On June 18, Beijing time, the first men's doubles semi-final of the 2022 BWF World Tour Indonesia Open ended, and Liu Yuchen/ Ou Xuanyi won the ball to reach the final. In the clash with the Malaysian duo of Xie Dingfeng / Su Weiyi, Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi lost two straight sets to win 2-0 to advance.
The Indonesia Open is a super 1000 tournament, the competition is only set up in the main tournament, the national feathers are trapped in the world rankings, and many players have not qualified for the competition. Although the number of participants was not as good as last week's Indonesia Masters, the main players such as Chen Yufei, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong and Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping signed up to participate. The event level is very high, there is no qualification, which is the biggest blow to the men's doubles of the national feather, because this year the national men's doubles has been re-paired, and the world ranking of the many pairs is low, and there is no qualification tournament for them to lose the opportunity to participate in the super 1000 event.
In the end, only Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi were given the opportunity to participate through the status of alternates, and they had a fairly good performance in the first two rounds, and in the first round, they played out the No. 2 seed Setiawan / Ah Shan to advance. In the quarter-finals, Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi continued their good form, and they eliminated the No. 6 seed Indonesia's Alfian / Adianto to advance to the final four. In the semi-finals, Liu Yuchen/ Ou Xuanyi played against No. 5 seed Malaysia's Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi, which was the first time the two pairs had met.
Because of Li Junhui's retirement, Liu Yuchen partnered with Ou Xuanyi this year, and they achieved good results in some competitions, but the overall performance was not stable enough, and there was still a lack of heat in the handling of many details. This time I got the opportunity to participate in the Indonesia Masters, which is a good opportunity for Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi to get more points and improve the ranking. Reaching the final four in the Super 1000 event is an affirmation of the strength of Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi, who want to go further.
After the opening 3 draws, Liu Yuchen /Ou Xuanyi did better in hair extensions and consistencies, and they scored 4 consecutive points to open the lead. In the following match, the two pairs scored alternately, Xie Dingfeng / Su Weiyi chased the score to 13-14, and Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi calmly responded to the counterattack and 2 points to pull back again. The Malaysian duo was not discouraged, they counterattacked again and narrowed the gap to 1 point, at the key moment Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi scored 2 consecutive points to get the set point, 21-18, they won the first set.
Before Liu Yuchen continued to control the net in the second set, the Chinese duo scored three consecutive points to lead 5-2. The Malaysian duo narrowed the gap to 1 point twice, with Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi responding in time to maintain the lead. In the following game, the two pairs alternately increased the score, Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi firmly maintained the lead, and after 14-12, they seized the opportunity to set off a new wave of attack, scoring 4 points in one go to extend the lead. At this time, there was no suspense in the game, the Chinese combination scored in the draw, 21-13, Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi won another set to win 2-0 to enter the final.