The 2022 Asian Badminton Championships began the first matchday of contention, with the reunited Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong defeating the Thai duo of Makasahitong / Zhenicha 2-0 (21-16/ 22-20) without any obstacles, during which Zheng Siwei was accidentally injured and applied for a medical suspension, but still did not hinder the promotion to the round of 16. Another pair of Japanese olympic champions Matsutomo Misaki and Kaneko Yuki 2-0 tactics against Hong Kong's Wu Zhirou/Lee Jin-hee also reached the mixed doubles round of 16.
In this year's international arena, the mixed doubles that was originally the strength of the national featherweight was only won by the Tokyo Olympic champion Huang Dongping / Wang Yilu won a Korean Masters championship, the rest of the champions all fell by the wayside, the double insurance power of the Tokyo Olympic cycle was lost, in order to strengthen the advantages of the mixed doubles event, the 2019 World Championship champion Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong was forced to disintegrate and reorganize, but the high-level points competition in order to compete for qualification, or twice combined, before the two in the All England field to break through the semi-finals, this Asian Championships again partnered, If they can win the championship, they will be close to the world's No. 1 Dechabo/Shaxili in terms of points.
In the first round against Thailand's MakasatHito/Zhenicha, Huang Yaqiong/Zheng Siwei played more smoothly in the first set, taking a 3-0 lead at the beginning, and then played a wave of 5-0 attack in the middle of the game, once leading by 10 points at 14-4, although the two competed more with Ou Xuanyi and Zhang Shuxian respectively, but the tacit understanding in the past was still there, the IELTS combination continued to expand the score, and when the set point was won 20-12, the opponent Makasa Xitong/Zhenicha saved 4 consecutive set points, and still won the first set 16-21.
In the second set, Thailand's MakasatHito/ Zhenicha still bit the score to 3-3 at the beginning, but soon became a tactical exercise of the IELTS combination, the national champion of the World Championships at the break of the middle innings had an 11-6 lead, but unfortunately at the moment of 19-15 seeing that he was about to win the match, he was equalized by the opponent Makasa Xitong/Zhenicha with 4 consecutive points, Zheng Siwei/ Huang Yaqiong took the lead in getting the match point 20-19, but was still stubbornly resolved by the opponent, fortunately, there was no waste of the second match point, and the 22-20 narrow victory advanced to the round of 16. In this round, Zheng Siwei was injured and applied for a medical suspension, but fortunately there was no major obstacle after processing.
World no. 16 Kaneko Yuki / Matsutomo Misaki first round against Hong Kong, China Wu Zhirou / Lee Jin-hee, Matsutomo Misaki is the Rio Olympic women's doubles champion, after Takahashi Reiwa retired, Matsutomo Misaki specialized in mixed doubles, more interesting is that Matsutomo Misaki chose the Olympic champion women's doubles partner Takahashi Reika's husband Kaneko Yuki to match mixed doubles. In the first set, Matsutomo Misaki/Yuki Kaneko took a slight lead in the score, taking the first set 21-19 from the break from the mid-set to 20-19 at the end of the inning, without giving the opponent a chance to fight back. The Japanese pair continued to maintain a slim lead in the second set, with an advantage of just one point at 11-10 at the break, and at the end of the set, Matsutomo Misaki used the sharp block in front of the net to speed up the offensive rhythm and win another set 21-16.
Men's Doubles Round 1 National Team Tan Qiang/Ren Xiangyu met Thailand's Nam TaKorn/Chaneng Phong, after two sets of 2 matches 21-13 and 21-19 to reach the second round, will challenge the 2019 World Championships men's doubles champion Indonesian veteran Ashan / Setiawan, in the recent Korea Masters, Tan Qiang / Ren Xiangyu faced another Indonesian pair of Phikri / Maulana lost 1-2 (21-17/24-26/20-22) against the Men's Doubles Champion of the All England Championships. Being able to compete with a strong enemy even if it is defeated also sees the future and hope.