On December 14, 2021, the Badminton World Championships entered its third match day, and the National Women's Doubles lost to the Japanese team again, following Wang Chang/Di Zijian's 0-2 defeat to Koga Hui/Saito Taiichi, Liu Cheng/Huang Kaixiang lost 1-2 to Hokuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi, stopping the second round.
Liu Cheng / Huang Kaixiang ranked 25th in the world, second only to Tan Qiang / He Jiting, is a pair of pairs that the Chinese team focuses on cultivating, and the 29-year-old Liu Cheng once partnered with Zhang Nan to win the Men's Doubles Championships at the World Championships, and has a lot of experience in the competition and has strong on-the-spot adaptability.
Hoki Shōro / Yugo Kobayashi is Japan's number one men's doubles, ranked 4th in the world, Kenshi Kamura, Keigo Sonoda and Daiyu Endo retired, only Watanabe Isahi is still insisting, focusing on the mixed doubles with Higashino Yusha, becoming the number one rival of Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong, in the Sudirman Cup and Thomas Cup two major competitions, Ho Kikuro / Yugo Kobayashi has lost consecutively to temporary partner Zhou Haodong / Ho Ji Ting.
However, in the recent Open, Homu Choro / Yugo Kobayashi performed very well, winning the Danish Open and the Indonesia Masters championship, winning the world's first Gideon / Sukamuyo for the first time, there is a gap in the strength of the two pairs, and the long-term partner of Liu Cheng / Huang Kaixiang has not achieved satisfactory results.
In the first set, Liu Cheng/Huang Kaixiang stepped up the offensive, but in the face of the defense of Hoki Zhuolang/Yugo Kobayashi, there was no too good way to deal with it, too many mistakes were very passive, Hogi Zhuolang/Yugo Kobayashi led 11-5 into the midfield timeout, and after returning, Homu Zhuolang/Yugo Kobayashi expanded the score difference to 17-10, and soon took the lead at 21-12, Liu Cheng/Huang Kaixiang played very hard, bringing a certain impact to the opponent.
In the second set, Liu Cheng/ Huang Kaixiang fought backwaters, Hogi Zhuolang / Yugo Kobayashi scored 2 points 11-9 in a row to enter the midfield timeout, the two sides fell into a fierce battle, the score alternately rose, Liu Cheng / Huang Kaixiang chased to 13 draws to score 3 points and lead 16-13, followed by a 21-18 equalizer.
In the decider, Hoki Shōrō / Yugo Kobayashi scored 6 consecutive points to 9-3, then 11-6 into the midfield timeout, Liu Cheng / Huang Kaixiang narrowed the point difference to 10-14, Baomu Zhuolang / Kobayashi Yugo withstood the pressure to win 21-13, and finally eliminated Liu Cheng / Huang Kaixiang 2-1 to advance to the round of 16.
This result is not unexpected, now the Chinese team's men's doubles is originally a weakness, especially after the retirement of Li Junhui and Han Chengkai, the top two pairs of combinations are dismantled, the competitiveness has seriously declined, Zhang Nan, Liu Cheng, these veterans are still insisting, leading young players to participate, Wang Chang / Di Zijian, Liu Cheng / Huang Kaixiang lost the Japanese combination out, there are still Tan Qiang / He Jiting, Zhang Nan / Ou Xuanyi.
In other matches, the Chinese team won 2 and lost 1, He Bingjiao eliminated France's Bartomeni 2-0, Chen Qingchen/ Jia Yifan defeated the Peruvian combination of Salazar / Regal 2-0, Li Shifeng lost 1-2 to India's First BrotherSricante, and the first time in her career to participate in the second round of the World Championships.