The national feather team sang a triumphant song at the 2024 Asian Championships, and all individual events brought us surprises. Although only the top four were decided, the team had already won one gold medal and booked medals in women's doubles and mixed doubles. In addition, although Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi lost the game, they also lost at the same time, so they locked up the Olympic quota.
In the 4 women's singles matches, the national feather had the last laugh and won the top 4 alone. First sister Chen Yufei will face seventh seed Mariska who won 21-16, 21-19, Han Yue defeated world No. 4 Akane Yamaguchi 21-13, 21-16, Wang Zhiyi defeated Japan's Aya Ohori 15-21, 21-12, 21-11 in three games, and He Bingjiao upset world No. 1 An Seying 21-17, 21-18.
With the four participating Chinese women's singles entering the semifinals, it also means that the national feather won this gold medal in advance. According to the draw table, the two semi-finals were Wang Zhiyi against He Bingjiao and Chen Yufei against Han Yue, I don't know who will emerge from the national feather civil war and win the Asian Championships? Let's wait and see! This is also the first time in 12 years that the women's singles group has won the semi-finals in the Asian Championships, the previous time being Li Xuerui, Wang Yihan, Wang Shixian and Chen Xiaojia in 12 years.
In both the Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles, three pairs advanced to the semi-finals: Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning and Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu. Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan will face Reina Miyaura/Ayako Sakuramoto 21-10, 18-21, 21-19, Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning 21-17, 21-11 to advance to the semi-finals, and Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu beat third seeds Naomi Matsuyama/Chiyo Shida 21-7, 21-16 to pull off the biggest upset in Women's Doubles.
In Mixed Doubles, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong beat Deng Chun Man/Hsie Ying Suet 21-11, 22-20, Feng Yan Zhe/Huang Dong Ping beat Korea's Kim Won Ho/Jung Na Eun 21-6, 21-17, 21-17 and Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin beat second seeds Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino 21-17, 21-13. Interestingly, whether it is mixed doubles or women's doubles, the only foreign pair to advance is from South Korea, that is, the national feather will encircle and suppress the Korean seedlings in case the champion is lost.
Women's Doubles No.2 seeds Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee of Korea will face Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning in the final, and if they win, they will face the winner of Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan and Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu, while Mixed Doubles fourth seeds Seo Seung Jae/Choi Yoo Hyun will face Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong in a top-hat showdown, and if they win, they will face the winner of Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping and Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin. It is expected that the mixed doubles and women's doubles can advance to the finals at the same time to ensure that the championship is not left behind.
Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi missed out on the semi-finals, losing 14-21/15-21 to Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi, but their strongest rivals Li Yang/Wang Qilin also lost to Wu Shifei/Yi Zudin, so Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi locked up the eighth place in the Olympic points and also received a ticket to the Paris Olympics. Shi Yuqi narrowly defeated Kunlavut and Li Shifeng in two games, and defeated Ginting in a state recovery, and the national feather men's singles occupied two seats in the top 4 and will attack the final seats respectively.