On September 22, the 2024 China Open Badminton Championships entered the final day. In the first Women's Doubles final, two pairs of national badminton pairs, Li Wenmei/Zhang Shuxian and Li Yijing/Luo Xumin, staged a civil battle. After 3 rounds of fierce battles, Li Yijing/Luo Xumin won 2 games in a row after losing 1 game, and won 11-21/21-18/21-8 reversal to win the Super 1000 championship for the first time in their careers.
【World Ranking】
Zhang Shuxian is ranked No. 5 in the world in Women's Doubles, Li Wenmei is ranked No. 25 in the world, and Li Yijing/Luo Xumin are ranked No. 18 in the world.
【Engagement Record】
The two pairs met for the only time at the last Hong Kong Open, when Li Wenmei/Zhang Shuxian won 2-1 in three games.
【Contest Process】
In the first game, the Li Wenmei/Zhang Shuxian combination established an early lead and entered the technical break 11-6. After the middle game, the advantage of the two continued to expand, and after scoring four points in a row at the end of the game, they won the first game 21-11.
In the second game, Li Yijing/Luo Xumin scored 5 points in a row and overtook 8-6, after which the two sides fell into a stalemate on the court. At the end of the game, Li Yijing/Luo Xumin scored 5 points in a row, 18-16 to re-establish the advantage, and continued to work hard 21-18 to drag the game into the deciding game.
In the deciding game, Li Yijing/Luo Xumin became more and more courageous, leading 11-2 into the technical break, and the lead of the two continued to expand in the second half, and the difference was stretched to more than 10 points, and they easily won the tiebreaker 21-8.