On December 17, 2021, the Badminton World Championships entered the fifth match day, the three matches of the national badminton ended, the men's singles Lu Guangzu lost to India's brother Slicant, the women's doubles Zheng Yu / Li Wenmei lost to the Japanese combination Yan Yongling / Nakanishi Guiying, the men's doubles singles tan qiang / He Jiting broke out of the big cold, reversing the fourth seed Malaysian combination Xie Dingfeng / Su Weiyi, and advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Championships for the first time in his career.
The first is the match between Lu Guangzu and Srikante, Lu Guangzu performed well this time, winning consecutively Quinravut and Zhou Tiancheng, but the first two games were seriously consumed, and failed to continue the good competitive state, Srikante fought quickly at 21-10, 21-15, after Lu Guangzu was out, the national men's singles was only Zhao Junpeng, and his opponent was Ruan Ri from Ireland.
Followed by Zheng Yu / Li Wenmei vs. Yan Yongling / Zhongxi Guiying, Zheng Yu / Li Wenmei is the No. 10 seed in women's doubles, Yan Yongling / Zhongxi Guiying won 21-12, 17-21, 21-18, and the national women's doubles only left Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan.
Finally, Tan Qiang / He Jiting vs. Xie Dingfeng / Su Weiyi, now the men's doubles is the weakest project of the national feather, since the retirement of Li Junhui and Han Chengkai, there is no combination ranked in the top 20 in the world, the highest is the 24th Tan Qiang / He Jiting, the reserve force is currently progressing slowly, veteran Zhang Nan, Liu Cheng is still insisting, but the results are not ideal, only a pair of combinations to advance to the third round of the World Championships.
Malaysian combination Xie Dingfeng / Su Weiyi is the favorite to win the championship, the no. 4 seed in the men's doubles, ranked 7th in the world, just this year Xie Dingfeng / Su Weiyi won the Olympic bronze medal, the second round of the World Championship eliminated Zhang Nan / Ou Xuanyi, this game many fans are not very optimistic about Tan Qiang / He Jiting, it is true that the opponent is very strong, but as long as you go all out to fight there is a chance to win, young players bring new surprises.
In the first set, Xie Dingfeng/ Su Weiyi had the advantage, scoring 11-6 consecutively into the midfield timeout, Tan Qiang/ He Jiting began to accelerate, chasing 4 points in a row to 10-11, Xie Dingfeng / Su Weiyi stabilized his position, pulled the point difference to 15-10, Tan Qiang / He Jiting chased after it, Xie Dingfeng / Su Weiyi led the way in an all-round way, and soon took the lead at 21-17, Tan Qiang / He Jiting performed well, bringing a great impact to the opponent.
In the second set, Tan Qiang/He Jiting recovered in form, leading 11-6 into the midfield timeout, suppressing Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi through high-quality attack, widening the score difference to 18-11, followed by a 21-14 equalizer, the decider Tan Qiang/He Jiting played momentum and took a 13-10 lead, Tan Qiang/He Jiting scored 4 consecutive points to 17-10, and finally locked in the victory at 21-16, and reversed Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi 2-1.
This is the first time that Tan Qiang/Ho Ji Ting have advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Championships, and the next opponent is the Malaysian duo of Wu Weisheng / Chen Weiqiang.