On December 15, Beijing time, the International Badminton Federation Finals are underway. At present, there are 2 places in the women's singles semifinals, namely Chen Yufei and Ma Lin. The Women's Doubles semi-finals have three seats, namely Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan, South Korea's Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee, and Japan's Naomi Matsuyama/Chiyo Shida. In Men's Singles and Men's Doubles, the situation is uncertain and a little more complicated.
In the men's doubles group stage, Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi faced Malaysia's Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi. Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi are ranked third in the world and are also world champions. In the first game, Liu Yuchen led at the beginning of 11:9, and in the second half, the two sides once drew 18:18. The key point, Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi did not drop the chain, and won the first game with 21:19.
In the second game, Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi took the lead at the beginning of 11:6, but after the pause, Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi bottomed out and rebounded and pulled back a game at 21:18. In the decisive game, the scores of the two sides rose alternately, playing hotly, the key score was 20:20 draw, Liu Yuchen Ou Xuanyi turned the tide, showed the temperament of a big heart, and locked the victory with 22:20, and defeated the world champion Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi with a total score of 2:1, and won two consecutive victories in the group stage.
In this case, the world champion Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi lost two consecutive group games and were eliminated in advance and missed the knockout round. After the game, in an interview with the media, Liu Yuchen said, Brother Ou did a very good job, but I didn't do well enough. Liu Yuchen blamed himself very much, saying that he didn't seize the opportunity and kept shooting more, so he had a lot of physical exertion. In this game, all four played very well, which can be called a high-level confrontation.
In the other Men's Doubles, world No.1 Wang Chang Leung Wai Keng took on Japan's Yugo Kobayashi/Takuro Hoki, who are also world champions. The two sides are also old rivals and are very familiar. In the first game, Wang Chang and Liang Weikeng won the first game 23:21. In the second game, Wang Chang and Leung Wei Keng played very actively, starting 11:8, and finally the two of them worked hard to lock the victory with 21:17, and defeated the Japanese world champion Yugo Kobayashi/Takuro Hoki with a total score of 2:0 to win a good start.
In this way, in this men's doubles group, Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi have won two consecutive victories and are ranked first. Yugo Kobayashi/Takuro Hoki and Wang Chang and Leung Wei Keng are both 1-1. In an interview with the media after the game, Wang Chang said that this is a must-win game and he must be more prepared. Japan's men's doubles has been very fast, so Wang Chang and Leung Wei Keng are very difficult to prepare for this game, looking forward to the next game, the two said that they will rush one by one, play well in the next games, and go all out.