On August 25, Beijing time, the 2022 Badminton World Championships continued in Tokyo, Japan, and Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong experienced a hard battle to advance. In the clash with thai duo Chomk/Pawisampuran, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong won 2-1 in three sets.
Mixed doubles has always been the most competitive sport for national feathers, and their goal at this World Championships is to attack the championship. Guo Yu has three mixed doubles pairs that qualify for the World Championships, namely Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping and Guo Xinwa/Zhang Shuxian. Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping are the world's top mixed doubles combinations, and they are also the hope of the national team to impact the mixed doubles champion.
Before going to Japan, Kuniwa had been training at a training camp in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where they systematically prepared for the World Championships. Judging from the performance of the national badminton players on the first day, the effect of the pre-World Championships training camp is still good, which also makes people look forward to the appearance of several mixed doubles combinations.
Zheng Siwei /Huang Yaqiong is the number one seed in mixed doubles at this World Championships and the biggest favorite for mixed doubles champions. Although they experienced a brief moment of being split at the beginning of the year, after Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong re-joined hands, they rubbed a stronger spark and showed super strength in many competitions. Before the World Championships, the IELTS team had won 6 consecutive championships and won 30 consecutive victories in these competitions. Considering the BWF's previous intensive schedule in Southeast Asia, the IELTS combination's 30-game winning streak is even more convincing, and they use their performance on the pitch to tell people that the IELTS combination has returned to the world number one state it once was.
World Championship debutants Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong lightly won the Dutch combination to advance, and in the second round they met 14th seed Thailand's Chomk / Pawisampuran. The two pairs have previously met once before in the World Badminton Tournament, and this is this year's Indonesia Open, where the IELTS duo won 2-0.
After the start of the game, the two pairs of combinations competed for each other, there were several times on the court, and after 5 draws, Zheng Siwei /Huang Yaqiong seized the opportunity to take 3 points in a row to lead the way. The Thai duo recovered 1 point, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong stepped up the attack, Zheng Siwei's killing was very powerful, and they took another 5 points to lead 13-6. The Thai duo recovered 2 points, Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong maintained offensive pressure, they set off another wave of attack to score 6 points in a row to establish the victory, 21-9, they took the lead.
In the second set, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong started with another lead, and they led 2-0, 6-3. Chomk/Pavisampuram played tenaciously and they tried to bite the score. In the face of the counterattack of the Thai opponent, the IELTS combination can always give a counterattack to maintain the lead, but they made some mistakes when leading 17-15, and the Thai combination scored 2 points in a row to tie. The IELTS team returned with 1 point, and the Thai team scored 2 points to surpass. The IELTS duo trailed to a 19 draw, but they didn't bite the key points, and the Thai duo scored two consecutive points to win back a set at 21-19.
The IELTS duo led 4-1 in the decider, while the Thai duo clenched the scoreline and scored four consecutive points to come back from behind 5-7. The IELTS combination did not panic and immediately responded with 4 points to regain the lead. The rivalry between the two sides remained fierce after the easy side, and the chomk/Pavisampuram, who were behind by a score, played aggressively, scoring four consecutive points when they were 13-14 behind. Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong calmly coped, and immediately returned the shot with 3 points to draw 17. After 18 draws and 19 draws, Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong scored 2 consecutive points, narrowly won the decider 21-19, and eliminated the opponent 2-1 to advance.