Yesterday, the 2022 World Badminton Championships ended in Tokyo. Chinese players compete in three individual finals, including the top seed of women's doubles Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan and top seed of mixed doubles Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, and both pairs of players became the "triple champion" of the World Championships.
In the women's doubles final, the number one seed Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan defeated the No. 4 seed, South Korean combination Kim So-eye/Kong Xirong 2-0, and won the World Championships for the third time after 2017 and 2021. The "Fantasy" combination, which has four championships in hand, is still strong when he comes to the World Championships and has entered the finals without losing one game. Facing the South Korean group who entered the World Championship finals for the first time, the two were caught up by their opponents in the first game while leading the game. The two sides stalemate until the end of the game, and the "Fan Chen" combination recovered a game point and won the first game 22-20.
In the second game, the "Fan Chen" group gradually turned away from the opponent in the middle stage and locked in the victory 21-14. It is worth mentioning that in the history of the World Championships, five players have won three women's doubles gold medals, and only the senior Chinese badminton team Gao Liang/Huang Sui who achieved the "triple crown" with the same combination is the only one who has won the "triple crown". The two who tied the history said that they would not stop there and would strive for more world champions in the future.
In the mixed doubles final, the top seed Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong also defeated the host combination and the 3rd seed Yuto Watanabe/Ashi Higashino in two straight games. While winning the World Championships three times, he also won 35 consecutive victories.
"IELTS" combination won the World Championships in 2018 and 2019. Last year, the two people who fell into a trough after winning silver at the Tokyo Olympics were eliminated in their first match. The two of them once "distanced" this season. After the reorganization of the Asian Championships at the end of April, they started "invincible mode". They had won six consecutive championships before the World Championships, and the world rankings returned to the top.
This time, the "IELTS" combination won consecutive games and reached the finals for the third time. Last night, the two opponents were the third-place "Dongdu" combination of Tokyo Olympics, who also scored two championships this season. This time, he was at home and did not lose the first game of the final, aiming at the gold medal. However, the "IELTS" combination continued to perform stably, defeating the opponent 21-13 in the first game. The two sides fought fiercely in the second game, and the top seed gradually established a leading advantage in the second half of the game, winning another 21-16, and regaining its reputation with a 35-game winning streak and 7-game winning streak.
In addition, Chinese players also appeared in the women's singles final yesterday. Chen Yufei, the No. 4 seed who entered the World Championship final for the first time, fought hard for three games, losing to the top seed and defending champion Akane Yamaguchi, 12-21, 21-10, 14-21, and failed to break the "champion drought" of the women's singles in the national badminton women's singles since 2011. The Chinese team ended the World Championships with 2 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronzes.
(Original title: wins two gold medals in the World Championships of the National Badminton Championships )
Source: Beijing Daily Reporter Wang Xiaoxiao
Process Editor: U022
