On December 17, 2021, the Badminton World Championships entered the sixth match day, the national feathers were mixed, the women's singles He Bingjiao eliminated Han Yue 2-0, and then fought for the world's first place in the final, the men's singles Zhao Junpeng defeated India's Lakshya 1-2, following the mixed doubles, another single event was completely destroyed, Srikante and Lakshya will be in the final four, so that the Indian team is to determine the first half of the final seat in advance.
Zhao Junpeng is 25 years old, ranked 46th in the world, has won the third place in the men's singles of the World Youth Championships for two consecutive times, this time he is also reused by the coaching team, get the opportunity to participate in the World Championships, win three consecutive games to advance to the quarterfinals, and create a new career high, the three participants of the national feather men's singles, only Zhao Junpeng has insisted until now, and the next thing he can do is to go all out to fight and strive to break through himself.
Lakshya is 20 years old, ranked 19th in the world, is a post-00 young player, once won the Asian Youth Championship men's singles championship, the Youth Olympic Men's Singles runner-up, when he lost to Li Shifeng in the final, this year's finals he reached the men's singles final four, is currently the third player of the Indian team, second only to Srikante, Planis, this is the first time the two have played, Lakshya has a strong impact, Zhao Junpeng has rich experience in the competition.
In the first set, Zhao Junpeng played steadily and steadily, and soon took the lead, Lakshya chased after him, the comprehensive strength of the two was relatively close, no one had an absolute advantage, Lakshya fell behind 1-5 to chase 9 draws, Zhao Junpeng scored 2 points 11-9 to enter the midfield timeout, after returning Zhao Junpeng expanded the point difference to 13-10, Lakshya suddenly accelerated, scored 6 consecutive points to complete the counterattack, and then took the lead at 21-15.
Zhao Junpeng obviously has insufficient physical reserves, the last round of consumption is too much, in the face of Lakshya's attack, some can not keep up with the rhythm of the opponent, more importantly, the net is indeed more stable in front of Lakshya, Zhao Junpeng has few ways to cope, and gradually loses the initiative of the game.
In the second set, Zhao Junpeng fought backwaters, Lakshya took a 4-1 lead, Zhao Junpeng chased 3 points and 4 draws, both sides scored 6 points each, Zhao Junpeng scored 11-10 into the midfield timeout, after returning Zhao Junpeng scored 3 points to lead 14-10, Zhao Junpeng equalized 21-15.
In the decider Zhao Junpeng scored 3 points in a row 8-5 lead, both sides scored 3 points, Zhao Junpeng entered the midfield timeout 11-8, after returning, Lakshya chased to 13 draws, the score alternately rose, Lakshya was very tenacious, bringing a lot of pressure to Zhao Junpeng, Lakshya scored 2 points in a row to win 22-20, 2-1 eliminated Zhao Junpeng to advance to the final four of the World Championships, Zhao Junpeng was very sorry, he was short of the last two points.
12th seedEd Srikante beat France's Carccio, Lakshya and Sirikant 21-8, 21-7 to compete for a place in the final.