The 2022 German Open Badminton Championship Mixed Doubles Championship runner-up battle is over, and the new partners of the national badminton, Ou Xuanyi and Huang Yaqiong, have not been able to go to the end. Facing the top seed of the tournament, dechabo and Sha Xili, who are now the world's number one, the Chinese combination was in a slump in the whole game, and finally lost two consecutive sets to the opponent, and did not have the opportunity to win the first mixed doubles championship trophy of the new season. Thailand's Dechabo and Sha xili won the championship while once again consolidating their position as the world number one. As ST World Championship champions, the Thai duo will be the biggest threat to the Chinese team's Olympic cycle in Paris.
In the preparation stage of the new Olympic cycle, the coaching team made huge adjustments in the mixed doubles event, with Tokyo Runner-up Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong paired up, the former partnering Zhang Shuxian, and the latter teaming up with Ou Xuanyi. In this German competition, Zheng Weiwei and Zhang Shuxian performed badly, and they were eliminated in the first round of the game, and whether the two will continue to work together still needs to be discussed by the coaching team. And Ou Xuanyi and Huang Yaqiong made their debut in the season, and the two passed all the way to the final, which made the Chinese coaching staff happy.
It is worth mentioning that before, the two also defeated The Tokyo Olympic Mixed Doubles Champions Wang Yilu and Huang Dongping. In the final, facing dechabo and Sha Xili, who are currently in a state of day, Ou Xuanyi and Huang Yaqiong carried the ideological baggage of wanting to win and fearing defeat, not only did the technical tactics not play out, but they made continuous mistakes on the field and were always suppressed by the opponent. In the first set of the game, Ou Xuanyi and Huang Yaqiong started more slowly and hotly, and were repeatedly seized by Dechabo and Sha Xili to attack and score, Huang Yaqiong did his best to create a chance for his partner to kill the ball in the backcourt, but the young player Ou Xuanyi wasted a lot of scoring opportunities due to his unstable mentality.
In the end, the Thai team won the first set. Subsequently, Ou Xuanyi and Huang Yaqiong tried to start a counterattack, but the opponent performed perfectly on the offensive and defensive ends, and did not give the Chinese team any chance. Some fans helplessly said that they originally thought it was a contest of equal strength, but they did not want to evolve into a one-sided situation, and the strength of the two sides was not on a horizontal line at all. After an hour of resistance, Ou Xuanyi and Huang Yaqiong still lost the game by a big score, regretting missing the first title of the new season. For this fiasco, some fans said that the result has been satisfactory.
After all, the opponent ranks first in the world and is an old partner who has been cooperating for many years, while the Chinese team is the first time to participate in international competitions, and there is still room for improvement after that. Some fans believe that the peak period of the mixed doubles of the national feather has passed, whether Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong continue to work together in the future, the dominance of the Chinese team in this project has declined. After the game, Huang Yaqiong said in an interview that although she lost the game, she saw some problems exposed by herself and her partner, which was of great help for future training. The first time the partner was able to get the runner-up, both players said they had no regrets.
(Luo Treasurer)