In the early morning of March 3, the 2024 German Open Badminton Championships ended the semi-finals, the national feather won 2 wins and 1 loss, and the men's and women's doubles pairs advanced to the finals respectively, while the men's singles Zhao Junpeng missed the lead in the deciding game, unfortunately lost to the Danish good player Jemke, and missed the final. However, with only 3 groups of players participating, it was a surprise to have 2 groups advance to the finals.
The following are the specific results of the semi-finals of each individual event.
In the men's singles semifinals, Zhao Junpeng faced Denmark's Jemke, and the two had met once at last year's China Masters, when Zhao Junpeng won in two games.
In the first game, Zhao Junpeng was in good shape at the beginning, and the small ball in front of the net was also very stable, scoring 3 points in a row to take the lead, but as the opponent accelerated the pace of attack, Zhao Junpeng's mistakes increased, and the quality of his transition ball was not high, so he began to be passive after a few shots, and soon lost 6 points in a row and was overtaken. In the middle of the game, the state of the two was not very stable, the score was very ups and downs, although Zhao Junpeng had a good feint in front of the net, but the ball in the backcourt was too much out of bounds, so every time he caught up with the score, he was pulled away, and when he fought to 13-15, he lost 5 points in a row to send out the game point. After Zhao Junpeng chased 2 points in a row, he threw a weird aerial shot and lost the first game 15-21.
In the second game, although Jemke scored 3 points in a row at the beginning, the mistakes gradually increased, and after the battle reached 6 draws, Zhao Junpeng gradually took the lead, the two had a fast rhythm, and the quality of the return ball was also unstable, so there were almost no more shots. After Zhao Junpeng's score gradually opened up, Jemke played a little casually, and the score also opened to 14-8. originally thought that Zhao Junpeng should win the second game smoothly, but the mistakes suddenly increased, giving Jemke a glimmer of hope, and he tried to chase the score at the end of the game, but unfortunately when he chased it to 17-18, he sent 3 mistakes in a row, and Zhao Junpeng won the second game without danger and equalized the big score.
In the deciding game, Jemke's speed slowed down and his mistakes increased, but Zhao Junpeng did not deliberately play the offensive routine, and always used the style of play to see the moves, which made Jemke a little uncomfortable, coupled with some of Zhao Junpeng's feints, which made Jemke's pace very broken and consumed a lot, and Zhao Junpeng had taken an 11-6 lead until the interval.
Soon after the exchange of courts, the situation on the court changed abruptly, I don't know if it was because one of the balls was judged to have hit the net, and then the mentality fluctuated, Zhao Junpeng made consecutive mistakes, and lost 7 points in a row at 13-8 and was overtaken. Although it was adjusted and chased to 15 draws, the scores of the two sides have gradually fallen into a stalemate. The battle was tied at 19, and Jamke picked the backcourt with a pause in front of the net, got a chance to score and got the match point, and then Zhao Junpeng sent an out-of-bounds ball, and finally Jamke won 21-19 thrillingly, and Zhao Junpeng regretfully stopped in the semifinals.
In the other semi-final that ended earlier, French teenager Christo Popov-11 eliminated South Korean veteran Jeon Yi Chan to advance to the final. It was also Popov's first time in the final of a high-level BWF World Tour event.
The Women's Singles final will be played between Denmark's Mia and Vietnam's Nguyen Cui Ling, and in the semi-finals, Mia -10 eliminated Canadian beauty Li Wenshan to advance to the final, while Li Wenshan obviously suffered cramps in the deciding game, but still persevered to finish the match. And Ruan Cuiling knocked out the No. 2 seed Jin Jia En in 3 games, with a score of -16 in three games, probably because of financial problems, Ruan Cuiling did not come out to play much, in order to participate in the Paris Olympics, she obtained funds, and continued to play the role of a dark horse in the World Badminton Federation Tour, which is also the first time that Ruan Cuiling has reached the final of the super300 level.
In the men's doubles semifinals, the small pistol pair He Jiting and Ren Xiangyu faced the Malaysian pair Wang Yaoxin and Zhang Yuyu, the two sides have never played each other, and this duel is an encounter.
At the beginning of the first game, any state is good, the rhythm is very fast, the Malaysian combination is very passive, when the battle reaches 4-3, a wave of 7 points in a row, establish the lead, Wang Yaoxin Zhang Yuyu was a little confused, returned to the court after the break, still did not stop losing points, continuous kills under the net, confidence was greatly affected. At the end of the game, the Malaysian pair chose to give up strategically, and Ho Jiting and Ren Xiangyu easily won the first game 21-5.
In the second game, the state of the Malaysian Xinyu combination improved, but the attack still could not tear any defensive line, and the midfield was not fast enough, after 3-3, the Malaysian combination began to make more mistakes, and any gradually took the lead. But offense is not any strong point, so the two sides can't kill each other, whether they can win this point, in the end, it depends on who is more stable and who changes the line more. The score also went from a 10-6 lead of 4 points to 13 draws. Fortunately, after 14 draws, any hand felt good, there were no mistakes, and he scored 3 points in a row to regain the lead, and the battle reached the key point, the Chinese combination was more coherent, with fewer mistakes, and the hair extensions were also very stable. In the end, He Jiting and Ren Xiangyu won another game 21-15 and advanced to the final again after the Thailand Masters.
The final opponent of either pair will be Chinese Taipei's Lee Zhe-hui and Yang Bo-hsien, who played well to knock out Denmark's Kjaer Sogaard 11. Anyone who wants to win the championship wants to be fast, and at the same time, he has to score more points on Li Zhehui who makes more mistakes.
In the women's doubles semifinals, Li Yijing and Luo Xu Min played against Chinese Taipei pair Xu Yaqing and Lin Wanqing, the two sides played 3 times, and Li Luo took the lead 2-1, each time they played 3 games, and the side that won one game first was finally reversed.
At the beginning of the first game, the two sides were evenly matched, and after 3 draws, the Chinese Taipei combination scored 3 points in a row to open up the difference, but unfortunately the state was not stable, and the continuous mistakes allowed the Li Luo combination to score 5 points in a row. Then the score of the two sides fell into a stalemate, but from the momentum, Li Yijing Luo Xu Min still took the initiative, luck was good, played tennis many times, and when the battle reached 19-14 lead, Li Luo's state declined a little, and the opponent scored 3 points in a row, and at the critical moment, the Chinese Taipei combination sent a departure error and a service error, Li Yijing Luo Xu Min won a game 21-17.
At the beginning of the second game, the performance of the two sides was not stable, the score fluctuated greatly, after 9 draws, the opponent served out of bounds, one backcourt went out of bounds, lost 2 points in a row, and the Li Luo combination led 11-9 into the intermission. Back on the court, the two sides are still fierce, constantly playing multi-shot rounds, Li Luo combination played more stable, has been controlling the offensive rhythm, but when the battle reached 17-12, the state began to decline, mistakes gradually increased, the opponent gradually chased the score to 18-19, the key points on the Chinese Taipei combination line requirements were too high, sent two out of bounds balls, Li Yijing Luo Xu Min also won the second game with 21-18 without danger, and successfully advanced to the finals.
Li Yijing Luo Xu Min, like any pair, also reached the final for the second time this season after the Thailand Masters. The final was against the Stoeva sisters, who defeated France's Lambert Tran in -18 games. The Bulgarian sisters have a fierce attack and a lot of experience, but their skills are relatively rough, and the Chinese team still needs to play consistently if they want to win the championship.
In the mixed doubles semi-finals, Hong Kong's Tang Chun-man and Tse Ying Suet defeated the Dutch pair Tabolin Pique to advance to the final, with a score of -21 in three games. The key point of the decisive game was that the Dutch pair did not have no chances, but unfortunately they were too nervous, missed 2 match points, and finally lost.
In the other semi-final, second seeds Kim Won-ho Jung Na-eun of South Korea comfortably defeated Indonesia's Kushayanto Kusumavati 14 to advance to the final. The gold-silver duo only finished runners-up at the last edition of the German Open and are expected to go one step further this year.
Here is the schedule for the finals.