The 2022 Badminton All England Open has entered the last match day, there are no Chinese players on the stage of men's and women's singles, the women's doubles and mixed doubles each have a Chinese combination to compete for the final championship, of which the biggest hope is the yellow duck combination Wang Yilu and Huang Dongping, as the mixed doubles champion of the Tokyo Olympic Games, they maintained a very good competitive state, and the semi-final also eliminated their teammates IELTS combination Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong, successfully qualified to appear on the final stage! Competing with Wang Yilu Huang Dongping for the mixed doubles title is the Japanese combination of Watanabe Yudai and Higashino Yusa, they are also one of the best mixed doubles combinations in the world today, the two pairs have had 12 direct conversations in the past, Wang Yilu and Huang Dongping won 10 and lost 2, occupying a clear advantage, but in the last meeting, Watanabe Yudai and Higashino Yusa laughed 2-1 to the end, which also made the victory or defeat of this game more unpredictable! After the start of the match, the Japanese combination was obviously in better shape, although Wang Yilu and Huang Dongping played tenaciously enough, but in terms of the grasp of the key ball, Watanabe Anda and Higashino Yusa were even better, and in the end they also won the championship 2-0!
Very familiar two pairs of combinations, the beginning without any temptation, both came up with their strongest attack, hoping to destroy the opponent's defense, Wang Yilu's backcourt smash and Huang Dongping's net front attack, let them start to achieve a 3-1 lead, but the Japanese combination then used continuous chase attack to score 3 points after scoring 3 points to surpass the score to 4-3, the Yellow Duck combination did not panic after the score was behind, but has been playing at its own pace, and the field constantly mobilizes the other party to let Higashino Yusha appear in the backcourt to attack, It also gave them an 11-9 lead in the mid-game stages.
Then the two sides entered a stalemate battle, Watanabe Anda and Higashino Yusa continued to speed up, bringing the game into their favorite rhythm, and won the score 15-13, Wang Yilu and Huang Dongping also made some changes in tactics, the offensive end chased Higashino Yusha onslaught, forcing her to return the ball to the mistake, this strategy also achieved obvious results, the Yellow Duck combination regained the lead at 18-16 in the final stages of the innings, but in the handling of key balls, Watanabe and Higashino Yusa played more decisively and won in a 21-19 comeback.
In the second set, the Japanese combination still carried out the rhythm of not rushing, when the opportunity appeared, decisively attacked, without a chance to hang two diagonals, wanted to slowly maneuver with the Chinese combination, but after Huang Dongping enhanced his attack in front of the net, began to grasp the initiative, and soon established a 7-3 lead, although Watanabe Anda and Higashino Yusa once stubbornly tied the score, but Wang Yilu and Huang Dongping still relied on stable play to achieve an 11-8 lead in the middle of the game.
After returning to the game after the break in the middle game, Watanabe Anda and Higashino Yusa began to strengthen their active attack, hoping to equalize as soon as possible, and the excellent competitive state also allowed them to stubbornly chase the score to 16 draws after a long period of backwardness, which also greatly boosted the morale of the Japanese combination, and they also played more and more smoothly, and finally locked in the victory 21-19.
In a women's doubles final that ended before, the Chinese team Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu also lost to a pair of Japanese combinations that did not win the championship, and in the mixed doubles field with the highest probability of winning the championship, Wang Yilu and Huang Dongping did not regret losing, so that the Chinese badminton team had no success in this All England Open Badminton Championship!