Beijing time on October 29, the semi-finals of the 2022 World Badminton Federation World Tour French Open began, and the Chinese team locked a place in the finals. In the mixed doubles semi-finals, Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong defeated Germany's Ramsford/Louhao 2-0 to enter the finals.
French Open is a Super 750 event, and this stop and last week's Danish Open were not many high-level events before the Tour Finals. National Badminton performed well in the Danish Open last week, reaching the finals in four events and finally won four championships. In this French Open, the national badminton team was the original team of the Denmark Championship. Perhaps because of continuous physical fatigue, the national badminton team's overall performance was not as outstanding as last week, and only qualified for the semi-finals in two events.
In the mixed doubles competition, the national badminton team sent three pairs to participate this time. Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, as the No. 3 seed of the tournament, performed very stably. They passed the hurdles and entered the semi-finals. This year, the IELTS group has been in very good shape after joining hands. Before losing the semi-finals of the Japan Open, they achieved an impressive record of 38 consecutive victories and won seven consecutive events, including this year's World Championships. During the Japanese Open, the IELTS group's momentum was curbed, but last week they regained their sense of championship and won the Danish championship.
In addition to the IELTS combination, the Chinese badminton team has another pair of mixed doubles this time, which is Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping . In the process of promotion, they eliminated the number one seed and now ranked first in the world Poiranukoro / Taratanacha . Unfortunately, in the quarterfinals, Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping lost to Germany's Ramsford/Louhao missed the semi-finals.
IELTS combination and German combination have previously fought in the World Badminton League once, and the IELTS combination won. This is the 2019 World Championships, and the IELTS combination won 2-1 in three games. After the game started, the two sides competed fiercely, and the German group scored 2 points in a row after tied 3. The IELTS group pays attention to the competition for hair extensions. Huang Yaqiong fights fiercely in front of the net, and Zheng Siwei also pays attention to the pressure of killing balls in the backcourt. They scored 6 points in a row and overtook 9-5. The German combination, which was behind
, was very tenacious and kept trying to hold on to the score. He scored 6 points in a row when he was behind 8-13 to overtake. After that, the two sides drew continuously. After 15 draws, Luo Hao made more proactive mistakes. The IELTS combination took the opportunity to score 5 points in a row and scored 20-15 to get the game point first. Ramsford saved the game point, and Zheng Siwei retaliated for a tennis ball, 21 to 16, and the IELTS combination was the first to win.
After the second round, Huang Yaqiong was very active in blocking the net in front of the net, which put a lot of pressure on the opponent. The IELTS combination scored 8 points in a row and led the way. In the subsequent games, the German combination tried to counterattack, but the IELTS combination always fought back in time to maintain the lead.
The German combination, which was behind in the score, tried hard to find a counterattack opportunity. After 11 to 17, they were close to 3 points in a row. Luo Hao made a mistake in front of the net, and the IELTS combination stabilized the situation. The German combination chased another 1 point, and Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong counterattacked two points and won the match point 20-16. After wasting a match point, the IELTS combination successfully won the winning points, 21-16, and they won another game and advanced 2-0.
