On the evening of December 19, Beijing time, the 2021 Badminton World Championships entered the last match day, in the men's doubles final competition, the Chinese combination He Jiting / Tan Qiang played, the opponent of the two is Homu Zhuo Lang / Kobayashi Yugo. In the past 5 encounters between the two sides, He Jiting/ Tan Qiang won 4 of them.
In the first set, Shoro Hoki/ Yugo Kobayashi took a 7-2 lead, after which the two maintained their advantage and went into a technical break 11-6. The Japanese duo scored consecutive points on a timeout, at one point widening the point difference to 19-7. He Jiting/ Tan Qiang chased 11-19, and Hogi Tsurugi / Yugo Kobayashi stabilized the situation and won the first set 21-12.
In the first half of the second set, He Jiting/Tan Qiang maintained a slight advantage, and the two once led their opponents by 3 points at one point 8-5. After 6-10, Hoki Tsurugi / Yugo Kobayashi played a 9-0 attack wave, 15-10 against He Jiting / Tan Qiang by 5 points. After that, the Japanese combination retained the advantage and won the championship point 20-17. Ho Ji Ting / Tan strengthened 1 championship point, and Hoki Tsurugi / Yugo Kobayashi won the second set 21-18.
In the end, after two rounds of competition, the combination of Hogi Tsuru and Yugo Kobayashi defeated He Jiting / Tan Qiang 21-12, 21-18 to successfully win the men's doubles title at the World Championships, which was the first time that the Japanese men's doubles had won the World Championships. He Jiting / Tan Qiang lost a feat, and the two regrettably won the men's doubles runner-up of this World Championships.