Chen Long advanced to the badminton men's singles final, and the gold medal battle will re-play the "Double Dragon Club"

Defending champion Chen Long advanced to the men's singles final in badminton. Photo: Xinhua News Agency

Beijing News (reporter Liu Chen) Tokyo Olympic Games today ended the badminton men's singles semifinals, defending champion Chen Long lost two straight sets to defeat Indonesia's Jin Ting to reach the final, will be with Denmark's Arceloron staged the 20th "Double Dragon Meeting" in the international arena.

Chen Long quickly entered the form in the semi-final with Kim Ting, taking a 21-16 lead. In the second set, Chen Long always controlled the rhythm, the opponent could not control his ball path, the mistakes increased, chen Long locked up the victory 21-11. After the game, he thought that his mentality was very flat, and he executed the tactics well one point at a time.

As the defending Olympic men's singles champion, Chen Long was not optimistic about Tokyo's prospects due to his age and status, but he stood on the field again after 18 months, and his performance was eye-catching. For his third appearance in the Olympic Games, Chen Long said that he still thinks about "how to do a good job in the things accumulated in the past 5 years."

Tomorrow night's gold medal match, Chen Long will face his old rival Acelon for the 20th time. In the previous 19 meetings, Chen Long had an absolute advantage of 14-5, including a 2-0 victory at the Rio Olympics, but the two last met at the Malaysian Open early last year, when Arceloron won 2-1. In Chen Long's view, the Olympic Games are the same for everyone's opportunities, Arcelong's road to promotion is very relaxed, it can be seen that the state is very good, "I don't have too much pressure myself, try to show the best side, don't leave regrets, tomorrow the game is fully committed." ”

The national team has reached the final in all 5 individual events of the Tokyo Olympic Games, and has won 1 gold and 2 silver, and there are 3 gold and 1 bronze to compete for.

Beijing News reporter Liu Chen

Edited by Han Shuangming Proofreader Wu Xingfa