The 2021 Badminton World Championships entered the final day of the competition, followed by mixed doubles, women's singles, women's doubles, men's doubles and men's singles. The mixed doubles final was played between the world's no. 1 Thai duo of Dechabo/Sasiri and the world's fourth and Japanese duo of Yudai Watanabe and Ariaki Higashino. In the end, Tokuchabo/Shasiri won two consecutive sets with a 2-0 victory over Yudai Watanabe/Yusa Higashino, making up for their 2019 regrets and winning the world championship for the first time, and continuing their recent unbeaten victory in five consecutive tournaments. This is the eighth de Shah title in 2021 and the second time the Thai Mixed Doubles have won the gold medal at the World Championships in 43 years since 1978.
Isamu Watanabe / Yusa Higashino is the first time to reach the final of the World Championships, and Tokuchabo / Sha Xili lost to Kuniyu Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong in the final of the last World Championships and won the second place. In yesterday's semi-finals, Dechabo/Sha Xili lost a straight set 15-21 and won two consecutive sets 21-7, 21-10, with a big score of 2-1 to defeat the Hong Kong combination of Deng Junwen / Xie Yingxue; Watanabe Yudai / Higashino Yusa easily defeated teammates Shimo Kyohei / Shinoya 21-13, 21-8. The two sides have met six times before, and the Japanese combination has an advantage of 4 wins and 2 losses, but Dechabo/Sasili has performed well in the previous three european and Indonesian competitions, winning the German Hailu Open, indonesia masters, Indonesia Open and year-end finals, and the world ranking has also surpassed the "IELTS" combination of the national feathers and risen to the first place.
In the first set, Dechabo/Sha xili scored three consecutive points to start 3-0, Watanabe Yudai / Higashino Yusa chased the score to 3-4, the Thai duo then played a 6-1 scoring climax to open the score at 10-4, and after the Japanese combination chased for four consecutive points, Dechabo/Sha Xili led 11-8 into the set. Returning from a break, Dechabo/Sha xili continued to lead 13-8, 16-9, and easily won the first set 21-13.
In the second set, Dechabo/Sha Xili continued the scoring momentum of the previous set, starting with a four-point lead to take a 4-0 lead, but then the Thai combination errors began to increase, Watanabe Yudai / Higashino Yusa chased back one point at a time, and in the case of 3-7, they scored 7 consecutive points in one go to win the score at 10-7. The Thai duo held steady and scored four consecutive points to enter the break with an 11-10 one-point lead. In the second half of the set, Dechabo/Sha xili continued to score, pulling the score apart 16-10 to win the match point 20-14, and the two seized the opportunity of the first match point to win another set 21-14, and defeated Watanabe Yudai / Higashino Yusa 2-0 to win the championship.