On March 12, Beijing time, the 2022 BWF Tour German Open ushered in the semi-finals, and the national feather locked a final seat. In the mixed doubles semi-finals, the newly paired Ou Xuanyi / Huang Yaqiong performed well, and they reached the final with a 2-0 victory over England's Ellis/Smith.
The German Open is the first super tour of the world badminton world this year, coupled with the famous All England Open next week, many world masters have come to Germany to participate, hoping to use this tournament to find a state of affairs and make final preparations for the All England Open. The Chinese team sent all the main forces to Europe this time, hoping to lay a good foundation for the preparation of the new Olympic cycle.
There have been no small changes in the doubles this time, with new combinations in all three doubles events, and the most familiar IELTS combinations in the mixed doubles match have been split. Due to Zheng Siwei's injury problem, Huang Yaqiong turned to compete with Ou Xuanyi this time, and Guo Yu expected the new and old pairs to have a better performance. As a result, Ou Xuanyi / Huang Yaqiong had a good performance in this competition, after passing the first round of hard work, the second round won the Second Round olympic champion Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping 2-0 in the derby, and they also shouldered the burden of impacting the mixed doubles championship for the national feather.
In the quarter-finals, Li Ou xuanyi / Huang Yaqiong narrowly defeated the No. 7 seed France's Kiguire/ Delroux 2-1 after three sets of hard fighting, and in the semifinals they met another pair of Europe's top mixed doubles pairs, Ellis/Smith, who were the No. 5 seeds of the tournament.
After the start of the match, Ou Xuanyi / Huang Yaqiong fought fiercely in front of the hair catch and net, and they led 2-0, 3-1. The England duo hit back three points to win, and then the two pairs drew back-to-back. After 7 draws, Ou Xuanyi/Huang Yaqiong seized the opportunity to score consecutive points to lead the way, and Ellis/Smith chased after them, and when they were 11-15 behind, they scored consecutive points to tie 17. After 18 draws, Ou Xuanyi/ Huang Yaqiong grasped the key ball and they scored three consecutive points to win 21-18.
In the second set, ou Xuanyi and Huang Yaqiong were more tacitly cooperative, and they played better, and soon led 7-2. The England combo hit a few waves of attack to close the gap to two points, and Ou Xuanyi/Huang Yaqiong quickly returned the shot to maintain the lead. After the score became 12-9, they set off a new offensive climax, winning 5 points in a row to extend the advantage.
The England combination, which was behind the score, was very tenacious, they had chased 5 points in a row to pull the point difference back to 2 points, Ou Xuanyi / Huang Yaqiong was in danger, and quickly gave a counterattack to keep the lead. Ellis/Smith was very tenacious and they trailed by two more points to make it 18-19. At the crucial moment, Ou Xuanyi/ Huang Yaqiong decisively returned the attack to hold the lead, and they narrowly won the second set 21-19, thus eliminating their opponents 2-0 to take the lead in the final.