In the men's singles final of the 2022 Korea Open Badminton Championships, Weng Hongyang defeated Indonesia's Jonatan 2-1 to win the championship! In this battle, Weng Hongyang lost the first set with a large point difference 12-21, but Weng Hongyang's mentality did not collapse, and at the end of the second set, he scored 4 consecutive points to reverse the narrow victory, and the decisive game led all the way to win the championship.
On the road to advancement, Weng Hongyang eliminated Xu Guangxi, Zhan Junwei, Huang Zhiyong, and Swenderson, while Jonatan successively cut down Song Junyang, Nara Oka Gongda, Quinlavut, and Srikante. Weng Hongyang, who is only ranked 156th in the world, originally did not have the opportunity to represent Guoyu, but because the main players of Guoyu were affected by the epidemic and withdrew, the 22-year-old Weng Hongyang finally got the opportunity to represent The Chinese team in international competitions for the first time in his career, which was not easy to come by. Weng Hongyang also seized this opportunity well, reached the final, and became the biggest dark horse in the men's singles arena!
In the first set, Jonatan's performance was even better, Weng Hongyang's attack could not kill the opponent, the scoring means seemed too single, comparatively speaking, the experienced Jonatan scored more abundantly, the defense was more outstanding, 21-12, Jonatan first next city.
In the second set, Weng Hongyang opened 5-1, and Jonathan scored through a multi-beat round to stop the decline. Weng Hongyang continued to exert his surprise advantage, with a speed of up to 400km/h in one shot!
11-9, Weng Hongyang led into the break. Returning from the break, Jonathan quickly equalised. And, Jonathan led 19-17, and the championship was in sight. However, in the final stage of the game, Jonatan made consecutive mistakes, and Weng Hongyang staged a limit reversal, falling behind 17-19, scoring 4 consecutive points, reversing 21-19, and chasing the General Bureau points to a 1-1 draw.
In the decider, Weng Hongyang started 6-3, Jonatan's physical fitness was not as good as Weng Hongyang, Weng Hongyang always maintained the advantage, although Jonatan once chased 4 points in a row, narrowing the backward point difference to 1 point, but Weng Hongyang resisted and finally won the men's singles championship. Congratulations to Weng Hongyang, the national feather NO.156 dark horse staged a miracle!
Weng Hongyang won the championship, and Guoyu was surprised and also needed to reflect: Why did he make his international debut at the age of 22? Is our talent training mechanism deficient? It is undeniable that the popularity of badminton in China is indeed very high, the selection of national badminton is very wide, and the competition between national team players is also fierce. However, there is also a very cruel fact: the Chinese badminton team, the dream team that used to win 5 gold in the Olympic Games, has gone downhill.