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china's badminton team wins 4 golds and 2 silvers! china and japan win 2 consecutive victories, but the men's doubles team loses the championship

2024-09-22

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the last super 1000 event of the bwf in 2024, the china open badminton open, finally ushered in the final peak showdown after five hard-fought match days. the chinese badminton team, playing at home, still achieved a good record despite the absence of many main players. the five major events all retained the hope of winning the gold medal. the best performing women's doubles, li yijing, luo xumin and li wenmei and zhang shuxian broke through from their respective half-zones and won the championship and runner-up in advance. the other four finals were all championship battles between the chinese badminton team and players from foreign associations. after five hard battles, the chinese badminton team won the championships in women's doubles, mixed doubles, men's singles and women's singles. the men's doubles won the first game, but finished second due to injury. in the end, the chinese badminton team won 4 golds and 2 silvers at home!

in the first women's doubles match, as it was a derby match between the national badminton team, fans could watch the performances of the two pairs with an appreciative attitude. after the start of the first game, zhang shuxian and li wenmei got into the game faster. the latter's superb strength at the net allowed them to launch a highly coherent attack at the beginning of the game, taking the lead early on, and finally getting off to a good start with 21-11. li yijing and luo xumin, who could not afford to lose again, cooperated more tacitly in the second game, withstood the opponent's attack, and used sharp counterattacks to tie the score with difficulty at 21-18. in the deciding game, li yijing and luo xumin, who played with momentum, did not give their opponents any chances, took the lead early on, and locked the championship with 21-8 as they wished.

in the second mixed doubles final, the malaysian combination quickly turned around the unfavorable start of 1-4 with the strong performance of lai jiemin at the net in the first game, and got off to a good start with 21-16. in the second game, goh xunfa and lai jiemin's performances were still strong, starting with a 5-0 wave. fortunately, the phoenix combination broke out in desperation, tenaciously chased the score to 10-all, and evened the overall score with 21-14. feng yanzhe and huang dongping, who had already shown momentum in the deciding game, did not give their opponents any chances and won the mixed doubles championship with 21-17.

in the women's singles final that was about to start, wang zhiyi, who had just eliminated the famous japanese player ohori aya in the previous round, encountered another japanese player miyazaki tomoka, who had directly swept the former world number one yamaguchi akane in the previous round, showing that she was in excellent form. however, in the final, wang zhiyi completely locked her opponent with high-quality four-way lobs, and at the same time she was able to seize opportunities and launch sharp attacks. wang zhiyi, who was in control of the situation throughout the game, also won the china-japan duel 21-17 and 21-15, and won the cup at home as she wished.

the fourth men's singles final was still a showdown between china and japan. weng hongyang, who performed bravely in this tournament, faced japan's top player kodai naraoka. in this game, weng hongyang, who was called little lin dan by fans, played a very high-quality attack. he took the lead early in both games and kept suppressing his opponent. in the end, he won 21-17 and 21-12 and won the super 1000 championship trophy for the first time!

in the last men's doubles match, ren xiangyu and he jiting were in excellent form. they overwhelmed the malaysian combination of goh shi fei and izuddin in the first game and easily got off to a good start with 21-13. ren xiangyu's waist injury forced him to receive treatment on the sidelines. although ren xiangyu did not give up and continued to play with the injury, it obviously affected his form and performance. he eventually lost 13-21 and 17-21, and unfortunately lost the mixed doubles championship trophy.