The 2022 BWF 300 Series Korea Masters Mixed Doubles Semifinals ended, and two pairs of players won the match, including this year's new partner Ou Xuanyi / Huang Yaqiong defeated the world's 13th-ranked Wu Shunfa / Lai Jiemin 2-0, while Tokyo Olympic champion Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping played a 20-4 score in the second set, South Korean opponents Kim Yong / Li Youlin saved 4 match points, and the Olympic champion still advanced 2-0 (21-12/21-8).
Ou Xuanyi/Huang Yaqiong 2-0 (21-11/21-15) Wu Shunfa/Lai Jiemin
Due to the encounter of a round trip at the World Championships after the Tokyo Olympics, Huang Yaqiong / Zheng Siwei began to try to split the pair this year, and after the recombination, Zheng Weiwei / Zhang Shuxian has not been able to achieve the desired effect, but Ou Xuanyi / Huang Yaqiong is gradually getting better, has won the mixed doubles runner-up of the German Open, and this year has once again reached the final. Today's Chinese pair's opponents, Malaysia's Wu Shunfa/Lai Jiemin, are the team's second mixed doubles, behind Chan Kin Ming/Lai Peijun, who won the Korean Super Tournament in the previous leg. Ranked 13th in the world.
In the first round of the game, Ou Xuanyi's backcourt smash power began to appear, consecutive kills to Malaysia's female player Lai Jiemin scored, once 5-1, and then the Chinese combination was a wave of 5-0, the game was once a 10-1 lead, Huang Yaqiong's strong net seal brought a decline in the quality of the opponent's shot, and soon the Chinese team ushered in the set point 20-7, although Wu Shunfa / Lai Jiemin stubbornly won 4 points, but Ou Xuanyi / Huang Yaqiong was still a 21-11 victory. In the second set, the situation suddenly changed, Wu Shunfa / Lai Jiemin started 7-0, the Brief Drop of the Chinese combination was quickly stopped, and the score was 15-11 in the middle of the game, and finally eliminated the opponent 21-15 to advance to the final.
Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping 2-0 (21-12/21-8) Jin Yong/Li Youlin
The South Korean duo of Kim Yong /Lee You-lin played in international competitions for the first time, there is no world ranking for the time being, the two are a pair of young players under the age of 20, but in the last round, they defeated the new combination of Guoyu Zheng Weiwei / Zhang Shuxian, which is a cold door. Huang Dongping / Wang Yilu is also under pressure in this competition, as an Olympic champion, he has not won any international open championship in the Paris cycle.
In the first set, Kim Yong /Lee You-lin took the lead and led the Olympic champions 8-7 at one point, but the South Korean teenager had the only lead once, and was soon scored by Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping by 10 consecutive points, and the score quickly became 17-8, and the national team won the first set very easily at 21-12. In the second set, the Olympic champion group played more calmly, starting with a 6-0 opponent, and the score on the match point became 20-4, although the opponent stubbornly chased 4 points in a row, it was still 8-21 eliminated by the Chinese combination.
With the victory of Olympic champions Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping, the Chinese team won the mixed doubles championship of the Open for the first time in 2022, after only Ou Xuanyi / Huang Yaqiong and Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping won the runner-up at the German Open and the All England Open respectively, as the fist advantage project of the Tokyo cycle, the mixed doubles is facing a huge challenge in the Paris cycle, and today's strongest Thai combination Dechabo / Sha Xili, the Japanese combination Ofuda Watanabe / Higashino Yusha can already break through the national olympic champion Huang Dongping / Wang Yilu, At present, the national mixed doubles urgently need the second pair to stand up and form a double insurance.