The BWF Finals continued to be exciting, and the Chinese team ended with two golds and three silvers
China Youth Daily, Beijing, December 17 (China Youth Daily, China Youth Network reporter Cixin) The 2023 BWF World Tour Finals ended in Hangzhou tonight, with Chinese players reaching the finals in four events: men's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles, and finally winning gold medals in women's doubles and mixed doubles.
Shi Yuqi in the men's singles semifinals. Courtesy of Visual China
The final match tonight is the men's singles final. China's Shi Yuqi challenges world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen of Denmark. In this competition, Shi Yuqi was in good shape, first defeating Axelsen in the group stage, ending an eight-game losing streak with his opponent. After that, he defeated Japan's Kodai Naraoka in the group stage and successfully broke through from the group of death. In the knockout round, Shi Yuqi defeated Indonesia's Jonatan and entered the men's singles final of the year-end finals again after five years. However, in tonight's matchup with Axelsen, Shi Yuqi was obviously not in good shape as in the previous games, losing with a score of 11:21 and 12:21. Although he missed the championship in the end, Shi Yuqi's overall performance in this competition was still remarkable, which also added confidence to the veteran to participate in next year's Paris Olympics.
China's Zheng Siwei (first from right)/Huang Yaqiong, Feng Yanzhe (back row)/Huang Dongping show off the championship and runner-up trophies. Courtesy of Visual China
In the other four finals today, China's Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong defeated teammates Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping in a "civil war". Zheng Siwei is the first five-time mixed doubles champion in the history of the BWF Finals, and Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong have also become the mixed doubles pair with the most victories in the finals.
In the women's doubles final, Chinese players Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan defeated the Korean pair Lee Zhaoxi/Baek Ha Na 2:0 to win the women's doubles championship in the finals for the fourth time, which is worthy of being the No. 1 women's doubles in the world today.
Jia Yifan (right)/Chen Qingchen, who won the women's doubles championship in the finals for the fourth time. Courtesy of Visual China
In the men's doubles final, China's Leung Wei Keng/Wang Chang lost 0:2 to South Korea's Seo Seung Jae/Kang Min Hyuk. There is still a lot to sum up about this match for the young Chinese pair, especially when they were overturned by their opponents when they led 20-16 in the second game, and there was still some lack of concentration at critical moments.
Chinese Taipei veteran Tai Tzu Ying won the women's singles championship. Courtesy of Visual China
The final of the women's singles event was between two veterans from Chinese Taipei, Tai Tzu Ying and Ma Lin, from Spain. The 29-year-old is planning to retire and has lacked a series of major results this year, but she did not expect to have another highlight at the end of her career. In the knockout round on December 16, she defeated the Korean genius Ahn Se Ying, who was in the limelight in various competitions this year, and defeated Marin 2:1 in a 73-minute battle today, lifting the women's singles championship trophy in the finals for the fourth time, writing a veteran legend.
Source: China Youth Daily client