Weng Hongyang ended the 3-year championship drought of national feathers, the first person after 19 years of Chen Long! The world rankings soared 67 places. In the 2022 BWF Korea Open Men's Singles Final, the national feather sole Miao Weng Hongyang went black to the end, defeating the Indonesian star Jonatan 2-1 to win the first BWF Tour men's singles championship of his career, while Weng Hongyang was also the first national badminton player to win the men's singles championship of the BWF Tour after chen long, the 2019 French Open men's singles champion Chen Long, and the national badminton men's singles championship for 3 years was ended by Weng Hongyang.
The Korean Open was affected by the epidemic, there was a tide of withdrawal before the start of the tournament, Guoyu directly abandoned the men's doubles and women's doubles events, and the other three events were only a few national feathers players, its Chinese women's singles world champion Chen Yufei lost 0-2 to South Korea's Kim Jia-eun in the second round, mixed doubles Ou Xuanyi / Huang Yaqiong lost 0-2 to Chen Jianming / Lai Peijun in the third round, and only Weng Hongyang reached the final. Because Weng Hongyang's world ranking is too low, he has no way to participate in many events, and he was not eligible to register for the Korean Open, but because Lu Guangzu, Zhao Junpeng and other national featherweight players have withdrawn, Weng Hongyang was able to make up for the competition. Prior to this Korea Open, Weng Hongyang's best result was the men's singles runner-up of the 2019 Salolou Open Badminton Championships. In this Korean Open, Weng Hongyang's opponents are higher than his world rankings, but Weng Hongyang did not show fear, but all the way to the final.
In the final, Weng Hongyang played against Indonesia's Jonatan, and in the first set, Jonatan took the lead to enter the state, leading 11-7, and then Jonatan also extended the score to 18-10, and won the first set 21-12. In the second set, Weng Hongyang launched a counterattack and started 5-1, but Jonathan was also in a very good state, quickly caught up with the score, and at one point won 19-17, at the critical moment, Weng Hongyang scored 4 consecutive points to win a set back 21-19. In the decider, the competition between the two in the opening stage was very fierce, Weng Hongyang scored 5 consecutive points in a 1-3 behind, after which Jonathan chased the score to 7-9, but Weng Hongyang always occupied the lead, and pulled the score apart in the game, and finally locked up the victory at 21-15, thus winning the men's singles championship with a total score of 2-1. This article is original by Xiao Lizi, please do not copy or port.
Weng Hongyang is currently ranked 156th in the world, after winning the Men's Singles Championship of the Korean Open, he will gain 9200 points, minus the lowest 360 points in his current 10 points, then next week his points will reach 23718 points, the world ranking will rise 67 places to 89th, it can be said that this Korean Open, Weng Hongyang staged a good play of fame, I hope he can continue to work hard in the future.