Guo Yu once had such a pair of women's doubles combinations, the partner participated in 237 matches in 5 years, achieved a record of 215 wins and 22 losses, the winning rate was as high as 91%, a total of 27 individual championships, 5 team championships; but also won 11 crowns in a single season, which can be said to be hanging the world, but because of the Olympic negative competition and stigmatization, they are one of the world's top women's doubles Yu Yang / Wang Xiaoli.
Yu Yang and his old partner Du Jing were just 22 years old when they won the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, and with the retirement of veterans such as Gao Kun, Yang Wei, Zhang Jiewen and Wei Yili, Yu Yang quickly became the thigh of women's doubles. In 2010, after Yu Yang/Du Jing won the World Championship, Du Jing suffered from knee and back injuries, and her strength was greatly reduced; Wang Xiaoli, who was strong in attack at the back and younger, became Yu Yang's new partner, starting in September 2010 and ending in September 2015.
In 2010, the two partnered in 22 matches, 20 wins and 2 losses, winning 3 championships + runner-up at the Guangzhou Asian Games. In 2011, the two reached their peak, winning 11 titles in one season (including the World Championships, the All England Championship and two finals, and the 2010 finals were held in early January), and this season the two played 68 games, 66 wins and 2 losses, with a winning percentage of 97.06%. Both games lost were civil wars, one of which was a retirement.
Yu Yang/Wang Xiaoli's record at that time can be summed up in one sentence: hanging the whole world. Even Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei lost color in front of the two, and the two pairs met 8 times in 2011, and Yu Yang/Wang Xiaoli won 7 and lost 1 completely. The results of the national women's doubles were too outstanding, and li Yongbo, who was the head coach at the time, had a greater desire to let the two pairs win the championship and runner-up at the Olympic Games. For Yang, the successful defending women's doubles championship seems to be within reach.
The 2012 London Olympics made a joke for the national women's doubles, Tian Qing/Zhao Yunlei accidentally lost in the final round of the group stage and became the second place in the group; in order to make the two pairs not meet in advance, the coaching team took advantage of the loophole in the format and instructed Yu Yang/Wang Xiaoli to play negatively, as long as they also won the second place in the group, the two combinations would not meet in advance. However, the opponents Kim Ho-na / Jeong King-yin also did not want to be in the same half-zone as their teammates, so it was also a negative game, resulting in no point of view in the whole game, and the game was booed continuously. In the end, the four pairs were disqualified by the BWF for violating the Olympic spirit, confiscated their Olympic documents, and expelled from the Olympic Village. Yu Yang/Wang Xiaoli also bears the insult of "insulting the Olympic spirit".
Cheating and being disqualified in the highly anticipated Olympic arena was a heavy blow to Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli, who were ranked no. 1 in the world at the time. Although the coaching staff took the blame, it was the two athletes who hurt the most. In 2012, Yu Yang / Wang Xiaoli won 33 wins and 4 losses in 37 matches, winning 3 championships.
In May 2013, Yu Yang announced for the first time that he would impact the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, and his partner was still Wang Xiaoli. This season, the two won 46 and lost 46 games in 50 games, and won 6 championships including the All England Championship and the World Championship. In 2014, they continued their form, winning 32 and losing 32 in 35 matches, winning 4 championships and winning the All England championship for the third time. Based on the two's current strength, there is not much of a problem in impacting the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The change occurred in 2015, when he was training in Lingshui at the beginning of the year, Wang Xiaoli injured his right elbow joint and caused edema, underwent surgery in May, and after returning to the field, Wang Xiaoli was difficult to return to his previous best state, resulting in a significant decline in the dominance of the two in the 2015 season. By the time the two split, they had won 18 and lost 7 of their 25 matches, without a single victory.
After the Korean Open in September 2015, Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli came to an end. Yu Yang and young player Tang Yuanwei began to run for the 2016 Olympic points, and Wang Xiaoli never appeared on the international field again, in the early morning of December 13, Wang Xiaoli posted a retirement, gradually fading out of the fans' vision.
Looking back at Yu Yang/Wang Xiaoli's record, from 2010 to 2014, their winning rate was around 90%. From 2011 to 2015, they reached the final of the All England Championship for five consecutive years. In 2011, 2013 and 2014, they reached the Final of the All England Championship and the Final of the World Championships, and won both in 2011 and 2013.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Yu Yang/Tang Won-su reached the semi-finals and lost to Denmark's Peterson/Yul in the semi-finals; in the bronze medal battle, they lost to South Korea's Jeong Kyung-yin/Shin Seung-joon, missing the medal. Yu Yang's footage of "dropping the towel" on the Olympic field has caused her a lot of criticism. On August 26, Yu Yang announced his retirement; a year later, on September 20, 2017, 23-year-old Tang Yuanwei announced his retirement.
Whether it is Yu Yang, Wang Xiaoli or the young general Tang Yuanwei, they can be said to be rare doubles players, they either carry the most brilliant era of Chinese women's doubles, or witness that brilliant and colorful era, but also write their own dismal history, even if they think about it now, it will make people sigh.