On April 10, the 2022 BWF Tour Super 500 Korea Open entered the final competition, and the national feathered sole miao Weng Hongyang competed in the men's singles final against Indonesia's Jonatan. In the end, the two played three sets, Weng Hongyang in the case of losing one set first, equalized and dragged into the decider, after the middle of the decider all the way to the lead, 12-21, 21-19, 21-15, the big score of 2-1 reverse to win the championship, to achieve the miracle of making up for the competition, winning the championship with a dark horse posture!
The Korea Open was a super 500-level event, but it suffered a large wave of withdrawal before the competition, and many famous players, including Guoyu, were absent. In the end, only Chen Yufei, Huang Yaqiong and other 7 people participated in the men's singles, women's singles and mixed doubles competitions, but after the third round, only Weng Hongyang advanced to the top 4. In yesterday's semi-finals, Weng Hongyang continued to play steadily, winning two consecutive sets, defeating Denmark's Swinderson 2-0 and achieving a breakthrough in reaching the final for the first time in this level.
Weng Hongyang, 22 years old, is a member of the new generation of national feather men's singles, who basically participated in super 100 and international challenge level events before, because of the impact of the epidemic, he has not been able to participate in international competitions for more than two years. In the latest edition of the world rankings, Weng Hongyang only ranked 156th, and was able to get the opportunity to participate in the Korean Open, only two days before the competition, he was qualified for the supplementary competition, which was also his first time to participate in the Super 500 level event, and he did not expect to become the biggest dark horse and reach the final in one fell swoop.
Weng Hongyang's men's singles final opponent is Indonesia's Jonathan, his road to the Korean Open is quite difficult, after reaching the quarterfinals, he has defeated Thailand's Quinavut and India's former world first Srikante to reach the final. This is the first time that Weng Hongyang and Jonathan have played each other in the World Series.
In the first game of the game, Weng Hongyang was basically behind from the beginning, there were certain problems in attack and defense, compared to Jonatan, his threat was not high, so he finally lost 12-21. In the second set, Weng Hongyang took the initiative to attack, leading 4-0 at the beginning, but then was chased by Jonatan for consecutive points, and after 11 draws, the score of the two alternately rose. However, after 15 draws, Jonathan opened the score gap again, once took a 19-16 lead, and at the critical moment, Weng Hongyang rose up to catch up, scored 5 consecutive points, and directly achieved a reversal at 21-19, winning the second set and dragging the game into the decider. In the middle of the decider, Weng Hongyang continued to score points, once leading 16-10, after Jonatan chased 5 points in a row, Weng Hongyang also scored 6 consecutive points, and finally won 21-15, achieving a big reversal and winning the championship.
In the already concluded mixed doubles and women's singles finals, host South Korea reached the final, but in the mixed doubles final, the Malaysian duo of Chen Jianming / Lai Peijun defeated the combination of veteran Gao Sung-hyun and Yan Huiyuan in the next two consecutive sets 21-15, 21-18. In the women's singles final, the 19-year-old talented girl An Xianying faced Thailand's Li Miao, who also won two consecutive sets, winning 21-17, 21-18, achieving five consecutive wins against the latter and winning the championship at home.