On July 2, Beijing time, the 2022 Badminton World Tour Malaysia Open ended in the women’s doubles semifinals, and the Chinese team won a final seat. In the match against the famous Japanese players Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara, Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu lost one game first and the

On July 2nd, Beijing time, the 2022 Badminton World Tour Malaysia Open ended in the women’s doubles semi-finals, and the Chinese team secured a seat in the finals. In the match with the famous Japanese player Matsumoto Mayu / Nagahara Wakana , Zhang Shuxian / Zheng Yu lost one game first and then won two consecutive games. They will team up with Indonesia Rahayu /Ramahandi compete for the championship.

The Malaysian Open is a super 750 event. Guoyu sent a full lineup of Chen Yufei , Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan , Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong to participate. The goal is to strive for more Good results, get more points to improve the world ranking. In the women's doubles event, Guoyu performed well in the first two rounds, with three pairs of combinations successfully reaching the quarterfinals. However, in the quarter-finals, the national badminton women's doubles suffered a blow. The top seeds Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan lost two games in a row after winning one game and were eliminated. Du Yue / Li Wenmei also lost. Out of the competition, only the Chinese team Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu entered the semifinals.

Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu are a pairing that only started pairing this year. Although they are a new pair, they have already achieved good results in the international arena. They successfully reached the finals of the All England Open and finally finished second. In the latest world rankings, Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu have risen to 33rd.

In the semi-finals, Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu met the former world champion combination Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara. The two pairs had met once before. This was the Thailand Open in May this year, Zhang Shuxian/ Zheng Yu lost to Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara 0-2 (18-21, 14-21) in the semifinals and missed the final. For Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu, this time the national feather women’s doubles suffered a blow in the quarterfinals, and they must shoulder the responsibility of defending the honor of the women’s doubles.

After the game started, the two pairs drew several times. After 4 draws, Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu could not have an advantage in serving and receiving, and Zheng Yu's offensive power was not able to be used. As a result, the Japanese pair had a small climax and pulled away. Lead. Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu worked hard to catch up to 9-12, but they made more mistakes later, and Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara took the opportunity to score 5 points in a row to establish their advantage. The Japanese team firmly had the upper hand in the subsequent games, winning the first game 21-11.

The competition between the two pairs was still fierce at the beginning of the second game. There were consecutive ties on the court. After 6 draws, Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara scored 3 points in a row to take the lead. Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu showed no weakness, they immediately counterattacked with 5 points to lead 11-9. The Japanese team hit two climaxes and took the lead again. Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu responded with 4 points to lead 16-15. The two sides drew several times after that. After 18 and 19 draws, Zheng Yu scored a half-court ball, and the Chinese team took the lead in getting the game point. The Japanese combination made a mistake in the flat draw, and at 21-19, Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu recovered the game.

After the decisive game began, the two pairs drew consecutively. After 5 draws, Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara scored 3 points in a row to pull away. Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu quickly counterattacked with 2 points to catch up, and the Japanese combination counterattacked. They exchanged venues with an 11-9 lead. Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu quickly counterattacked after the side change and hit a scoring climax to take the lead 15-12. Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara worked hard to counterattack, Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu responded in time to maintain the lead, Mayu Matsumoto made a service error, and the Chinese team took the lead in getting the match point at 20-17. Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu continued to press down and attack but were rescued by their opponents. In the end, Mayu Matsumoto blocked the net, 21-17. Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu won the decisive game and advanced 2-1.

In another women's doubles semifinal, Indonesia's Rahayu/Ramahandi defeated South Korea's Jung Na-young/Kim Hye-jung 2-0 (21-14, 22-20). In this way, Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu will compete with the Indonesian combination for the women's doubles championship.