National badminton men's doubles championship! Leung Wai Keng Wang Chang swept 2-0 to win three consecutive pairs of Indonesian pairs to win their second title of the season
On June 4, the 2023 BWF Tour Super 500 Thailand Open began its final in the men's doubles final, where the national pair Liang Wai Keng / Wang Chang faced the Indonesian pair of Fikri / Maurana in the men's doubles final. In the end, the Liang Wang combination performed well, the whole game was in a crushing situation, and finally in just 27 minutes, they won two consecutive games, and won easily 2-0, claiming the second championship of the season. So far, this Thailand Open, Guoyu ended with 1 title and 1 runner-up.
In this Thailand Open, Guoyu sent 4 pairs of men's doubles to participate. In the first round, Liu Yuchen/Ou Weiyi, who had risen to second place in the world ranking, was knocked out, and then He Jiting/Zhou Haodong and Ren Xiangyu/Tan Qiang were also out, leaving only Leung Weihang/Wang Chang to advance alone. In the process of promotion, Leung Wai Keng / Wang Chang from the 1/4 final, to the semi-finals and the final, both against the Indonesian pair.
In the 1/4 final, Liang Wang faced the Indonesian pair of Gutama/Isfahani, and after losing one game first, he won two consecutive games to complete the reversal and successfully advanced to the last four. In the semifinals, he faced former world number one and Indonesian "Minions" pair Gideon/Sukamuyo, won two consecutive games, won easily, and advanced to the men's doubles final for the third time this season while winning all four games against the latter.
The final opponent is also the Indonesian pair, world No. 14 Fikri / Maurana, who won the men's doubles championship at last year's All England Championships. This was the first meeting between the Liang Wang group and the Scud combination, and in the match, Liang Wang crushed the momentum in the first game, and it took only 10 minutes to win comfortably 21-10. The second set continued with a big lead, and finally won easily again at 21-15, thus sweeping the opponent 2-0.
With Leung Wai Keng / Wang Chang winning three consecutive pairs of Indonesian pairs, they won the Thailand Open and also helped Guoyu achieve a breakthrough in the championship of this tournament. It is also the second title of the season for the Liang Wang duo, having previously won the Indian Open in January. In the latest world ranking next week, Leung Wai Hang / Wang Chang will continue to set new highs and rise to fifth.