On the 17th, the 2023 BWF World Tour Finals ended in Hangzhou. The national feather women's doubles "Fanchen Combination" Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan defeated the Korean pair Baek Ha Na Lee Shaoxi 2:0 and successfully defended their title. The national mixed doubles "IELTS pair" Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong defeated teammates Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping 2:0 and stood on the top podium for the second consecutive year.
Denmark's Viktor Viktor Axelsen won the men's singles title for the third year in a row. The women's singles championship was won by Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying. New World Championships champions and South Korea's Seo Seung-jae Kang Min-hyuk won the men's doubles title.
In the women's doubles final, world No. 1 Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan faced world No. 2 Bai Ha Na Li Shaoxi. At the Asian Games in Hangzhou two months ago, the two pairs faced each other twice in the team event and the individual event, winning one game each.
On December 17, Chen Qingchen (left) and Jia Yifan at the award ceremony.
In the first game, Bai Ha Na and Li Shaoxi started to attack and try to establish an advantage, but Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan bit the score tightly and scored 10 points in a row with high-quality assault when they were 9:12 behind, and overtook the score at 19:12. Although the Korean pair tried to fight back at the end of the game, Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan still won the first game 21:16.
In the second game, Bai Ha Na and Li Shaoxi still tried to gain the initiative by rushing to attack, but Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan were obviously better, leading all the way in the whole game and locking the victory with 21:16. This is Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan's eighth title this season, and this gold medal also helped them consolidate their lead in the world rankings.
After the game, Jia Yifan thanked his partner Chen Qingchen for his dedication throughout the year, believing that the latter had "sacrificed a lot from the bottom of his heart" for badminton. She looks forward to a new state in 2024.
The two mixed doubles pairs of national feathers successfully met in the final, locking a gold medal for the Chinese team in advance. In the final, Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong started with a better rhythm and won the first game 21:11. In the second game, Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping started faster, playing 6:0 at the beginning, and the "IELTS combination" quickly adjusted the tight score, scored 6 points in a row at 15:18, and won the second game with a 21:18 reversal.
On December 17, Zheng Siwei (right) and Huang Yaqiong celebrate after the game.
This is Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong's seventh title of the season. After the game, Zheng Siwei said that he and Huang Yaqiong have endured a lot of pressure along the way this year, but fortunately, the two maintained communication and supported each other all the way to the end of the year. Huang Yaqiong added that she and her partner are looking forward to staying healthy and continuing to improve next year.
The national feather men's singles "first brother" Shi Yuqi and the men's doubles rookie Leung Wai Keng Wang Chang both lost 0:2 in the final, winning two silver medals for the national feather. Shi Yuqi said after the game that the ball speed in this game was slow, which was conducive to the opponent's performance to a certain extent. "The previous win over Viktor Axelsen in the group stage proved that our tactics were reasonable, but this time the opponents were more prepared. ”
After the finals, this year's national feather competition came to an end. Next, the national feather players participating in the finals will return to the team for winter training to prepare for the new year's competition.