Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong swept the Japanese pair to win the third title of the season! Indonesia Open achieves a triple crown
On June 18, the 2023 BWF Tour Super 1000 Indonesia Open began its final competition, in the first mixed doubles final, the top seed and national badminton world No. 1 IELTS pair Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, facing the old rival Japanese Dongdu pair Watanabe Yudai/Higashino Yusa, the IELTS combination performed well, won two consecutive games, won 2-0 easily, successfully defended the title, won the third title of the season for two people, and also achieved the triple crown record of the Indonesia Open.
Mixed doubles has always been the traditional strength of Guoyu, especially the IELTS combination, making mixed doubles the most stable part of Guoyu. However, in the last Singapore Open, there were ups and downs in the mixed doubles of the national badminton team, including the IELTS combination, the phoenix combination and the newcomer combination all lost early, and they missed the final and missed the championship. However, coming to the Indonesian Open in the Super 1000 class, the mixed doubles of Guoyu continued to perform highlightly, and the IELTS and Phoenix combination reached the semifinals and met in the semifinals. In the end, the IELTS team took out their teammates and advanced to the mixed doubles final for the fourth time of the season.
The old opponents in the final were the Japanese pair of Yudai Watanabe/Yusa Higashino, who had a 12-4 lead in the past meeting, but the two most recently met at the semi-finals of the Indian Open earlier this year, when the IELTS pair lost three sets. Therefore, the encounter of the two pairs this time is a small opportunity for revenge for the IELTS combination.
In the first game of the match, the first half of the two pairs were tightly scored, and the IELTS combination scored consecutive points to achieve a comeback after falling behind 8-9, and then continued to extend their lead with a strong attack, and finally won the first set easily 21-14, leading 1-0. At the beginning of the second game, IELTS continued to suppress the fire, opening 8-0, and then the advantage continued, and the two easily won 21-11, thus winning two consecutive games, sweeping 2-0 to complete the revenge and successfully defend the title.
For the IELTS pair, the duo won the third championship in the fourth mixed doubles final of the season, and it is also the third consecutive Super 1000 championship won by the duo this season, after the Malaysian Open and All England Open were successfully bagged. Indonesia Open champions and Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong won their third title after 2019 and 2022, making them the tournament's triple crown.