On May 1, the 2022 Badminton Asian Championships entered the final competition in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, and The National Feather entered the women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles finals, and finally after fierce competition, the national feathers successfully won 3 crowns, leading all the teams, while the largest opponent Japan ended with 0 crowns. Among them, Wang Zhiyi won two consecutive sets in the case of losing one set first, reversing Akane Yamaguchi, the first Japanese sister of THE NEW BRANCH World, to win the top event championship for the first time. The "IELTS" combination Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong ended a three-game defeat against the "Yellow Duck" combination Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping, and successfully avenged 2-0, winning the Asian Championship for the first time.
The first final was the women's singles, and the national feather youngster Wang Zhiyi had achieved a breakthrough after three sets of hard work in the semifinals to reverse the talented South Korean girl An Jieying. And Japan's first sister Akane Yamaguchi also eliminated India's first sister Sindu after three fierce rounds in the semifinals, and while advancing to the final, she locked in the first place in the world of women's singles in the new cycle in advance.
In the final, Wang Zhiyi lost 15-21 in the first set, but the second set was equalized 21-13, in the decider, Yamaguchi Akane was affected by a knee injury in the first half, once 6-17 behind, but then stubbornly chased the points, once chased to 19-19 draw, at the critical moment, Wang Zhiyi withstood the pressure, scored two consecutive points, completed the kill at 21-19, achieved a big reversal with a total score of 2-1, won the top international championship for the first time, and also won the Asian Championship women's singles championship after 6 years.
In the mixed doubles final, Guoyu achieved a meeting and locked in the championship and runner-up in advance. For the "IELTS" combination Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong, who restructured the competition, the "Yellow Duck" group Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping once again launched a final battle. Previously, from the final of the Tokyo Olympic Games to the final of the Shaanxi National Games, and then to the semi-final of this year's All England Championships, the IELTS combination has lost to the Yellow Duck combination three times in a row, and even led to the dismantling of Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong.
This time the recombination of the competition, as the number one seed of the IELTS lived up to expectations, Lian Zhan Lian won to enter the final, and Yellow Duck also completed the revenge of the old rival Japan's Todo combination Ofa Watanabe / Higashino Yusa in the semi-final, successfully advanced to the final, completed the meeting. In the final, the IELTS combination attacked more aggressively, winning 2-0 in the next two sets 2-0 at 21-17, 21-8, winning the Asian Championship for the first time, but also successfully taking revenge, helping Guoyu achieve the Asian Championship mixed doubles five consecutive championships. More importantly, IELTS's victory proves that they are still the ace combination of the national mixed doubles, and there can be more expectations in the future.
The women's doubles final, also a Sino-Japanese showdown, the top seed "Fan Chen" combination Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan against Japan's new combination Ofaga Suzu / Nakanishi Takaei, this is the first meeting between the two pairs, in the game, Fan Chen did not encounter too many challenges and difficulties, 21-11, 21-15, won two consecutive sets of easy 2-0 sweep, successfully defended the title, won the Asian Championship for the second time. So far, The national feathers have won 3 championships and 1 runner-up in this Asian Championship, leading all the teams, while the biggest rival Japan team has only won two runners-up, and no championships have been recorded.