On May 1, the 2022 Badminton Asian Championships will enter the final day of competition, and the national feathers are expected to hit 3 gold in the three events of women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. Among them, the women's singles and women's doubles are both China-Japan duels, Wang Zhiyi will challenge the world first in Xinke, a Japanese sister Akane Yamaguchi; and "Fan Chen" Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan will face off against the Japanese women's doubles new combination Iwanaga Suzu / Nakanishi Takaei; in the mixed doubles, the two pairs of Kuniyu have already met the final and locked in the championship and runner-up in advance.
In the semi-finals, The National Feather Girl Miao Wang Zhiyi fought a rather relieving revenge battle in a duel with the No. 2 seed of the tournament and the talented girl of South Korea, Ahn Hyun-ying. The fierce battle was completed 2-1 in three sets to advance to the final. The final opponent is Japan's first sister Akane Yamaguchi, who also defeated India's sister Sindu 2-1 in the semifinals, and also locked in the new women's singles world number one position, surpassing Chinese Taipei's Dai Ziying. Judging from the confrontation records, the two only met at the 2020 Indonesia Masters, when Wang Zhiyi reversed 2-1, and the decider even hit a 26-24 glue score. After two years of fighting again, Wang Zhiyi is looking forward to continuing the victory.
In the women's doubles semifinals, the top seeds Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan defeated Du Yue/Li Wenmei 2-0 in a civil war and advanced to the final. The new Japanese duo of Iwanaga Suzu / Nakanishi Takaei also won 2-1 against the No. 4 seed combination of Yuki Fukushima and Saihana Hirota in the civil war to advance to the final of the top tournament for the first time. The Sino-Japanese showdown is the first time the two pairs have met, and the experienced Fanchen combination will certainly not give up this excellent opportunity to impact the championship again.
In the mixed doubles semifinals, the two ace combinations of Guoyu, "IELTS" combination Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong, played against Indonesia's Jordan / Melati, after winning the first set first, the opponent chose to retire, and the two successfully advanced. The "Yellow Duck" combination Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping launched a revenge battle with the old rival Japan's "Dongdu" combination, winning 2-0 in two consecutive sets, advancing to the final, completing the meeting, and Guoyu won the championship and runner-up in advance. Of course, for the two pairs, IELTS has lost to Yellow Duck twice in a row, so they are eager to get revenge, end the losing streak, and prove that they are still the number one mixed doubles duo of The National Feather.
Men's singles and men's doubles finals, are between Indonesia and Malaysia, of which the men's singles final is between the No. 3 seed and the No. 4 seed, Jonatan vs. Li Zijia, in the past record, Jonathan 4 wins and 1 loss lead, but the most recent meeting was in the 2020 All England Championships, Li Zijia achieved revenge, this time again, Li Zijia's overall strength and state are better than before, and the winning surface is still slightly larger. In the men's doubles final, Malaysia's number one combination Xie Dingfeng / Su Weiyi faced another new pair of Indonesian pairs, Liyanto / Jacob, and the two sides met for the first time, and the victory or defeat was unpredictable.
Attached: Asian Championship Final Schedule (Starts at 1:00 p.m. Beijing time on May 1)
Wang Ying (China) vs Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)
Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong (China) vs Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping (China)
Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan (China) vs Iwanaga Suzu / Nakanishi Takaei (Japan)
Xie Dingfeng /Su Wei Translation (Malaysia) vs Riyanto / Jacob (Indonesia)
Jonathan (Indonesia) vs Lee Zi Ka (Malaysia)