On August 25, Beijing time, the 2022 Badminton World Championships continued in Tokyo, Japan, and Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan successfully won to reach the quarterfinals. In a clash with the Danish duo of Flurgardo/Tigson, the Van Chen duo won two straight sets 21–15, 21–9.
At this World Championship, the Chinese team won four places in the women's doubles competition, and the four pairs were the defending champions Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, Du Yue/Li Wenmei, Zheng Yu/Zhang Shuxian and Liu Xuanxuan/Xia Yuting. In addition to Liu Xuanxuan/Xia Yuting, the other three pairs are all seeded players, and they directly advanced to the first round bye, so only Liu Xuanxuan/Xia Yuting had to play in the first round.
Before the World Championships, Kuniwa has been staying in Chiang Mai, Thailand, training camp, after a month of systematic preparation, Kuniyu is looking forward to a better performance at the World Championships, and the goal of the women's doubles team is to impact the gold medal. Chen Qingchen /Jia Yifan, as the top seed and the defending champion of the women's doubles, they are naturally regarded as strong contenders for the championship.
This year, the Fanchen combination has played more steadily on the BWF World Tour, and has won the Indonesian Masters and the Malaysian Masters two super 500 events, in addition to winning the German Open and asian championships. However, the biggest regret of the Fanchen group is that the two super 1000 events that have ended have a mediocre record, which also gives them more motivation to impact the world championships.
As a seed combination, Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan had a first-round bye, and in the second round they suppressed India's Ponnapa / Reddy well, losing two straight sets to win the promotion. In the third round, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan met Denmark's Frogard/Tigersen, who had to do better defensively to withstand the attacking impact of the Danish combination. The two pairs have previously met five times in the World Badminton Tournament, with the Van Chen duo maintaining a complete victory, including the 2021 Sudirman Cup.
Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan entered the state quickly after the opening, and they took 3 points to lead the way. Flurgard/Tigerson quickly returned fire and pursued, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan showed no weakness and immediately returned fire to maintain the lead. The two sides then alternated points, and when they fell behind 10-14, the Danish duo set off a counter-offensive and chased three points to close. Chen Qingchen/ Jia Yifan responded quickly to stabilize the situation, and after 17-15 they scored four consecutive points to take the next city 21-15.
In the second set, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan clearly accelerated, and they started 6-2. The Danish group tried to chase the score, and the fanchen group immediately responded to stabilize the situation. In the following matches, Chen Qingchen/ Jia Yifan completely had the upper hand, and they continued to expand their advantages, 21-9 to the next city, 2-0 to eliminate their opponents to reach the quarterfinals.
In the quarter-finals, Chen Qingchen /Jia Yifan will face Thailand's Kitti Halakul/Prajonga, the 7th seed.