The 2022 Asian Badminton Championships, as a high-level event with points equivalent to the Super 1000 Series, naturally attracted the world's top players to participate, and has now entered the semi-final competition, in the mixed doubles competition that began first, the top seed Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong won the first set 21-8, and the opponent Indonesian rival Jordan withdrew due to a recurrence of a waist injury, and the IELTS combination was guaranteed to enter the final. In the women's doubles semifinal derby, world No. 1 Jia Yifan/Chen Qingchen defeated Du Yue/Li Wenmei 2-0 (21-12/21-17), one victory away from the defending champions, and the final opponents will be the winners of Japan's Nakanishi Takaei/Iwanaga Suzu and Hirota Caihua/Yuki Fukushima.
Huang Yaqiong / Zheng Weiwei lost to teammates Huang Dongping / Wang Yilu in the mixed doubles final of the Tokyo Olympic Games, and then unexpectedly encountered a round of travel at the next World Championships, after the reorganization, Huang Yaqiong / Ou Xuanyi won 2 open runners-up, Zheng Weiwei and young Zhang Shuxian have not found a rhythm to match. As the Super 1000 Series, the All England And Asian Championships have higher requirements for rankings, and in order to qualify for the IELTS combination, they have to reorganize, but fortunately, the two are still in contention, and they have all reached the semi-finals in the All England Tournament and this Asian Championship.
Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong's opponent in the semi-finals is Indonesia's No. 4 seeds Jordan Melati, and the most recent meeting between the two sides was in the quarterfinals of last year's Tokyo Olympics, when the IELTS duo defeated their opponents 2-0 to advance to the semi-finals. The first inning of the two sides came up to be a short match, two female players actively scrambled in front of the net, giving the male companions the opportunity to smash at the back, in this process Huang Yaqiong always maintained the upper hand in the contest with Meratti, Melatti grabbed the net and could only pick the backfield, handed to Zheng Siwei to jump continuously to smash, the first half of the national feather combination led 11-4 into the break, the second half of the game was still IELTS had the upper hand, after scoring 5 consecutive points, with a 16-4 big score to make the opponent desperate, and finally won easily 21-8. Before the start of the second set, Jordan's back injury recurred and he could not hold on to the game, the Indonesian combination chose to withdraw, and Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong only played 1 set to advance to the championship battle.
In the women's doubles semifinals, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan met with teammates Du Yue/Li Wenmei, and the world's No. 1 Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan maintained a high level of competition in the past 2 years, except for the Tokyo Olympic Women's Doubles final defeat to Indonesia's Rahayu/Polly, in many cases defeated Japan and South Korea to win the championship. In the quarter-finals of this tournament, the All England Open champion Naoya Matsuyama / Chiyo Shida was eliminated, but unfortunately Polly / Lahayu was absent again, and never gave the Fanchen combination a chance to avenge, and the other pair of national feathers combination Li Wenmei / Du Yue eliminated thailand's Prajonga / Kitit Tarakur this time.
In the first set, the two sides played 6-6 at the beginning, but Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan gradually got into a good situation, scored 5 consecutive points to enter the middle of the game to rest, and with Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan attacking, they finally won quickly 21-12. In the second set, Du Yue/Li Wenmei stepped up the battle in front of the net, leading 15-13 at one point in the middle of the game, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, Jia Yifan/Chen Qingchen chased to 17-17, and scored four consecutive points at the end of the set to end the game. The defending champion's opponent in the final was determined to be the Japanese duo, which was also a civil war, and world champion Saika Hirota reached the semi-finals for the first time since his comeback.