On July 3, Beijing time, the 2022 BWF World Tour Malaysia Open continued to compete in the final, and Denmark's Asselsen won the men's singles championship. In the men's singles final, Axelsen completely suppressed Japan's Kento Momota, and he swept the opponent in two straight sets 21-4, 21-7 to win the championship. The Chinese team won 1 championship and 2 runners-up in this open tournament.
The Malaysian Open is a Super 750 event, and the national team has sent a full team to compete, with the goal of striving for better results and taking more points to improve the world ranking. In the end, the Chinese team reached the final in three events, and Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong remained strong, and they won 2-0 in the mixed doubles final. This is the fifth consecutive event of the IELTS combination, and they have also won 25 consecutive victories in all competitions. Judging from the recent outstanding performance, the IELTS combination has gradually returned to its best condition.
Although the IELTS team won the opening for the Chinese team on the final day, the Chinese team failed to take advantage of the victory in the next two finals. Zhang Shuxian / Zheng Yu fought hard to lose 1-2 to Indonesia's Rahayu / Ramahandi in three sets, and Chen Yufei also lost 1-2 to Thailand's Indanong after three sets to get the runner-up, so that Guoyu ended the Malaysian Open with a record of 1 championship and 2 runners-up.
In the other two finals, the men's singles final attracted attention. This time, only Lu Guangzu and Zhao Junpeng qualified for the men's singles, and Lu Guangzu successfully broke into the quarterfinals, but he lost to Thailand's talented teenager Kunravut and missed the final four. The tournament's top two seeds, Axelsen and Kento Momota, won together in the semi-finals, where they met in the final.
The two players have played each other 16 times in the World Badminton League, and Momota Kendou has an absolute advantage with 14 wins and 2 losses, but the two are now in a very different state than before, and Axelsen has doubled his confidence after winning the Olympic championship and is becoming more and more confident on the court. Momota Kendo has never recovered after a car accident in Malaysia, and this year there are 5 events that have suffered a round trip.
Axelsen took the lead after the final began, quickly leading 9-1. In the following game, Axelsen played with ease, whether it was a multi-shot or a surprise attack, he had the upper hand and was in full control of the situation, 21-4, Axelsen easily won the first set.
Axelsen was still in control of the game in the second set, and even though the two formed a multi-shot, Axelsen had the advantage, and he started 5-1. Kento Momota tried to counterattack, twice narrowing the gap to two points, and Axelsen quickly returned the attack to stabilize the situation. After the score became 7-5, Axelsen stepped up his offensive and won nine consecutive points to establish an advantage. Although Momota Kendou recovered 1 point to temporarily stop the bleeding, he could not create a real threat, Axelsen scored three more points to establish the victory, 21-7, Axelsen icing on the cake to win 2-0 to win the championship.