In the early morning of December 15, the Badminton World Championships broke out the biggest cold goal since the opening of the tournament, mixed doubles top seed, defending champion Guo yu "IELTS" combination Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong in the match against the Hong Kong combination of China Zhang Dezheng / Wu Yongyao, first win and then lose, 21-16, 13-21, 17-21, the big score 1-2 loss, dismal round trip (the first round of bye directly advanced to the round of 32). Before the game, the outside world's expectations for the IELTS combination are quite high, not only because they are the most stable single event of the national feather, but also the long-term ranking first in the world, in order to prepare for the World Championships, they are resting and preparing for 3 months, but in the end only in exchange for such results, more or less is still unacceptable in a short period of time.
During the Tokyo Olympic cycle, the "IELTS" duo of Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong rose to prominence and grew very fast, winning various championships in the World Series, and soon rose to the first position in the mixed doubles world, and remained until the World Championships. In addition to them, another mixed doubles pair of "Yellow Ducks" Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping, also performed well, becoming the world's second only IELTS combination, the mixed doubles combination of double insurance, almost before the Olympic Games locked the mixed doubles gold medal in advance. What I didn't expect was that in the final of the Tokyo Olympic Games, the final champion was not the IELTS that everyone thought, but the yellow duck soared into the sky and won the championship with "upset".
Because in the previous competitions, IELTS has won more than one loss against Yellow Duck, so how many people have lost the championship at the Tokyo Olympic Games have made some people feel a little upset. However, at the Shaanxi National Games that followed, Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping once again proved with practical actions that their victory was not accidental, because they once again defeated Zheng Weiwei/Huang Yaqiong in the mixed doubles final of the National Games and achieved a back-to-back double. For the Yellow Ducks, they are only one World Championship champion away from achieving a Grand Slam, so the goal is to focus on the World Championships at the end of the year. The IELTS combination, which has lost consecutive games, also abandoned the European conquest plan of the Sudirman Cup, the Tangyou Cup and the Badminton League Tour after the National Games, and began to take a personal break and prepare for the World Championships.
In fact, just when the national feather troops went to Europe to compete in several major competitions, Zheng Weiwei and Huang Yaqiong did not idle, but participated in a number of business activities, and Zheng Siwei also completed his personal lifelong events, and his girlfriend who had been in love for many years was licensed to marry. Of course, they have also been involved in the preparation training of the World Championships for a long time. From September to December, up to three months, for the IELTS combination, all the goals and motivation are placed on the World Championships, without the old rival Yellow Duck combination, they only see the foreign war, and go all out to win the championship and defend the title.
But the final result was disappointing, including their own dissatisfaction, "I think we played this game very badly, played on the field without the patience of the other side, the ball is more unreasonable, basically let them play very smoothly, their state is playing better and better." 」 On the contrary, we did not play steadily enough, and the line was not clear enough on the field and was always pressed by them! "Ambitious expeditions, frustrated returns, Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong have a lot to sum up, it is clear that their mood has experienced the impact of the past few major competitions, has been somewhat low, and now hit by the World Championships, I am afraid it will take longer to recover." Although the fans and netizens do not understand them, and even excessive remarks, they still hope that they can get out of the trough as soon as possible and return to the peak state.