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On April 14, the 2024 Badminton Asia Championships in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, kicked off the final day of competition, with all events being decided on this day.
The excitement of the five finals of the day can be described as different, not only the peak confrontation between the needle tip and Mai Mang in the singles, but also the tacit cooperation and infinite pull of the doubles match. In the end, the Chinese players won the women's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles titles in all five events, while the men's singles and women's doubles won by Indonesia and South Korea respectively.
Compared to the only mixed doubles gold medal in 2023, it is clear that the performance and results of Chinese players have improved a lot this year. Especially in men's doubles, the last time they won the title was six years ago in 2018. China's mixed doubles continued its strong performance, winning seven consecutive titles at the Asian Championships.
The following is a detailed summary of the event
The first match of the day kicks off at 2 p.m. local time, starting with the women's singles final, which will be played by Wang Zhiyi against Chen Yufei. Although Chen Yufei is the No. 2 seed in the tournament, Wang Zhiyi is only ranked 8th in the seed, and before this fight, Wang Zhiyi had suffered eight consecutive defeats against Chen Yufei in her career, and even won only two games in total. But judging from the historical Asian Championships results, Wang Zhiyi is the winner of the 2022 Asian Championships. After the start of the game, both sides showed a calm breath in the first game, and the score gap never widened. After the game was tied at 19, Chen Yufei made mistakes in the last two goals, and Wang Zhiyi went first. In the second game, Wang Zhiyi chased after Yu Wei, who won the first game, while Chen Yufei made more and more mistakes, and finally Wang Zhiyi won 21-7, defeating Chen Yufei for the first time in her career, and also won her second Asian Championship championship in three years.
The second final will be in Men's Doubles, with Leung Wai Hang/Wang Chang taking on Malaysia's Goh Sai Fei/Yi Kuan Ting. Prior to this match, the two sides had only met once, with the "Liang Wang" duo beating their home opponent 2-1 at the Malaysia Open Badminton Championships last year. This time, after the "Liang Wang" who was sitting at home won 21-17 in the first game, he was pulled back by the opponent 15-21 in the second game with a big disadvantage. When it came to the decisive game, Liang Wang fell behind 1-5 at the beginning of the game, but fortunately, they adjusted in time and completely controlled the direction of the game after that, playing a wave of 20-5 climax, and won easily 21-10. The gold medal won by "Liang Wang" is also the first time in six years that the Chinese men's doubles has won the championship after 2018.
The Women's Doubles match will be played by the 'Cosine' pair of Jang Shu Hyun/Zheng Yu against South Korea's Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee. Prior to this match, the two sides had a 1-2 record, with "Cosine" trailing slightly, but they won 2-0 at the Malaysia Open in January. After the start of the game, the first game was very anxious, the two sides took the lead alternately, and the last battle was tied at 21, but unfortunately "Cosine" still lost 21-23 in the end. Baek Ha Na/Lee So-hee showed a stronger performance in the second game, winning another point by a large margin of 21-12 to win the Women's Doubles title.
In the men's singles final, China was represented by the tournament's No. 5 seed Li Shifeng, while his opponent was Indonesia's Jonatan. Judging from the historical records of the two sides, Li Shifeng is at an absolute disadvantage with 1 win and 4 losses, and the trend of the game also seems to confirm the difference in strength between the two sides. Jonatan defeated Li Shifeng in straight games, 21-15, 21-16, to help Indonesia win the gold medal.
The final match was the mixed doubles, a traditional dominant event for China, which had previously won the first six Asian Championships. The Phoenix's Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping will face South Korea's Seo Seung Jae/Choi Yoo Hyun in the final of the French Open in March, when the Phoenix won the title with a 2-0 victory. After the start of this game, "Phoenix" did not perform well in the first game, and soon lost the first game 13-21. However, they were obviously not overwhelmed by the huge pressure, and quickly adjusted, and after winning 21-15, they won the tiebreaker 21-14 to help China complete the great cause of seven consecutive mixed doubles championships in the Badminton Asian Championships!
Results:
: Jonatan Christie (Indonesia) 2:0 Li Shifeng (China) (21:15, 21:16)
:Wang Zhiyi (China) 2:0 Chen Yufei (China) (21:19, 21:7)
: Leung Wai Hang, Wang Chang (China) 2:1 Goh Shi Fei, Nu Izuuddin (Malaysia) (21:17, 15:21, 21:10)
Baek Ha Na, Lee So Hee (Korea) 2:0 Zhang Shuxian, Zheng Yu (China) (23:21, 21:12)
: Feng Yanzhe, Huang Dongping (China) 2:1 Seo Seung-jae, Choi Yoo-hyun (Korea) (13:21, 21:15, 21:14)