Since Lin Dan retired, the men's singles has become a relative shortcoming of the Chinese badminton team, but in the previous Korean Open, Weng Hongyang, who was not optimistic before the game, became the biggest dark horse, all the way to the final and reverse the championship, it can be said that it is a battle of fame, and in the 2022 Badminton Asian Championships held in the Philippines, Weng Hongyang's performance is still eye-catching, all the way from the qualifier to the men's singles top four, for the Chinese badminton team to maintain the hope of impacting the men's singles championship, In the semi-finals, Weng Hongyang's opponent is Li Zijia from Malaysia, whose world ranking is high in the seventh place, and the 22-year-old Weng Hongyang is only eighty-one in the world ranking, which shows that for Weng Hongyang, Li Zijia is a very strong opponent, after the game began, Weng Hongyang was completely suppressed by Li Zijia, who has a strong offensive ability, and finally lost 0-2, stopping the men's singles final four of this Asian Championships, and his exit also announced that the Chinese team was completely out of the men's singles championship!
Both players are offensive, at the beginning of the game the two sides entered the bayonet red hand-to-hand combat, Li Zijia played very fiercely in the opening stage, relying on continuous backcourt attacks, and Weng Hongyang's mistakes, quickly established a huge 9-0 lead, although Weng Hongyang then used Li Zijia's return ball out of bounds to get the first point of the game, but the initiative was still firmly grasped by the opponent, Li Zijia also scored 2 consecutive points, 11-1 to take the lead into the first set of the interval.
After returning to the game, Weng Hongyang began to strengthen his control, try not to give Li Zijia the opportunity to directly dunk, after scoring 2 points in a row, he chased the score to 3-11, but Li Zijia, who was leading by the big score, was very strong, Weng Hongyang was difficult to control the opponent, as long as he shot a chance, Li Zijia would show his super explosive power, the violent dunk at the back made Weng Hongyang difficult to overcome, and the score advantage was quickly expanded to 15-4, although Weng Hongyang once chased the score to 7-15 after strengthening the attack, However, in the end, he was not able to stage a shocking reversal, and Li Zijia also easily won the opening of the game 21-11.
In the second set of the game, Weng Hongyang was obviously more accustomed to the intensity of the game and Li Zijia's style, and also dared to do actions on the field to play the rhythm he was good at, and also achieved a 5-2 lead at the beginning, but after Li Zijia improved the rhythm of the game, he regained the initiative and quickly chased to 6 draws to wipe out the point difference, and then the two entered a stalemate battle.
After the game resumed, the two still played hard to score, and fought until 16-16, then Li Zijia began to exert his strength, and his luck was also very good, after scoring 3 points in a row, he took a 19-16 lead and saw the hope of ending the game, and finally locked up the victory 21-19!
Since winning the men's singles championship in the Korean Open, Weng Hongyang has been regarded by many fans as the hope of the Chinese badminton team men's singles village, but from the duel with Li Zijia in this game, it is still obvious that the gap between him and the top players can be felt, I believe that after experiencing more high-level experience, Weng Hongyang can become stronger, come on!