On the afternoon of December 17, the women's doubles final of the 2023 BWF Year-end Finals ended at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center. China's ace Women's Doubles pair Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan defeated Korea's Lee So Hee/Baek Ha Na 2-0 to defend their title and take home US$210,000 in prize money.
This season, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan won a total of eight titles, continued to rank No. 1 in the women's doubles world, won the World Championships for the fourth time, won the year-end finals for the fourth time, successfully defended the Asian Games title, and won the BWF Team of the Year award for the first time.
In the first game of this final, "Fan Chen" was slightly slow to enter the state, and he fell behind 9-11 during the break. After returning from the pause, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan suddenly made a force, played a wave of 9-0 offensive climax reversal and opened the score, taking the lead 21-16. The process of the second game was completely different from the first game, the two Chinese players were full of firepower, and took a big lead in the opening game, and the Korean pair was unable to fight back, and finally the "Fan Chen" combination won another game with the same score of 21-16, and the total score was 2-0 to win the whole game.
Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan have previously won the Women's Doubles Finals three times in 2016, 2019 and 2022, which is their fourth title in the Finals and their eighth title in the 2023 season.
This season has been very successful for Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan. They have defended four very important titles in various competitions: the Sudirman Cup, the year-end finals, the Asian Games and the World Championships. The latter two championships are very rare, you must know that the Asian Games are only held once every four years, and this year's Hangzhou Asian Games and the last Jakarta Asian Games are five years apart. "Fan Chen" has maintained their peak form for a long time, when they were still young players, and now they are veterans who have dominated the world badminton for many years. The victory at the World Championships is to maintain the honor of the world's badminton power, because at this year's World Championships in Denmark, the national feather only won one championship, which is the women's doubles from Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, which is also the fourth time they have won the first place in this badminton competition representing the highest level in the world, and it is also the first time in history that a women's doubles player has won the World Championships four times.
Of course, this season's "Fan Chen" combination also left a few regrets, such as they failed to win the oldest All England championship, the Asian Championships also failed to reach the final, and the Asian Games women's team final did not play well, resulting in the national feather women's team failed to win the team championship. But the flaws are not hidden, an athlete, a group, a team cannot never lose and win all the time, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan has dedicated the best and most successful season.
This is the fifth season that Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan are ranked No. 1 in the world, and their advantage in world ranking and Olympic points will ensure their participation in the Paris Olympics. Last time out at the Tokyo Olympics, the two most vocal champions were out of shape in the final, losing to the Indonesian pair and missing out on the Olympic gold medal, and now their biggest wish is to win the Olympic women's doubles title in Paris.
Text/Beiqing Sports Liu Ailin