In the early morning of May 21, Beijing time, the last semifinal of the Sudirman Cup finally came to an end, and the defending champion China team and the favorite Japan team fought for the right to the final, the game process was ups and downs, exciting: after Guoyu lost in the first mixed doubles combination, Shi Yuqi turned the tide in the men's singles matchup to reverse Japanese team rising star Koda Naraoka to equalize 1-1; But then the women's singles Chen Yufei lost 1-2 again; The men's doubles Liu Ou team withstood the pressure and staged a shocking reversal to make the overall score 2-2; The last women's doubles fanchen combination played "rape flower", so the Chinese team beat Japan 3-2 to reach the final again.
Women's singles: Chen Yufei 0-2 Akane Yamaguchi
When Shi Yuqi managed to reverse Naraoka Kodai to equalize 1-1, and then lost another point in the women's singles event, now in the resumption, Akane Yamaguchi's loss to Thailand's Lee Meimyo in the 1/4 final was just a stopgap measure, calculating that the Thai team did not pose a threat to Japan's promotion in the following matches.
So the question is, why didn't the coaching staff use He Bingjiao to deal with Yamaguchi Qian, knowing that Chen Yufei had no obvious advantage over Yamaguchi Qian at this stage, not to mention that Chen Yufei had fought continuously before and belonged to the fatigue division, so it seemed that it was really a faint move, and the entire coaching staff was deceived by Yamaguchi Akane hitting Li Meimiao with a shot.
When Chen Yufei was swept by Akane Yamaguchi for two consecutive games, everyone suddenly realized that this was the peak of the world first, Chen Yufei's many ball paths were predicted by opponents, and the forehand pressed almost zero errors.
It's a pity that Feifei, this game played a little urgently, the second game from 3:7 to 9:11, already tried his best, the latter 10:15 trail is caused by lack of physical strength, lose is lost, let's just use this excuse.
The pressure of the subsequent match came to the Chinese badminton men's doubles side:
Liu Yuchen Ou Weiyi VS Hoki Zhuo Lang Kobayashi Yugo
The two sides have only met once, and at the 2022 Malaysia Masters, the two teams played three sets, and the Liu Ou team lost 20:22 in the tiebreaker.
Now with a 2-1 advantage, the "little nanny" started the game with full confidence, and the defensive end was also airtight, even though Liu Ou's combination pressed 10:11 and 13:14 step by step, but finally won the first game 1-0 at 21:17.
In the crucial second game between the two sides, under great pressure, the Liu Ou combination still did not find an effective strategy to contain the opponent, and took an 11:10 lead when the break came, but in the subsequent multi-shot matchup, the Liu Ou combination extended its advantage 16:13.
However, the good times did not last long, and Liu Ou's combination lost 3 points in a row to chase 16:16, which made the morale of the Japanese team even higher.
However, after withstanding the pressure to win again at 19:17, Liu Ou finally seized the opportunity and scored 1-1 with a difficult equalizer at 21:19, which immediately made the teammates on the sidelines cheer.
In the tiebreaker, both sides were red-eyed, from the opening game to 5-5, but the Liu Ou combination made a series of mistakes in key ball handling, and was brought into the game by the opponent with a small 11:8 advantage.
After a short break, Liu Ou's combination struggled to chase the score after 12:18, when everyone thought that Guoyu would definitely lose, however, it was Liu Ou's combination that adhered to the firm belief that he would never give up in the end, and finally counterattacked under the adversity of 16:19 and 18:20, and completed the counterattack at 22:20, and the Chinese team drew 2-2 with a wonderful and incredible comeback!
The "little babysitter" will therefore fly the cooked duck!
Women's Doubles: Chen Qingchen, Jia Yifan VS Yuki Fukushima, Saika Hirota
Head-to-head record 8-10, Japanese "rape flower" slightly prevailed, but these are all old books saved at the peak in the past few years, and today's mortal dust combination has long been crowned the world's number one.
In this battle, the Fan Dust combination won an 11:4 dream start as soon as it came up, then opened the score at 15:7, and finally swept easily at 21:11, 1-0!
In the second game, "Rape Flower" was beaten by the mortal dust combination in the first half, and the strength comparison between the two teams was not the same rank at all, similar to professional amateur. The Van Dust combination then enters an intermittent adjustment at 11:3.
The match that followed lost its suspense prematurely, and in the end, the Chinese team beat Japan 3-2 on aggregate, reaching the final for three consecutive times after 2019 and 2021.
It is worth mentioning that the Chinese badminton team has previously achieved two consecutive championships in 2019 and 2021, so the great cause of three consecutive championships is close at hand!
Come on, Team China!