The 2022 Asian Badminton Championships 1/8 finals began, men's singles rookie Li Shifeng finally ushered in the outbreak, this year participated in a series of open tournaments, every time stopped the first round of men's singles, but the second round of this Asian Championships was a 2-0 (22-20/23-21) narrowly defeated Chinese Taipei's second main force Wang Ziwei, for the first time to break through this round of the barrier, and Spain men's doubles world championship runner-up Tan Qiang and new partner Ren Xiangyu 2-0 (21-9/21-15) won the first seed Indonesian world champion group Ah Shan / Setiawan, upset to reach the men's doubles quarterfinals.
The world's 10th-ranked Chinese Taipei star Wang Ziwei is a world-class player, and Li Shifeng is the main force of last year's Thomas Cup men's team runner-up, but also a post-00s national feather newcomer, the first round of this Asian Championship made a major breakthrough, eliminating India's All England runner-up Lakshya. In this game according to the world ranking comparison, Li Shifeng is still downwind, the first set Li Shifeng played more proactively, but Wang Ziwei scored 3 consecutive points to save the set point in the case of 17-20 behind, the key points Li Shifeng rushed to attack actively and decisively, narrowly won the opponent 22-20, the second set Wang Zifeng took the lead 20-18 to get the match point, but Li Shifeng did not have the soft hand to win 2 points in a row after solving the set point, and finally won another set 23-21. This is the first time that Li Shifeng has reached the top 8 of men's singles in the open tournament, and it is also the best record since becoming famous.
Men's doubles round 2 national feather new partner Tan Qiang / Ren Xiangyu to meet the top seed of this Asian Championships Ashan / Setiawan, although Tan Qiang in Spain world championships partner He Jiting won the men's doubles runner-up last year, compared with the veteran Indonesian combination is still relatively young, Setiawan won the men's doubles championship as early as the 2008 Olympic Games, he and Ah Shan joined forces to reach the top of the 2019 World Championships, and currently ranked second in the world ranking in men's doubles. In the first set, Tan Qiang/Ren Xiangyu quickly led 11-6, and the veteran Ashan/Setiawan made more mistakes and was on the defensive most of the time, and the new combination of Kuniwa won 21-9. In the 2nd set, Tan Qiang/Ren Xiangyu began to insist on playing speed, forcing Ashan/Setiawan to take a high ball from the back and take an 11-8 lead in the middle of the game, the opponent wanted to control the rhythm, but Tan Qiang's attack was sharp, and finally won the final victory 21-15, thus breaking out the biggest cold goal of the day. Tan Qiang/Ren Xiangyu will face Malaysia's young powerhouse Wu Shifei/Yi Zuding in the next round against the German Open men's doubles champions, when they defeated another new pair of Guoyu in the final, Ou Xuanyi/Liu Yuchen.
In other matches, Japan's women's singles player Akane Yamaguchi was in average form, facing Indonesia's Vader Koman Ayo, and struggled to reverse 2-1 (21-23/21-9/21-19) in three sets to reach the quarter-finals, without the style of a world championship. Indonesia's Wodojo continued to move forward as he faced Hong Kong's Lee Cheuk Yew in a narrow 2-0 (21-19/22-20) win to advance. World No. 8 Indonesian men's singles player Jonathan narrowly defeated Malaysia's Liu Guolun 2-1 (21-14/13-21/21-19).