In the early morning of March 20, Beijing time, a focus battle in the semi-finals of the Badminton All England Championships, the national badminton civil war began, and finally Tokyo Olympic champion Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping defeated teammates Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong 2-1 to advance to the mixed doubles final of the All England Championship for the first time. This match is also regarded as the closing battle of the "IELTS" combination Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong, because of this defeat, they may not have the opportunity to combine to fight again.
In the Tokyo Olympic Games cycle, the most stable of the five individual events of the national feather is the mixed doubles, because of the rapid growth of the "IELTS" combination Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong and the "Yellow Duck" combination Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping, the two pairs of combinations gradually occupy a dominant position in the world competition, especially the "IELTS" combination, they have won more major championships, occupying the world's first position all year round, so before the Tokyo Olympic Games, the outside world once defaulted to the Olympic gold medal of the mixed doubles as the bag of the "IELTS" combination.
But what I did not expect was that the "Yellow Duck" combination, which was basically suppressed in the peacetime civil war, achieved a major breakthrough in the most important Tokyo Olympic Games, not only successfully completed the task in the foreign war, but also met with the "IELTS" combination to meet the final, the final showdown, Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping won the highest honor duel with 21-17, 17-21, 21-19, and won the Olympic championship. A month later, at the Shaanxi National Games, the two pairs met again in the final, this time, the last laugh was still the "Yellow Duck" combination, they won the three fierce battles in 22-20, 15-21, 21-17 again, and won the championship of the National Games.
In order to better prepare for the World Championships at the end of 2021, the two rested and prepared for the three months, but in the first game of the World Championships, they lost 1-2 to Zhang Dezheng / Wu Yongyao in Hong Kong, China, and were eliminated. This defeat also directly led to the split of the two in early January this year, and was arranged by the coaching team to partner with the newcomers to start a new cycle.
At last week's German Open, Zheng Siwei and Zhang Shuxian made their debut in an international competition, and the result was a tragic round of travel, while Huang Yaqiong and Ou Xuanyi teamed up to reach the final in one fell swoop, but faced the world's number one Thai combination Dechabo/Sha Xili, the two lost and won the runner-up. This week's All England Open, due to the high level of the event, in order to ensure the quota, Guo Yu let Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong re-team to participate, all the way to the top 4, and Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping met again. The All England Tournament once again staged a civil war, which is regarded as the redemption battle of "IELTS", if you can get revenge and finally win the championship, it is expected to retain the combination; but if you lose to the "Yellow Duck" again, I am afraid it will be the battle of the curtain.
As a result, in the game, the "IELTS" combination tried its best, in the case of a 7-21 big score loss in the first set, the second set 21-13 counterattack, once again dragged into the decider, but unfortunately, the final life and death battle, the two failed to resist, 13-21 lost, the big score was 1-2 lost, not only lost this civil war, but also lost the future possibility of the two people to combine again. While winning, "Yellow Duck" Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping ushered in their first trip to the final of the All England Championship, and will compete with the Japanese combination "Dongdu" Watanabe Yudai / Higashino Yusa for the final championship.