On the evening of December 18, Beijing time, the Badminton World Championships continued, and the national women's doubles ace duo Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan played in the semi-finals against Japan's Mayu Matsumoto and Nagahara and Kona. In the end, the "Fan Chen" combination did not leave any opportunity for the opponent, fell two straight sets, the big score swept the opponent 2-0 to advance to the women's doubles final, the scores of the two games were 21-15, 21-12, the "Fan Chen" combination was worthy of the women's doubles ace of the national feather, excellent and stable.
In the first set of the game, Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan started with a trail, scoring consecutive points 2-4 behind, at one point to 8-5, but Matsumoto Mayu and Nagahara and Kona stubbornly counterattacked to pull the score to a 10-10 draw. At the critical moment, Chen Qingchen increased the intensity of the attack, reversed the situation in an instant, completely suppressed the opponent, and scored four consecutive points after 17-15 to win the first set 21-15.
In the second set of the tournament, Matsumoto Mayu and Nagahara and Kona had completely blocked the attack of Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan, and played 4-0 and 5-0 points respectively, leading all the way, leaving no chance for the Japanese combination, playing to 18-8 when the victory and defeat completely lost suspense, and finally won the second set 21-12, defeating Matsumoto Mayu and Nagahara and Kona combination 2-0.
This is Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan's second time to reach the final of the event since winning the women's doubles championship at the 2017 World Championships, and have the opportunity to hit the gold medal again and create a peak again. It is worth mentioning that Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan were eliminated in the quarterfinals and semi-finals by the Japanese combination, the semi-finals were the combination of Matsumoto Mayu and Nagahara and Kona, the 8-round stage was also a 2-0 sweep, and the elimination of the Japanese combination of Matsuyama Nao and Shida Chiyo was eliminated. The two consecutive matches were won by the Japanese combination, highlighting the strong strength of the national feather.
At that time, in the women's doubles final, Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan will be tied against the women's doubles partners from South Korea, because the other semi-final matchup is the inside of the South Korean team, no matter who wins, it will be the Korean combination that locks the other final spot.
In this World Championships, the overall performance of Guo Yu is not outstanding, the men's singles was completely destroyed early, there was no chance of a medal, the women's singles project due to Chen Yufei's absence, competitiveness declined, and finally He Bingjiao and Zhang Yiman both won the bronze medal. For this reason, Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan's achievements in the women's doubles event are still very important, if they can successfully win the championship and win a gold medal, it will give a great encouragement to the national team this time, which is a very important confidence improvement signal. It is expected that Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan will eventually succeed in winning the women's doubles championship and winning the first gold of this tournament for Guo yu.
(Lin Xiaoxiang)