China News Service, Beijing, August 28th. The 2022 World Badminton Championships ended in Tokyo, Japan on the 28th.

The Chinese badminton team won 2 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals in this World Championships. Among them, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan and Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong won the women's doubles and mixed doubles championships respectively.

Data map: Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan Image source: Visual China

　　The 28th is the final day of the World Championships. Guoyu players entered the final battle in the three individual events of women's doubles, women's singles and mixed doubles.

　　In the women's doubles final, the top-seeded and defending champions Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan faced the world's fourth-ranked South Korean duo Kim So Young/Kong Xirong.

　　The two pairs of players have played against each other many times in the past, and Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan have the advantage of winning more and losing less.

Because of mutual understanding, the game fell into a tug of war from the very beginning. There were many rounds in the first game, and the score was always tight.

　　Kim So Young/Kong Hee Rong took the lead to get the game point.

However, when they were behind at 19:20, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan did not hesitate at all. They scored three consecutive points to complete the reversal and won the first game at 22:20.

　　In the second round, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan played more and more smoothly, and the difference was widened in the middle.

After another win at 21:14, the Fanchen team achieved their wish to defend their title.

　　This is the third time that Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan won the women's doubles title at the World Championships after 2017 and 2021.

In this tournament, they did not lose a game in 5 games, and they all defeated their opponents with a score of 2:0, and their performance was perfect.

Data map: Chen Yufei in the game Photo source: Oriental IC

　　In the women's singles final, world No. 4 Chen Yufei played against Akane Yamaguchi at home.

The last time a national feather player entered the women's singles final of the World Championships was back eight years ago.

　　Yamaguchi Akane is not only the defending champion of the event, but also returns to the world number one with her excellent performance this season.

In today's final, she continued her recent good state, entered the game faster, and had an advantage in the speed and change of the ball.

Chen Yufei played relatively passively and soon lost the first game with 12:21.

　　The situation was reversed.

Chen Yufei strengthened his defense and limited the opponent's attack in multiple rounds.

Akane Yamaguchi was eager to chase points, and her own mistakes increased.

The score gap widened, and Chen Yufei tied the score.

　　Amid the cheering of the home audience, Akane Yamaguchi regained her form in the deciding game, constantly dispatching Chen Yufei through changes in her batting.

With the decline of physical fitness, Chen Yufei made more mistakes, and finally lost the game regretfully.

　　This is the first time in Chen Yufei's career that he has reached the final at the World Championships.

Although he missed the gold medal, the runner-up is the best result of the national feather women's singles in the World Championships since 2014.

Chen Yufei said frankly after the game that perfecting her skills and tactics is her next goal, and she must strive for more breakthroughs. 

Image source: BWF official social media

　　The final winner of the day was the mixed doubles champion.

The superior Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong lived up to expectations and defeated the Japanese combination Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino in straight sets. After 2018 and 2019, they joined hands to win the World Championships mixed doubles championship for the third time.

　　So far, the Chinese badminton team has ended the journey of this World Championships with a total of 5 medals, 2 golds, 1 silver and 2 bronzes.

From the results, among the five individual events, mixed doubles and women's doubles are still the dominant events of Guoyu, while men's doubles and men's singles are relatively weak.

　　After the downturn after the Tokyo Olympics, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong regained their former domineering on the field.

Up to now, the IELTS combination has won 35 consecutive victories in various competitions and won 7 consecutive championships.

And if it hadn't met prematurely in the semifinals, another mixed doubles pair of Guoyu and Tokyo Olympic champions Wang Yilyu/Huang Dongping would also have a good chance of qualifying for the final.

The two pairs of gold medal partners are still the double insurance of the national feather mixed doubles.

Image source: BWF official social media

　　In this World Championships, Guo Yu's biggest discovery came from Zhao Junpeng in the men's singles.

He successively defeated the former world number one, the famous Indian star Sri Kanter, and the favorite to win the championship, Malaysia's "first brother" Li Zijia, and finally won the bronze medal, creating a lot of surprises.

　　However, from the overall point of view, the national feather men's singles still lacks competitiveness.

Neither Shi Yuqi, who came back from the ban, nor Lu Guangzu, who was in his prime, failed to show his best side in the game.

The situation is even worse for the men's doubles. No pair of Guoyu has appeared in this World Championships, which has sounded the alarm for the team.

　　There are only two years left until the Paris Olympics.

How to get the old players to quickly regain their state of play and help the young players to grow up and take charge of themselves faster is a problem that the National Badminton Men's Team needs to solve as soon as possible.

It is hoped that Zhao Junpeng's bronze medal will herald the start of the men's team's recovery.

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