On May 20, Beijing time, the 2022 World Tour Super 500 Thailand Open began a quarterfinal competition, and the Chinese team had both joys and worries. Li Shifeng continued to perform well, and he broke into the men's singles final four. Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong and Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping both won easily and they reached the mixed doubles semifinals together. He Bingjiao fought hard for three sets and unfortunately lost to Dai Ziying and missed the women's singles semifinals.
Li Shifeng faced Wang Ziwei of Chinese Taipei in the men's singles quarterfinals. Although Wang Ziwei is ranked 15th in the world, Li Shifeng won the only meeting between the two, and he won 2-0 at this year's Asian Championships. After the start of the match, Wang Ziwei quickly exerted his strength and once led 11-7. After the break in the game, Li Shifeng began to exert his strength, and he played a wave of scoring climax to achieve a rebound. Wang Ziwei then tried to counterattack, but Li Shifeng held firmly the lead, and he won the first set 21-16.
In the second set, the two played very stiffly, there were many equal points on the field, Li Shifeng set off an offensive attack in the end of this set to establish a leading position, he won another set 21-17, eliminated Wang Ziwei to reach the final four 2-0.
In the women's singles quarterfinals, He Bingjiao met Dai Ziying, and the previous record of the two was that He Bingjiao was in a disadvantage of 2 wins and 9 losses. He Bingjiao has lost to Dai Ziying three times in a row, and the last time she beat Dai Ziying was at the 2018 World Championships. After the opening, Dai Ziying was very imposing, scoring consecutive points to lead 11-2. In the subsequent game, although He Bingjiao tried to chase points, Dai Ziying's advantage was difficult to shake, 21-10, Dai Ziying took the lead.
In the second set, the two drew several times, and after 6 draws, He Bingjiao launched an offensive attack and took 4 points in a row to lead the way. After a break in the inning, Dai Ziying tried to chase the score, but He Bingjiao held firmly the lead, and after 18-14 she scored three consecutive points to win a set 21-14. In the decider, He Bingjiao was unfavorable, and Dai Ziying scored 4 points first. After He Bingjiao chased to 3-6, Dai Ziying stepped up his attack and scored seven consecutive points to lead 13-3. He Bingjiao later set off a counterattack to recover 3 points, and Dai Ziying maintained the offensive counterattack with 2 points to stabilize the situation.
After the score became 16-7, He Bingjiao launched a counterattack, and she chased 7 points in a row. At this time, He Bingjiao was a little impatient, and the mistakes increased, and Dai Ziying returned the 3 points to re-open. He Bingjiao played tenaciously, using the rhythm and drop point changes to chase 3 points, and she narrowed the gap to 2 points again. The two of them played small balls in front of the net, Dai Ziying hooked diagonally out of bounds, and He Bingjiao fell behind 18-19. Dai Ziying scored on the offensive attack, and she took the lead in getting the match point. He Bingjiao picked the ball in the backcourt, the division line judged inside the boundary, Dai Ziying proposed a challenge, the slow-motion replay showed that the ball fell outside the boundary, 18-21, He Bingjiao lost the decider to lose 1-2 and missed the final four.
The Chinese team occupies two places in the mixed doubles final four. No. 2 seeds Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong entered the form faster, suppressing Indonesia's Kayono / Islami, firmly maintaining the lead on the field, and it took only 28 minutes to win 2-0 (21-16, 21-14) to advance.
Olympic champions Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping did not give the Thai duo of Chomk / Pawissampuran any chance to upset, they have been controlling the game, spending 32 minutes to beat their opponents to the semi-finals 2-0 (21-16, 21-15). The IELTS and Yellow Ducks are divided into different halves this time, and they are waiting for their respective semi-final opponents.