On January 16, Beijing time, the BWF India Open is underway. At present, the individual final match has been released. In the women's singles final, Thailand's Busan ran faced teammate Ge Thong, which also means that thai women's singles successfully won the women's singles championship and runner-up. The top seed, host world champion Sindhu, was knocked out of the semi-finals 1-2 and missed the final.
In the men's singles semifinals, India's Lakshya took on Malaysian rookie Wong Chi Yong. Lakshya has improved rapidly and is currently ranked 17th in the world, with Huang Zhiyong, Malaysia's new generation of men's singles players, currently ranked 60th in the world. In the first set, Huang Zhiyong entered the form quickly, taking the lead and winning the first set 21:19.
In the second set, India's Lakshya pulled back a set 21:16, and the two sides drew 1:1, and the match entered the decider. In the decider, Huang Zhiyong was obviously physically weak and frequently made mistakes, and Lakshya locked up the victory 21:12, and the total score was 2:1 to reverse Malaysian rookie Huang Zhiyong to successfully advance to the men's singles final. It was the first time in Lakshya's career that he had reached the men's singles final of the Home Open.
At the same time, it is also Lakshya who has reached the world tour final after the 2021 Dutch Open. Young player Huang Zhiyong is currently the focus of the Malaysian Badminton Association, and he is expected to shoulder the heavy responsibility of The Malaysian men's singles together with Li Zijia. In the 2021 season, Huang Zhiyong won the men's singles championship of the Poland International, the Belgium International and the Scottish Open.
In another men's singles semi-final, ST World Championships men's singles champion Luo Jianyou faced Yang Can, a Chinese Canadian player. After winning the World Championships, Luo Jianyou was ranked 15th in the world and Yang Can was ranked 39th in the world. However, before the start of the semi-finals, Yang Can chose to retire, and Luo Jianyou directly advanced to the men's singles final. Next, Luo Jianyou will compete with Yang Can for the men's singles championship.
As we all know, Luo Jianyou won the men's singles championship in the recently concluded World Championships. He defeated Olympic champion Arcelor in the first round of the World Championships and gave him a round trip. In the men's singles final, Luo Jianyou once again defeated the former world number one Indian Player Srikante, and only lost one round after winning the championship, at present, Luo Jianyou is in a hot state, and it is optimistic that he will win the championship again.