DUBAI, April 30 (Xinhua) — Chinese combined doubles pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong will face their compatriots Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin within the closing of the Badminton Asia Championships right here on Sunday.
Top seeds Zheng and Huang, who beat Wang Yilyu/Huang Dongping in final 12 months’s closing, had been just one step away from defending the title as they thrashed Malaysian duo Goh Soon Huat/Lai Shevon Jemie 21-11, 21-13 in simply 26 minutes on Saturday.
Youngsters Jiang and Wei reached the ultimate of their first look within the match after beating Indonesian pair Dejan Ferdinansyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja 21-17, 21-15.
In the ladies’s singles, South Korean second seed An Se-young rallied previous Olympic champion Chen Yufei of China in a three-set thriller. An misplaced the primary set 21-16 earlier than clawing again 21-11, 21-19 within the subsequent two, marking the third consecutive victory towards Chen.
An will within the closing face Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu-ying, who edged favourite Akane Yamaguchi of Japan 21-12, 16-21, 21-15.
In the lads’s singles, Singapore’s seventh seed Loh Kean Yew superior to the ultimate after downing China’s Lu Guangzu in straight units, whereas Indonesian star Anthony Sinisuka Ginting defeat Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama within the semifinals.
The ladies’s doubles will see Japan’s Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota play towards Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee of South Korea within the closing, whereas the lads’s doubles closing will characteristic Malaysian pair Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi and Indian workforce of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty.