On April 12, Beijing time, the Asian Badminton Championships were in full swing! In the just-concluded men's doubles quarterfinals, the Tokyo Olympic champion and Taipei pair was defeated 1-2 by Malaysian dark horse Wu Shifei/Izuddin, and unfortunately stopped in the top 8! In this way, Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi officially locked the second Olympic ticket for the national badminton men's doubles! Next, in the semifinals, Wu Shifei/Izudin will face the world's No. 5 Malaysian pair, Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi!
Li Yang/Wang Chi-lin is ranked 10th in the world, as the champion of the Tokyo Olympics, the Taipei pair has performed average this season, and the best result is only the top 8 of the All England Open! This Asian Championships is in good form, defeating the Japanese pair Koga Hui/Saito Taichi and the Thai pair Supak/Gutinupong to advance to the top 8! The Malaysian pair Goh Shi Fei/Izuddin is ranked 19th in the world, and the world's No. 2 Korean pair Kang Min-hyuk/Seo Seung-jae was upset in the 1/16 final of this tournament, 1/ In the 8th finals, you will receive a retirement gift from any combination in the case of winning one game first, and successfully advance to the top 8!
In the first game, the two sides played very fiercely, the score was very close, and finally the Malaysian pair led 11-10 by one point and entered the inter-game timeout! After the pause, Li Yang/Wang Qilin played a wave of 5-0, 16-13 to overtake the score, and finally won the first game 21-19! In the second game, the Malaysian pair led 11-7 and entered the timeout! Wang Qilin launched a fierce counterattack, from 11-17 once chased the score to 19-20, but did not seize the opportunity at the critical moment, the Malaysian combination won 21-19, and the two sides entered the tiebreaker! The two sides were still tied in the decisive game, and the Malaysian pair led by one point at 11-10 and entered the technical timeout! After the pause, the Malaysian combination stabilized the lead and took the lead 16-13, and finally won another game 21-19, and the total score reversed the Taipei combination to advance to the top 4!
Before the Asian Championships, the Ouchen combination ranked 8th in Olympic points, and the Taipei combination ranked 10th behind 4100 points, with the Ouchen combination and the Taipei combination both stopped in the top 8, the difference between the two sides still stayed at 4100 points, because the Asian Championships is the last point competition of the Paris Olympics, so Ouchen officially locked the second men's doubles Olympic ticket for the national feather!