The 2023 Malaysia Open badminton tournament was contested yesterday in the semifinals, with one pair from each of the three doubles events of the Chinese team reaching today's final. As a BWF 1000 level event, the Chinese badminton team played strongly in the first round of the new year, the victory of Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan allowed the team to occupy a place each in the mixed doubles and women's doubles finals, and the biggest surprise came from the men's doubles, Liang Weiheng/Wang Chang went one step further and reached the final of the 1000 event for the first time.
The mixed doubles IELTS pair faced the Indonesian pair De Jan/Vidjia who had just partnered last year in the semifinals, and although the Indonesian player once clung to the score, the trend of the match was always firmly controlled by the IELTS combination, and Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong eventually won 21-16, 21-18. The IELTS team reached the final of a competition and continued their excellent form, to which Zheng said: "We don't think we can easily win the competition every time, the results show that we have been in good form recently, but in fact, every time we encounter great challenges in the process, so we will give it our all in every game. The women's doubles pair Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan faced Rahayu/Siti from Indonesia, and after winning the first set 21-19, the opponent withdrew due to injury, and the Fan Chen team advanced to the final. However, it is a little regrettable that the other pair of the Chinese team, Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu, lost to the Korean pair Bai Ha Na/Li Youlin, and did not have the opportunity to meet Fan Chen in the final.
In the men's doubles, China's young duo of Liang Weihang / Wang Chang continued to set new records, defeating Ranquireddy/Shetty 21-16, 11-21, 21-15 to reach the Malaysia Open final. After the game, the two boys were very excited, "Happy! Incredible! The first time I played this match, I reached the final! We just enjoy the process of the game, not afraid of losing and daring to fight, if we are afraid, it is equivalent to losing half. "In addition, yesterday's women's singles semifinals, the top four players in the world rankings met. As a result, the fourth seed and Olympic champion Chen Yufei fought hard in three sets, losing 12-21, 21-19, 9-21 to second-seeded An Xiying, and did not qualify for the final. Today, the Malaysian Open will feature finals in five events, with China challenging for the champion in three doubles events. Image source: BWF
(Beijing Sports Radio)