In the early morning of December 19, Beijing time, the men's doubles semifinals of the World Championships began to compete, and China's He Jiting/ Tan Qiang competed, and the opponent of the two was the combination of Astrup/Rasmussen. Their opponents are currently ranked 10th in the world, while Ho Ji Ting/Tan Qiang are ranked 24th in the world. In the previous two sides have played each other 3 times, He Jiting / Tan Qiang 1 win and 2 losses are slightly inferior.
The first half of the game was fiercely contested between the two sides, with the score alternately leading, with a 11-10 Astrup/Rasmussen lead into a technical break. In the second half, He Jiting/Tan Qiang began to exert their strength, and after falling behind 11-14, the two played a 10-2 attack wave and won the first set 21-16.
In the second set, He Jiting/Tan Qiang started with a 6-2 lead, and then the opponent began to find the form, scoring consecutive points and then 11-9 to enter the interval. Coming back from the timeout, Astrup/Rasmussen extended their advantage, and after 17-13, the two scored four consecutive points to win the second set 21-13.
After the tiebreaker 6 draws, He Jiting/Tan Qiang scored 5 consecutive points and entered a technical gap 11-6. The opponent once chased 11-13 to a difference of only 2 points, and at the critical moment, He Jiting/Tan Qiang stabilized the situation and won the decider match 21-15.
In the end, after three fierce sets, He Jiting / Tan Qiang defeated the No. 7 seeds Astrup / Rasmussen 21-16/ 13-21/ 21-15 to advance to the men's doubles final of this World Championship. This is the second time that the men's doubles have reached the final at the World Championships after a gap of three years, and the two opponents in the final are the combination of this year's year-end finals champion Tsuchuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi.