COPENHAGEN, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) — Defending champions Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan defeated their Chinese compatriots Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu 21-14, 21-16 right here on Saturday and are set to make their fourth look within the ladies’s doubles closing of the BWF World Championships.
The prime seeds have gained all their earlier three finals, and are just one victory away from turning into essentially the most profitable pair within the event’s historical past.
Next up for them are Indonesia’s Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti, who noticed off third-seeded Kim So-yeong and Kong Hee-yong of South Korea, 21-9, 22-20.
“We were so familiar with our opponents today. We trained together in the national team and faced each other a lot in recent competitions, so we all knew each other’s tactics very well, and the match all depended on our on-court performance,” mentioned Jia.
Zhang and Zheng tried to combat again within the second recreation, surging right into a 6-3 lead solely to see the Olympic silver medalists snatch six factors in a row to show it round.
The sixth seeds closed the hole to just one level at 12-11, however Chen and Jia produced one other 4-0 scoring run to place the match out of their opponents’ attain.
“I was very nervous at the start with too many thoughts in my mind, which made it hard for me to handle it. Jia could feel that my hands were cold,” Chen admitted after the match.
It was the second journey for Zhang and Zheng on the World Championships as a pair, and so they have set their very own greatest file within the event.
“We have met some difficulties in the tournament, we overcame some of them and failed at others. But what we did well was that we always trusted each other and were resolute to win. Finishing with a bronze medal could also give us more confidence for the future,” Zheng mentioned.
In the combined doubles semifinal, South Korea’s Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jung beat Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino of Japan 21-15, 21-13 to achieve their first closing within the occasion.