China News Agency, Beijing, March 22. The All England Badminton Open 21st local time sunset. Malaysian player Li Zijia defeated the defending champion and Danish star Ansailong in the men's singles final and won the All England Championship for the first time.
Coupled with his previous defeat of the world's number one Japanese star Kento Momota, he became the biggest "dark horse" in the All England Championship.
Li Zijia, who is about to turn 23, is hailed as the successor of Malaysia’s badminton king Li Chongwei.
He was in excellent form throughout the All England Championship. He won 2:0 in the four games before the final, including the quarter-finals defeating the world number one Kento Momota 21:16 and 21:19.
Last year, Li Zijia lost to Ansailong in the semifinals of the All England Championship.
This time when the finals met, the two sides bitten the score after the start. After the draw, Li Zijia scored 3 points in a row and took advantage. Although the experienced Ansailong saved 7 points in a row, Li Zijia finally won by 30:29. The next first game.
Ansailong was behind in the first half of the second game, and finally successfully reversed at 22:20, thus dragging the game into a decisive game.
However, in the third game, Ansailong failed to continue the reversal and lost to Li Zijia with 9:21.
Winning the All England Championship for the first time, Li Zijia said that the two played very well in the first two games, but the opponent did not focus too much in the third game, so he seized the opportunity to win.
After the game, Li Zongwei also sent blessings to Li Zijia, saying that he played his own rhythm.
In the women's singles final, Japanese star Okuhara hopes to defeat Thailand's master Chochuweng 21:12, 21:16, and win the All England Championship again after 2016; Japanese player Yuta Watanabe joins hands in the men's doubles and mixed doubles events Win and win two gold medals.
In addition, the Japanese combination of Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara won the women's doubles championship.
Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, China, South Korea and other teams did not participate in this All England game.
The Indonesian team, which has many masters, tested positive for the new crown due to a passenger on the same flight. After participating in the first round of the contest, the Indonesian team needed to be isolated and was forced to withdraw from the game.
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