On the morning of December 15, Beijing time, the 2021 Badminton World Championships continued to be fierce in Huelva, Spain. The mixed doubles match broke out of the big cold, the top seed of the tournament, the defending champion of the first round bye, and the former ace combination of Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong, who lost 1-2 to Zhang Dezheng / Wu Yongyao in Hong Kong, China, and did not have the opportunity to defend the title, nor did he win the triple crown, which is a pity. The two have been in a period of rest and adjustment after the National Games, this is the first time since mid-September to represent the national feather in the World Series, from the competition can be seen that the two are not in the best condition.
The "IELTS combo" is eliminated by the opponent after losing two consecutive sets in the case of winning one set first. Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong won the world's first place in mixed doubles for more than two consecutive years before the Tokyo Olympic Games, and won the mixed doubles championships at the 2018 and 2019 World Championships in two consecutive years. But this year, the two have had bad luck, first in the final of the Tokyo Olympic Games, they were defeated by their national team teammates Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping 2-1, losing the Olympic champion.
Next, in the mixed doubles final of the Shaanxi National Games, it was once again defeated by the "Yellow Duck Combination", and two consecutive competitions were not related to the gold medal. Then both of them gave up the three consecutive international competitions Sudirman Cup, Thomas Cup and Uber Cup competitions that Guoyu participated in, and neither took on the mixed doubles competition task of the Su Cup, nor was they selected for the Soup and You Cups, and paired with other teammates to participate in the men's doubles and women's doubles competitions.
During this period, the main task of the two is to adjust and recover, and Zheng Siwei also married his girlfriend of many years in October. This time in Spain, the "IELTS group" has been paired for the competition for nearly 3 months, and due to the long absence of the field, the world number one position of the two has also been taken away by Thailand's Dechabo/Shaxili.
After the first round of bye, Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong faced Zhang Dezheng / Wu Yongyao, who had entered the state, and played quite actively, but after two major final defeats and a long period of absence, the two seemed to lose some domineering spirit, failed to suppress the opponent's attack, and there were some undeserved mistakes in the game, and finally it could only be a round of travel, tasting the bitter fruit of being eliminated prematurely.
Another Chinese mixed doubles pair was also unfortunately out, Ou Xuanyi / Feng Xueying lost two consecutive sets to the 16th seed, Arimov / Davletova from the Russian Badminton Association, 19-21, 15-21. At present, there is only one pair of players left in the mixed doubles of Guo Xinwa / Zhang Shuxian, and it is very difficult for this project to win gold.
Text/Beiqing Sports Liu Ailin