"They've got to treat us to dinner!" said Wu Shifei/Izudin, who joked after the game that Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi needed to invite them to dinner. It was the outstanding performance of the Malaysian pair that sent the losing Tuou pair to the Paris Olympics.
On April 12, the 2024 Badminton Asian Championships continued in Ningbo, and the Chinese badminton team still had a highlight performance, especially the four women's singles players Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao, Han Yue, and Wang Zhiyi swept the semifinals.
He Bingjiao took the initiative in her matchup with world No. 1 South Korea's Ahn Se Ying, patiently looking for scoring opportunities in multiple shots, and eventually won 21-17, 21-18, ending a seven-game losing streak. He Bingjiao said: "The last time I fought her, I had a lot of leads, and then I lost because I was not patient enough. Today was a lot better in terms of patience than last time. Han Yue needed only 35 minutes to defeat two-time world champion Akane Yamaguchi of Japan, 21-13, 21-16, and won the first of six meetings between the two sides. In the other two matches, Chen Yufei defeated Mariska 2-0, and Wang Zhiyi won three games with Japan's Aya Ohori. As He Bingjiao and Han Yue advanced to the semi-finals, Wang Zhiyi unfortunately exited in the Olympic qualification race, and He Bingjiao and Han Yue will continue to compete for another Chinese Olympic women's singles spot. In addition to the suspense of the women's singles, the dust has settled on China's men's doubles Olympic qualification, although Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi lost 0-2 against Malaysia's Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi, but Chinese Taipei's Li Yang/Wang Chi Lin also lost to Malaysia's Wu Shifei/Izudin. In this way, Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi ranked eighth in Olympic points and went straight to the Paris Olympics, and the Chinese badminton team also obtained the full qualification for the Olympic Games. In this regard, another pair of men's doubles pairs, Leung Wei Keng/Wang Chang, said: "Gear up, the Chinese team did not qualify for the men's doubles at the last Olympic Games, and this time our two pairs can accompany each other!"
In addition, in other competitions, Shi Yuqi and Li Shifeng of the Chinese team's men's singles, and three pairs of women's doubles and mixed doubles all broke into the semifinals.