On April 13, Beijing time, the Asian Badminton Championships continued, and in the mixed doubles semifinals that just ended, the world No. 1 Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong was defeated by South Korea's new world champion Seo Seung-jae/Choi Yoo-hyun 1-2 and missed the final, and also ended the 6-game winning streak against the opponent!
The IELTS combination is ranked No. 1 in the world, and the technical characteristics are that Huang Yaqiong in front of the net has delicate skills, Zheng Siwei in the backcourt is full of murderous firepower, and the two sides cooperate tacitly, and the rhythm is fast, so that the opponent has no chance to breathe! This season, the IELTS combination won the Indonesia Masters and the All England Open championship, and the state adjustment is very good! The IELTS combination of the Asian Championships defeated the world's No. 9 Malaysian pair Chen Tangjie/Du Yiwei 2-0 in the 1/16 finals, and defeated the Singapore husband and wife pair Xu Yongkai/Chen Weihan 2-0 in the 1/8 finals, 1/ 4. In the finals, they defeated Hong Kong's Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet 2-0 to advance to the semi-finals!
South Korea's Seo Seung Jae / Choi Yoo Hyun are ranked 4th in the world, of which Seo Seung Jae is ranked 2 in both sports, and the men's doubles partner Kang Min-hyuk is ranked 2nd in the world! Mixed doubles partner Choi Yoo Hyun is ranked 4th in the world, and their strength is very strong! In the 2023 World Championships final, they defeated the IELTS pair 2-1 to win the championship and became famous in one fell swoop! Since this season, the meat ding combination has won the runner-up in the French Open, and the results are not particularly ideal! The 1/16 finals and 1/8 finals of the Asian Championships have not encountered much challenge, and the real challenge is 1/ In the 4th finals, facing Thailand's world champion Dechapol/Sasiree, the final meat combination reversed 2-1 to advance to the semifinals!
The IELTS combination and the meat combination have played each other 17 times before, and the IELTS combination has achieved 15 wins and 2 losses, with an absolute advantage! Among them, the two losses include the 2023 World Championships final, which lost 1-2 to the meat combination and won the runner-up! Recently, it has won 6 consecutive victories against the meat combination! In the first game, the IELTS combination quickly entered the state and got off to a dream start of 7-1! Zheng Siwei's fierce attack in the backcourt and Huang Yaqiong's delicate ball in front of the net made the meat combination collapse for a while, and Xu Chengzai kept making mistakes in the backcourt, and soon the IELTS combination took a 19-8 lead and finally won the first game 21-9!
In the second game, after the adjustment of the meat combination, the mistakes were reduced, especially Cai Yunyu's stability and aggression in front of the net were brought into play, and the meat combination led 4-1 at the beginning, and then the IELTS combination chased the score to a 5-5 draw! But since then, the IELTS combination has made more mistakes, and the meat combination has led 11-8 into a timeout! After the pause, there are still many IELTS combination mistakes, especially in the backcourt, Zheng Siwei made more mistakes! Soon the meat combination expanded the lead with 19-13, and finally pulled back a game with 21-13!
In the decisive game, the two sides played very fiercely, and the meat combination took a 6-4 lead! IELTS scored 3 points in a row to overtake the score, and finally led 11-7 into a technical timeout! After the pause, the meat combination scored 6 points in a row to overtake the score at 13-11, and IELTS scored 2 points in a row to equalize the score, and the two sides continued to draw after that! After 15 draws, Meat Ding scored 3 points in a row to take the lead at 18-15! and finally won another game 21-16, and the total score was 2-1 to reverse the IELTS combination to advance to the final!