On February 18, the Asian Badminton Team Championships ended in Shah Alam, Malaysia. In the men's team final, the Chinese team defeated the host in three straight sets and won the Asian team championship.
Lei Lanxi's Asian team competition is a qualifying tournament for the Chengdu Tangyou Cup in May, and the Chinese team has automatically qualified for the competition as the host, so it has sent a lineup dominated by young players to train the team. In the previous 1 4 finals, the Chinese women's team lost 2-3 to the Indian team and missed the top 4.
The Chinese men's team stumbled all the way to the finals, playing 3-2 in three of the previous four games. After beating Hong Kong, China 5-0 in the first round of the group stage, the team faced a strong Indian team in the second round to reach the deciding set, winning 3-2 and winning the group top. After entering the knockout round, the Chinese men's team narrowly defeated the Indonesian team and the South Korean team with the same score.
Xie Haonan Zeng Weihan In the final, the opponent of the Chinese team was the Malaysian team. The opponent was plagued by injuries and did not field the strongest lineup in the singles. In the first set, Weng Hongyang defeated Liang Junhao 2-0. In the second set, Xie Haonan, ranked 90th in the world, Zeng Weihan faced former world champion and world No. 5 Xie Dingfeng and Su Weiyi dared to fight and won the first game 21-16. In the second game, the opponent always led in the second half of the game and pulled back a game with the same score. The tiebreaker was extremely fierce, with the two sides alternating leads, and the difference in points never exceeded 2 points. Xie Haonan Zeng Weihan narrowly defeated the world champion 23-21 after saving two match points, and scored another goal for the Chinese team.
In the second singles competition, Lei Lanxi, who has made two contributions in the knockout round, swept You Yang. The Chinese team defeated the Malaysian team 3-0 to win the championship of this competition.
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