The 2024 Badminton Asian Championships held in Ningbo, China, has entered the second day of competition, and the national badminton ace combination Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong in the mixed doubles field took the lead in the debut, facing the Malaysian pair Chen Tangjie and Du Yiwei in the first round, although the latter is currently ranked ninth in the world, but the gap between the comprehensive strength and the IELTS combination is still very large, which can also be seen from the past records of the two sidesAfter the start of the game, Chen Tangjie and Du Yiwei showed a very good state and played tenaciously enough, but they still couldn't shake the domination of the IELTS combination in the game, and finally after two games, Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong swept 2-0 to advance!
Although it is a home game, this game is also Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong's debut in this event, at first there was no rush to exert force, but wanted to find the rhythm of the game through the hanging control, and Chen Tangjie and Du Yiwei, who had never won a small game of the IELTS combination before, adopted a completely different strategy, and started to grab the rhythm to attack, Du Yiwei's active interception at the net port, coupled with the inexplicable mistake of the IELTS combination, made the Malaysian combination take a 3-0 lead early, but as the game deepened, after Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong fully mobilized their enthusiasm, they began to chase points, although the opponent's fight was still fierce, but the IELTS combination still slowly chased the score to 8 draws, and with an 11-9 lead, entered the middle of the break.
After returning to the game, the IELTS combination that has played the sense of hand, the pertinence on the offensive end began to increase, as long as there is a chance, they chase the chase of Du Yiwei, who is weak in defense, after scoring 3 points in a row, the IELTS combination has expanded the advantage to 14-9, although the Malaysian combination did not give up, once chased the difference to only 1 point, but Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong did not give the opponent a chance to turn the tables, and made a good start with 21-15.
Through the competition in the first game, Chen Tangjie and Du Yiwei also knew very well that their chances of winning were very small in the stage of multi-shot holding, so in the second game, the Malaysian combination continued to grab the rhythm of their own hair and tie links, and took the lead in the strategy of strong killing in the backcourt and interception at the net, and after the opening, they also tightened the score and the IELTS combination to 3 draws, but after Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong pushed the bottom line of the backcourt more, the offensive threat of the Malaysian combination was greatly reduced, and the score was gradually opened and entered the technical timeout with 11-9.
At the end of the timeout, the Malaysian pair returned to the court and launched a crazy counterattack, as long as there was a slight opportunity, they were very resolute, but the IELTS pair obviously did not want to give the opponent a chance to pull back a game, and through patient defense and sharp counterattacks, they withstood the opponent's desperate fight and sealed the victory 21-15 as they wished.
After getting off to a good start in this Asian Championships, Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong broke into the top 16 of mixed doubles, and the opponents of the IELTS combination in the quarterfinals will be Xu Yongkai and Chen Weihan from Singapore.