On August 27th, Beijing time, the Badminton World Championships are underway. What is going on is the individual semi-finals, and currently, the men's singles final matchup has been announced. In the semi-finals, Axelsen 2:0 blocked Zhou Tiancheng and successfully advanced. Thai youngster Kunlawut eliminated the national feather men's single Zhao Junpeng 2:1 and successfully advanced. In the men's singles final, Axelsen faced Kunlavut. The two sides have met four times before, and Axelsen has won four consecutive victories. The confrontation between the old and new in the badminton world is worth looking forward to.
Next, the mixed doubles semi-finals continued. Japanese famous players Higashino Arisa Watanabe Yuta faced German players Ramsforth/Isabel. The Higashino combination is ranked third in the world and is an Olympic bronze medalist. Ramsfors/Isabelle is ranked 12th in the world. They are the mixed doubles champions of this year’s European Championships. They have a strong impact. They defeated the world’s number one Shahilid unexpectedly in this World Championships. Bad wave. The two sides have met three times before, all of which were won by Japan's mixed doubles.
In the first game today, the Higashino team started 4:1, leading 11:6 and entered the technical timeout first. Higashino Arisa's jump kill ability is comparable to that of a male player, and she is very strong. Although Germany's Ramsfors/Isabel are very powerful, their rotation speed is not as fast as their opponents, their movement pace is not fast, and they are not as flexible as Japan's mixed doubles. In the middle game, Higashino Arisa was far ahead at 14:7. The two were playing at home today, and their momentum clearly suppressed their opponents.
Higashino Arisa made two mistakes and the opponent scored. Germany's Ramsfors/Isabelle seemed very passive and had no advantage at all in the middle half of the confrontation. Japan's mixed doubles was very fast and easily got the game point at 20:8. They won the first game at 21:8, with a big score of 1:0. lead. The German Mixed Doubles' balls were too high and they were poorly prepared. They were always suppressed by their opponents. The first game only took 12 minutes. The Japanese Mixed Doubles won very easily.