The new cycle of the national feather men's doubles has a new start, a big break, and the four pairs open the first ranking match of the new season - the German Open super300. Liu Cheng/Zhang Nan, Ren Xiangyu/Tan Qiang made their season debuts, and He Jiting/Zhou Haodong advanced to the semi-finals to lose 0-2 to the Malay combination Wu Shifei/Nui Zuding, who was the final opponent of Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi. Liu Yuchen's original partner Li Junhui announced his retirement after the 2021 National Games, his new partner was not officially announced until the beginning of 2022, Ou Xuanyi was also his initiative to propose that the two pair up to prepare for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Ou Xuanyi's performance in the first race was undoubtedly quite eye-catching, plus as a part-time player mixed doubles also advanced to the final, which is also the first time in his personal career.
Wu Shifei / Nui Zuding, as the world's 17th runner, belongs to the Malaysian four-double, but the tone of this race is "unpopular". In the quarterfinals they eliminated Malaysia's triple-doubles, world number 11 Wang Yaoxin/Zhang Yuyu, and in the semifinals 2-0 Lectra virtual points were higher than their He Jiting/Zhou Haodong.
Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi vs Wu Shifei / Nui Zuding
In the first set, Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi first scored a three-time draw to 3-3, the Malay combination scored two consecutive points to be tied 5-5, twice tied to 7-7, Ou Xuanyi scored three consecutive points and was chased to 12-12, the two sides could not hold each other again, seven times drawn, the score alternately went up to 18-18, Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi scored two consecutive points to get set points, the Malay combination scored a wave of 3-0 anti-multi-set points 20-21, Liu Yuchen saved a set point 21-21, and finally lost a set at 21-23.
In the second set, the Malay combination first scored two points to fight to 3-3, and then scored two points to be tied 5-5, the two sides fell into a stalemate score alternating upward four draws to 9-9, Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi a wave of 3--0 + 4-0 to take a 16-11 lead, the Malay combination scored three consecutive points, Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi played several small offensive waves to take away the game, 21-16 to win back a set.
In the third set, the Malay combination scored three points first and then played a wave of 3-0, Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi also chased to 6-7 with a wave of 4-0, the Malay combination played several small offensive waves to take a 9-13 lead, Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi scored two consecutive points, approaching the score of 11-13, the Malay combination played several small offensive waves including 2 3-0 directly away from the game, Ou Xuanyi / Liu Yuchen 14-21 did not have the opportunity to reverse.
Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi lost 1-2 to the Malaysian combination Wu Shifei / Nui Zuding, liu Yuchen won the men's doubles runner-up in the first leg of the new season, and Ou Xuanyi also won the mixed doubles runner-up. Next stop, cheers all over the UK!