The men's doubles dark horse of the national feather failed to carry out the upset to the end The search for the best match situation is imminent

Kuniwa's men's doubles dark horse Ho Ji Ting / Tan Qiang failed to go black to the end, facing the Japanese duo of Hoki Tsuru / Yugo Kobayashi to lose 0-2 to the runner-up. For He Jiting/Tan Qiang, it is a pity that they did not win the men's doubles championship, but this year through the Sudirman Cup, Thomas Cup, World Championships and a series of other competitions, they have greatly enhanced their confidence. The future of this 23-year-old young group is still bright.

After the Tokyo Olympics, Li Junhui announced his retirement due to injury, and his combination with Liu Yuchen also disintegrated. Since the retirement of Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng, the "twin tower combination" of Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen has been highly anticipated by fans. Even if they finished second in men's doubles at the Tokyo Olympics, they were thought to have the potential to impact the Paris Olympics three years later. Unexpectedly, people are not as good as heaven, and Li Junhui's unexpected retirement has completely shattered the dream of the Golden Duo's Olympic champion.

He Jiting/Tan Qiang

At this World Championships, Guoyu sent four men's doubles pairs of He Jiting/Tan Qiang, Liu Cheng/Huang Kaixiang, Ou Xuanyi/Zhang Nan, and Wang Chang/Di Zijian. Among them, there are new and old partners such as Ou Xuanyi/Zhang Nan, and there are also post-00s combinations such as Wang Chang/Di Zijian. Before the game, the four pairs of the national feather were not optimistic about the outside world. The schedule also seems to confirm the fans' predictions, after the first three rounds, only the He Jiting/Tan Qiang pair entered the round of 16, and the other three pairs were all eliminated.

From the 1/8 final, He Jiting/Tan Qiang opened the upset mode. First, he eliminated the Malaysian combination of the fourth seed, Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi, and defeated the Malaysian team of the 10th seed Wu Weisheng/ Chen Weiqiang 2-0 in the 1/4 final. In the semi-finals, the Danish duo of Trupp/Rasmussen, defeated seventh-seeded 2-1 to advance to the final. He Jiting/ Tan Qiang advanced to the final three levels in a row, and actually exceeded the task. After all, they are only the 16th seed of the tournament, and they are all players who are ranked higher than themselves in the world.

In the final, facing the fifth seedEd Hoki Tsuru / Yugo Kobayashi, He Jiting / Tan Qiang failed to create a miracle again, 12-21, 18-21, the men's doubles dark horse's upset trip came to an abrupt end. However, the men's doubles runner-up is still the best result of Ho Ji Ting/Tan Qiang at the World Championships. Judging from this World Championship, the outstanding performance of He Jiting/Tan Qiang cannot hide the lack of overall strength of the men's doubles of Guoyu. Zhang Nan and Liu Cheng are both over 30-year-old veterans, due to state and injury and other reasons, may choose to retire at any time, men's doubles is bound to need to find a pair of competitive pairs in the world competitions such as the wind and cloud combination, the twin tower combination, just What Ji Ting / Tan Qiang a pair of strong men's doubles is far from enough. (Huang Kai)