On May 1, Beijing time, the Badminton Asian Championships are underway. Ongoing is the men's singles final, where Malaysia's Li Zijia takes on Indonesia's world champion Jonathan. At present, Jonathan is ranked 8th in the world and Li Zijia is ranked 7th in the world, and the rankings of the two sides are very close. The two sides have played each other 5 times before, and Indonesia's jonathan has the advantage with 4 wins and 1 loss.
In the first set, Li Zijia entered the state quickly, with his height and strength advantages, he pressed down to kill the ball when he saw the opportunity, Li Zijia won the first set 21:17, and led 1:0. Li Zijia is good at playing offense, while Jonatan is good at defending, and the two sides are two completely different ways of playing. Jonathan has been looking for counter-attack opportunities in the pull, but there were not many chance balls in the first set.
In the second set, Jonathan started with a 3-0 lead. Li Zijia then chased to 6:7. Li Zijia played his height advantage, and the two sides drew 9:9. Li Zijia made a mistake in returning the ball, and Jonathan once again led 10:9. Li Zijia scored 2 consecutive points to win 11:10, leading the lead into the technical suspension. Today, Li Zijia played very calmly, although Li Zijia was good at playing offense, but he played very calmly, which shows that Li Zijia is becoming more and more mature.
After the timeout, Jonathan rebounded 13:11, but Li Zijia then scored consecutive shots to win 14:13. The two sides played very fiercely, the score alternately rose, and there was no gap, li Zijia led 16:15. Jonathan tied again, with the two sides drawing 16-16. Li Zijia opened the gap 19:16, Li Zijia's mentality fluctuated, and Jonathan won the set point at 20:19.
Jonathan lost two consecutive set points and Li Zijia chased to a 21-21 draw. Li Zijia won the match point 22:21, Jonathan returned the ball out of bounds, and in the end, Li Zijia locked in the victory 23:21. The aggregate score was 2:0 with a clean sheet from Jonathan, and he successfully won the Asian Championship men's singles championship.
The Asian Championships came to a successful end, and Guoyu became the biggest winner, with Guoyu winning 3 championships, namely women's singles champion Wang Zhiyi, women's doubles champion Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan, and mixed doubles champion Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong. Indonesia won 1 crown and men's doubles champion Pramudia Lemiya. Malaysia won 1 crown and men's singles champion Li Zijia. The Japanese team and the Korean team are all grainy. Next, the athletes will travel to Thailand to participate in the next Toyu Cup. I wish the national feather players to continue to work hard.