi Yugo , the world's third Ashan / Setiawan , the world's fifth Xie Dingfeng / Su Wei translated , and the world's sixth Alfian/Adianto. Among the top six in the world, only fourth in the world, the champion of the Tokyo Olympics, China Taipei combination Li Yang / Wang Qilin . Combined with the latter's current bad state, I'm afraid that if you encounter it, you may not be able to escape the upset of Liang King's attitude towards them. The combination of the Liang King of the National Badminton, a superstar killer with great destruction!
After the 2021 season, the Chinese badminton team reorganized the doubles lineup during the winter training period. The younger generation of Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang began to officially partner, becoming a brand new combination. Since the two are new combinations, their debut in the new season did not arrive until May. At the Super 500-level Thailand Open, the two started from the qualifying round and successfully entered the main competition. They also won the first round. Unfortunately, they fought fiercely in the second round and lost to the top Japanese group , Jogi Rakuro, who just won the World Championships championship last year, and stopped in the quarterfinals. With this competition, the two finally got the world ranking and directly landed in the 421st place.
Immediately after the Indonesian Masters in June, Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang continued to participate. They started from the qualifying match again, but this time they played even better. After winning the qualifying match and entering the main game, they defeated a pair of Japanese combinations in the first round. In the second round, they swept the victory and advanced to the quarterfinals in the derby against Liu Yuchen/Ou Guanyi. In the quarter-finals, they met the world's fifth-ranked , Malaysia's number one combination, which was later won the World Championships, Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi. The two won 2-1 in three games and entered the semi-finals. They met the world's first Indonesian minors combination Gideon/Sukamuyo. As a result, the two directly swept two games in a row and advanced to the finals. Unfortunately, in the final, facing the Indonesian double-Arfian/Adianto, the two failed to withstand and lost two consecutive games to finish second.
can reach the finals from the qualifying round to the finals as the world ranked 400, and defeated two pairs of top five famous players in the world. The new combination of the Chinese badminton team shocked the world and also allowed fans to see the hope of the rise of Chinese badminton men's doubles.
A month later in the Malaysia Masters, Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang continued to play, and started a counterattack again from the qualifying round, defeating the Denmark and South Korea combinations one after another, entering the quarter-finals again met the second world who had previously defeated them, the Japanese world champion combination Zhuolong/Kobayashi Yugo. As a result, the two staged a perfect battle of revenge, winning 2-1, and advancing to the top 4 again. It’s a pity that they lost to Indonesia’s father combination Ashan/Setiawan in the semi-finals. Although the two failed to go too far in the Singapore Open the next week and lost to another pair of Indonesian pair Karnando/Martin in the second round, the two had quickly approached the top 100 with their amazing performances in several matches.
Before the start of this Japanese Open, Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang ranked 88th in the world, and it was also the first time the two had the opportunity to participate in a Super 750 event. From the first round, the two swept a pair of Chinese and Taipei combinations. In the second round, facing the world's third Indonesian dad combination, Ashan/Setiawan, who had previously won his own world third, this time, the two simply and neatly took revenge 2-0 in two consecutive games.In the round of 8, they met the double-A combination again. This time they did not miss another chance to revenge, 2-1! He won the victory very well, and while taking revenge, he achieved his third breakthrough in advancing to the semi-finals of the season.
consecutively won the Indonesian men's doubles group, which is an amazing achievement in itself. The Liang King combination showed the style of a superstar killer. In the semi-finals, they will once again play against the Korean combination Choi So-gyu/Kim Won-ho who had won before, and look forward to another final journey and even the ultimate championship.