Indonesian Masters National Feather won three championships and one runner-up
Competition within the women’s doubles team, the second wave defeats the first wave
On January 28, Beijing time, the Badminton World Tour Super 500 Indonesia Masters ended in Jakarta. Guoyu entered the finals of women’s singles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles, and finally won three championships and one runner-up. Among them, the two pairs of national badminton women’s doubles teams Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning and Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu met in the final and staged a wonderful 86-minute duel to win the championship and runner-up in this competition.
The top players in the national feather doubles, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, continued to rest. The third seeds Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu and the fourth seeds Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning entered the finals. After experiencing the slump last season, the “Cosine” combination showed a recovery trend at the beginning of this season, reaching the finals in all three races of the year. The younger “Altar” combination won the Malaysian Open and was eliminated in the first round of the Indian Open. However, the two “post-2000” players in the Indonesian Masters adjusted their status in time and entered the final again.
On the 28th, following the Malaysian Open, the two pairs “Cosine” and “Altar” met again for the finals. In the first game, Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu quickly entered the game state and won the first game 21-10. In the second game, the “Cosine” combination took advantage in the first half, leading 19 to 15 at one time. In a passive situation, the “Altar” combination began to accelerate, strengthened the aggressiveness of the return ball, and tied the score to 19. In terms of key points, first the “Cosine” combination made a mistake in receiving the serve, and then the “Cosine” combination failed to react in time when facing the “Altar” combination’s return. In the end, Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning won the second game 21-19.
The game process of the third game was very similar to the second game. The “Cosine” combination once again relied on the changeable ball path to establish a big lead of 15 to 9. But at every passive moment, the potential of the young “Altar” combination is stimulated. Liu Shengshu scored three consecutive kills, changing the situation on the court. The two sides fell into a stalemate after 17 draws and continued until 20 draws. In terms of key points, the “Holy Altar” combination played more decisively. Liu Shengshu received the serve and directly attacked the middle to score. As Zhang Shuxian returned the ball to the net, Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning won another game 22-20, with a big score of 2-2. 1 reversed his teammates and won the second championship of the season.
This match lasted 86 minutes, and both sides played at a high level. Different from the previous “slow pull, slow drop” rhythm of women’s doubles, this match had a fast pace, with many transitions between offense and defense, with exciting attacks and excellent defense. After losing in the first game, they tenaciously chased points and came back from behind in the second and third games. Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning celebrated excitedly after winning the championship. “When behind by a big score, it’s better to chase one point at a time. Be yourself, be firm in your correct tactics, don’t doubt, and fully trust your partner.” Liu Shengshu said frankly that when the score is behind, what they think about is “believe in themselves and their partners.”
In the women’s singles final, “post-2000” Wang Zhiyi faced off against Japanese veteran Nozomi Okuhara. Both sides played in similar styles, with each point having to be decided through multiple shots. Throughout the game, Wang Zhiyi took the initiative, taking more shots and being more patient. 21-14, 21-13, Wang Zhiyi defeated her opponent in straight games and won the Indonesian Masters women’s singles championship. She also won the first national badminton women’s singles championship this season. “This victory is a good encouragement to me and it also builds confidence in the game.” This championship is also Wang Zhiyi’s another championship after more than a year after winning the Asian Championships in May 2022.
Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, who withdrew from the last Indian Open due to illness, played in this tournament and reached the final. They defeated Japanese combination Midorikawa Daiki/Saito Natsu 21-15, 21-16 to win the championship and win a new title. The first championship of the season, and this is also the fifth time that the “IELTS” combination has won the Indonesian Masters Championship. “We have not recovered 100%, but we will try our best to do better on the court.” When talking about the performance of this game, Huang Yaqiong said. (Reporter Zhou Yuan)