On May 1, Beijing time, the Asian Badminton Championships ended in Manila, Philippines. The Chinese team reached three finals, winning all two "foreign wars" and ending with a good result of 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze.
In the women's doubles final, the returning top seeds Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan won the second crown of the season by beating Iwanaga Ling / Nakanishi Takaei 21-11, 21-15. In this game, the "Fan Chen" combination did not lose a game, and successively eliminated the Korean rookie Zheng Na-eun / Kim Hye-jeong, the No. 5 seed Shida Chiyo / Matsuyama Naomi from Japan, teammates Du Yue / Lee Wenmei and other good players who had previously defeated themselves in the first round of the All England Open. In the final, facing the Japanese "dark horse" who had previously eliminated No. 2 seeds Li Shaoxi/Shin Seung-chan and No. 4 seeds Yuki Fukushima/Hirota Saihana, the Chinese duo did not give the opponent any chance and swept to win. Due to the suspension of the Asian Championships due to the epidemic in the previous two years, the "Fan Chen" combination, which was the champion of the 2019 Asian Championships, also successfully defended its title.
In contrast, The National Feather "Little Flower" Wang Zhiyi won more difficult. Facing top seed Akane Yamaguchi, the Chinese nova fought hard for 78 minutes, and the decider won 15-21, 21-13, 21-19 in the case of being chased to 19 draws by the opponent, and won both matches with the former. Wang Zhiyi, who has just turned 22, showed full resilience in this competition, staged four reversals, defeated No. 7 seed Busannan, India's neville, No. 2 seed An Xianying and top seed Akane Yamaguchi, and carried the Banner of Chinese women's singles in the absence of Chen Yufei and He Bingjiao missed the top 4. This is not only Wang Zhiyi's first Super 1000 level champion, but also the first Time that the Chinese women's singles has won the Asian Championship since 2016.
The mixed doubles final staged a "China derby", and the number one seeds Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong, who were "divided and combined" this season, won the championship with 21-17, 21-8 No. 3 seeds Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping, with a performance that did not lose a set, not only ending the two consecutive defeats against the opponent, but also breaking the 843-day international competition "championship drought".
In addition, men's singles rookie Weng Hongyang and men's doubles new combination Ren Xiangyu / Tan Qiang both reached the top 4 and won a tie for third place. The Chinese team ended the Asian Championship tour with 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze results.
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