#2), 2) Women's Doubles created a surprise to win the championship early, Shi Yuqi defeated Axelsen 2
The 2024 BWF World Federation's first international tournament, the Malaysia Super 1000 Open, has concluded the semi-finals. In addition to the women's singles and mixed doubles, the men's singles, women's doubles and men's doubles all won the right to the finals, and the women's doubles won the championship in advance.
In the men's singles semifinals, Shi Yuqi's opponent in the semifinals was world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen. In the face of the strong Axelsen, Shi Yuqi played proactively, occupying the initiative on the court in all three games, but there were too many unnecessary mistakes in the second half of the second game, which led to being overturned. Fortunately, in the third game, Shi Yuqi completed the suppression, suppressed Axelsen's counterattack, and finally won 21-12/19-21/21-17. This is also Shi Yuqi's second victory over Axelsen in one month.
When it comes to winning, Shi Yuqi said that the main reason is that he is more open, "Therefore, today I am the side that is more open, especially when there is a slight lead, I will play more confidently." Shi Yuqi's opponent in the final was another Danish player, Antonsen, who defeated Chinese Taipei's Lin Junyi 21-16, 21-7 to advance. Looking forward to the finals, Shi Yuqi said that the consumption is relatively large, so he must rest and recover well and go all out!
Men's Doubles Leung Wai Hang/Wang Chang will face Japan's Yugo Kobayashi/Takuro Hoki. In this game, the Liang Wang combination entered the state quickly, but in the second game, there was a lack of concentration and was reversed by the opponent; in the third game, Liang Weihang/Wang Chang slowed down to play a stable game, and a match point directly ended the game. The scores were 21-12, 19-21, 21-13. The final was against India's Rangi Reddy/Shetty, who defeated South Korea's Kang Min-hyuk/Seo Seung-jae 21-18, 22-20.
In women's doubles, the two pairs of national feathers created a surprise after Jia Yifan/Chen Qingchen were out, and both entered the final, winning the championship and runner-up in the event in advance. Jang Shuxian/Zheng Yu had a varied ball path and were quick at the net, beating Korea's Baek Ha Na/Lee So-hee 21-17, 21-17 to reach the final of the tournament for the first time in a year and a half, while Yoo Sung-shu/Tan Ning beat Japan's Suzu Iwanaga/Takaei Nakanishi 21-11, 21-16.
Women's Singles and Mixed Doubles were the only events that failed to make it to the finals. Although Chen Yufei and Zhang Yiman both reached the semi-finals, they unfortunately lost in the semi-finals, with Chen Yufei winning and then losing, losing 21-17/15-21/18-21 to Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying. At the end of the match, Chen Yufei was limited by physical fitness and returned the ball too casually, which led to Dai Ziying seizing the opportunity to turn defeat into victory, and Zhang Yiman lost to world No. 1 An Xiying 17-21 and 11-21.
Mixed Doubles seedlings Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin faced world ranked Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino, and although they won the second game, they still exposed their coordination problems, and finally lost 15-21/21-12/15-21. South Korea's Kim Won-ho/Jung Na-eun continued their strong run with a 21-16, 21-16 win over Singapore's Koh Yong Kai/Tan Wei Han to advance to the final.