On December 17, Beijing time, the 2023 BWF Year-end Finals entered the final day.
In Men's Doubles, Seo Seung-jae/Kang Min-hyuk defeated Leung Wai Hang/Wang Chang at home 21-17, 22-20, and Liang Wang lost another regrettable defeat and suffered a reversal with a 20-16 lead in the second game! As Wang Chang said in an interview after the match, "The 2023 season is dominated by regrets" In fact, they have won four championships this season, including three high-level super750 championships, leading the men's doubles, and also topped the world No. 1, as a combination that only partnered in May last year, it is already a very proud record, of course, the world No. 1 must have high standards and strict requirements, after all, there are still competitive sports athletes in the 2024 season The most important arena is waiting for them!
In Women's Doubles, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan defeated world No. 2 Lee So Hee/Baek Ha Na 21-16, 21-16, and once launched a wave of 10-0 offensive frenzy in the first game, winning 2-0 to win the sixth tour tournament this season after the Malaysia Open, Singapore Open, Korea Open, Home Open, Korea Open, and eighth international title after the World Championships and the Hangzhou Asian Games. This is the fourth time that the Fan Chen pair has won the BWF year-end finals after Dubai 2016, Guangzhou 2019 and Bangkok last year, and it is the third women's doubles pair in the history of the BWF year-end finals to successfully defend the title after Chen Yihui/Huang Petit (2008-2009) and Yu Yang/Wang Xiaoli (2010-2012).
In Women's Singles, world No. 4 Tai Tzu Ying defeated world No. 5 Carolina Marin 12-21, 21-14, 21-18 to win her second Tour tournament after the Home Open and her third international title after the Asian Championships. This is Tai Tzu Ying's fourth women's singles title at the BWF Year-end Finals after 2014, 2016 and 2020. She is also the 28th Superseries champion of Tai Tzu Ying's career and continues to rank first in women's singles history. The Tai Tzu Ying, who said in an interview after the first round of the group stage that he was still slowly recovering from an injury, and repeatedly said that he would retire next year, won the championship!
It is worth mentioning that Dai Tzu Ying lost in the first game of the semifinals and played a wave of 6-0 + 6-0 12-1 offensive frenzy under the C10-19 deficit to reverse the ten champions of the season, the world No. 1, the new world champion, and the new true champion An Xiying, which is surprising!
In Mixed Doubles, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong defeated teammates Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping 21-11, 21-18, and achieved a single game reversal after falling behind 1-8 in the second game, winning three consecutive matches 2-0, and winning the third BWF year-end finals championship after 2019 and last year with 15 consecutive wins.
Seven-time champions Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping regretted that they missed out on their eighth Tour title after this year's Indonesia Masters, Thailand Masters, German Open, Korea Open, Australian Open, Arctic Open and Denmark Open, and it was still a glorious season, while the Phoenix duo only started pairing up in the second half of last year!
Men's singles, Shi Yuqi vs. Axelsen, world No. 7 vs. No. 1, the two sides have played 10 times, Shi Yuqi 2-8, the most recent time in the first round of the group stage, Shi Yuqi 21-19, 21-19 ended the eight-game losing streak, and it was also the end of the 15-game losing streak in men's singles!
In this matchup, in the first game, the opening game was tied six times to 10-9, and Axelsen played a wave of 8-0 + 3-0 11-1 offensive to lock up the victory in one fell swoop, 21-11 to take the next city. In the second game, the opening game was tied eight times to 8-8, and Axelsen scored six points in a row to take the lead and maintain the advantage until the end, once taking a 19-10 lead and winning the championship 21-12.
Axelsen reached the men's singles final of the finals for the seventh time in his career after 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021 and 2022, winning 2-0 and winning 200,000 US dollars. The runner-up Shi Yuqi received a bonus of 100,000 US dollars, equivalent to about 710,000 yuan.
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