On May 1, Beijing time, the 2022 Asian Badminton Championships ended in Manila, Philippines. The Chinese team won three championships. Wang Zhiyi reversed to win the women's singles championship, Chen Qingchen /Jia Yifan and Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong won the women's doubles and mixed doubles respectively. Lee Zii Jia swept Indonesia Christie won the men's singles championship, and the Indonesian team won the men's doubles championship.
The points level of this year's Asian Championships is the same as that of the Super 1000 event, and the champion can get 12,000 points in the world ranking points, so Guoyu attaches great importance to this event. Except for women's single sister Chen Yufei , Guoyu is almost an elite player, especially trying to get more points in men's and women's singles and men's and women's doubles.
In the men's singles, Guoyu sent four players to participate this time. Weng Hongyang played the best, and he went all the way to the top four. In the semi-finals, Weng Hongyang lost 0-2 to Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia and missed the final. Although he missed the final, Weng Hongyang once again showed his strength in the Asian Championships. He proved that he is a hopeful star of the national feather men's singles.
men's singles final between Lee Zii Jia and Indonesia's Christie. The two have played against each other 5 times before, and Christie has 4 wins and 1 loss. Li Zijia's only victory is at the 2020 All England Open. After the start of the first game, the two drew several times. After 4 draws, Li Zijia scored consecutively to lead. Christie quickly set off a counterattack and hit two waves of climaxes to tie the game at 13. At this time, Li Zijia stepped up his offensive and scored 6 points in a row to establish the advantage. He took the lead with 21 to 17.
The competition between the two sides became more intense in the second game. There were many equal points on the court, and the lead changed hands several times. After 16 draws, Li Zijia scored 3 points in a row and opened up again. Christie countered with 4 points to overtake and get the game point. Li Zii Jia seized the key ball, saved 2 game points and scored 2 points in a row, 23 to 21. He made another victory and won the championship 2-0.
Men's doubles event Guoyu sent three new pairs to participate this time, but their overall performance was mediocre. Ren Xiangyu / Tan Qiang eliminated the top seed Indonesia's Ashan/ Setiawan in the second round, but unfortunately they could not go further and lost to Malaysia's Goh Shifei/Izu in the quarterfinals Man. The other two men's doubles Liu Yuchen /Ou Xuanyi, He Jiting / Zhou Haodong were all eliminated by the seed combination. Through this Asian Championships, Guoyu Men's Doubles has seen the gap in strength. Only by training hard can they hope to restore their former glory. Guoyu also needs a pair or even two strong pairs in the Men's Doubles Play a stable combination.
Similar to the men's singles final, the men's doubles final is also a duel between Malaysia and Indonesia. No. 5 seed Xie Dingfeng / Su Weiyi will face Indonesia's Kusumawadana/Rambitan. After 4 draws at the start of the game, Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi took the lead in scoring consecutively, and the Indonesian team clung to the score. After 8-7, Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi scored 4 points in a row to expand their advantage. Kusumawadana/Lambitan, who were behind in the score, worked hard to chase points, and tied with 3 points after 15 to 18. After the 19 draw, the Indonesian team scored 1 point to overtake, and Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi saved the game point to tie. After the 21 draw, Kusumawadana/Rambitan won 2 points in a row, 23 to 21, and they took the lead.
In the second round, Kusumawadana/Rambitan pursued the victory and soon took a 5-1, 8-2 lead. The Malaysian team was chasing 3 points in a row, and Kusuma Wadana/Rambitan quickly counterattacked to stabilize the situation. In the following game, Kusumawadana/Rambitan expanded their advantage. They added 21 to 10 and won the championship 2 to 0.