On April 10, Beijing time, the BWF Super 500 Series Korea Open ended the men's singles final. China's youngster Weng Hongyang went black to the end, and finally completed the reversal after losing one set first and falling behind 17-19 in the second set, beating the world's 8th-ranked Indonesian star Jonatan 2-1 to win the World Badminton Open championship for the first time.
The Chinese team sent a number of main players in this Korea Open, but Guo yu's performance in this tournament was extremely sluggish, except for Weng Hongyang, the rest of the individual events have been completely destroyed. In the men's singles, Guoyu sent Li Shifeng and Weng Hongyang to compete. Weng Hongyang is 23 years old, his world ranking is only 156th, and due to the withdrawal of many famous players, this is also one of the few opportunities for him to participate in major BWF events.
In the previous matches, Weng Hongyang defeated Xu Youxi, Zhan Junwei, Huang Zhiyong and Denmark's Svenderson, winning four consecutive games to reach the final, playing the highest week of his career. His opponent in the final is Indonesia's jonathan, who is now ranked 8th in the world and is a long-established player.
In the first set, Jonathan took a 3-0 lead from the start. Weng Hongyang played steadily, chasing 3-4 after a long shot. However, Jonathan then used his strength advantage to pull 9-4. Weng Hongyang played consecutive defensive counterattacks to chase 7-9. Jonathan then scored consecutive points, going into a break 11-7. Jonathan then scored consecutive points, pulling 19-10 wide. At 21-12, Jonathan easily won the first set.
In the second set, Weng Hongyang was not affected too much, leading 4-0 at the beginning. Weng Hongyang then performed a simple treatment on the knee. Weng Hongyang had the advantage, taking an 8-5 lead and entering an interval 11-9. Jonathan then began, chasing the score to 12 draws. Then the two played very hard, all the way to 15 draws. Jonathan then scored three consecutive points to open the score, but Weng Hongyang then scored four consecutive points to make it 21-19, and Weng Hongyang dragged the game into the decider.
In the third set, Weng Hongyang continued to dominate the start, and after winning a long and multi-shot stroke, Weng Hongyang clenched his fists and roared, leading 6-3. Jonathan's physical fitness was obviously problematic, and Weng Hongyang pulled 9-5. Weng Hongyang then made a mistake, but with a sharp attack, he still exchanged venues 11-7. Weng Hongyang played steadily, Jonatan was obviously physically weak, and even made a service mistake, and Weng Hongyang pulled away 16-10. Jonathan was reluctant to give up five consecutive points, but at the crucial moment Weng Hongyang withstood the pressure to score consecutive points. 21-15, in the end, Weng Hongyang reversed the championship.