Xinhua News Agency, Hangzhou, December 17The 2023 BWF World Tour Finals ushered in five individual finals at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium on the 17th, and the national team finally won the women's doubles and mixed doubles championships.
In the women's doubles final, China's Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan defeated the Korean pair Baek Ha Na Lee So Hee 16 to win the finals for the fourth time. It is worth mentioning that this is also the ninth championship won by the "Fan Chen" combination this year.
Looking forward to the upcoming 2024, Jia Yifan said: "I am looking forward to the new us more and more every time, and I feel that we have gone all the way, fully showing the ups and downs of athletes from rising stars to high levels. ”
Zheng Siwei, Huang Yaqiong, Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping met in the mixed doubles final, and the former won 18. The victory also gave the pair their eighth mixed doubles title of the season and their fourth win in the finals. "There were some ups and downs this year, but at the end of the year, we were able to have a very good performance in our hometown and win the championship, so it was a relatively successful year. Huang Yaqiong said after the game.
Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping, who were only paired this year, are currently ranked fourth in the world, and their future prospects are also promising. Feng Yanzhe especially thanked Huang Dongping for his help in the past year after the game, and Huang Dongping hoped that Feng Yanzhe would be "more confident".
In the men's doubles final, the national badminton pair Leung Wei Keng and Wang Chang lost to the Korean pair Kang Min Hyuk and Seo Seung Jae with 22. The current world No. 1 "Liang Wang" duo led in the second game, but unfortunately was eventually reversed. After the game, Leung said: "It's a bit of a hit in the back, and I've been working hard, but I haven't adjusted well. ”
In fact, it is a change of mentality, I am too anxious, and there are many places that have not been done in the back. Wang Chang said that there are still a lot of regrets left in this season, and he will continue to work hard next year's competition.
China's Shi Yuqi failed to replicate his heroic form of beating world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen in the group stage, losing to his old rival 21 in the men's singles final.
Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying defeated Spanish veteran Marin in the women's singles final with a 18-18 reversal.
**: Xinhua News Agency