[Sports Road News]World No. 7 Hong Kong mixed doubles duo Deng Junwen/Xie Yingxue will perform in the World Badminton Championships held in Tokyo on Friday (26th) with Germany’s Mark Lamsfuss/Isabel Lohau in the last 8 top-flight match. After 63 minutes of fighting, “Deng Xie Pei” narrowly lost by 2 points in the tiebreaker, missed the top 4 and missed the medal.
“Deng Xiepei” debuted as the No. 6 seed this year, and went straight to the top 32 without a fight in the first lap. After that, he did not meet the test in two rounds, and both eliminated China’s Guo Xinwa/Zhang Shuxian in straight sets. , and the current Commonwealth Games champions, Singapore’s “husband and wife team” Xu Yongkai/Chen Weihan, easily reached the top 8, and then faced the world’s 12th-ranked German partner Mark Lamsfuss/Isabel Lohau, who was upset in another round of 16. Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanachai defeated Thailand’s “World One” duo for the first time in two rounds.
Deng Junwen/Xie Yingxue have played once morest Mark Lamsfuss/Isabel Lohau 4 times since 2018 and recorded 3 wins and 1 loss. Among them, they narrowly won 2:1 following 3 games in the East Olympic group match last year and advanced to the top 4 historically. In the same year, 12 Yue won the top 8 of the World Championships with 2:0, and reached the semi-finals once more following 3 years. The two pairs faced each other for the 5th time this time. “Deng Xiepei” had a slight advantage at the start, leading by 3:0 and 5:3, but was forced to equalize several times by subsequent opponents. Played a wave of 9:1 offensive and lost a game with 13:21. After the adjustment, the two fought back in the second round, strengthened their offense and regained their dominance. At 7:6, they scored 8 points in a row to open the score, and successfully tied at 1:1 at 21:13.
Entering the tiebreaker, the two sides played inextricably to each other, leading each other. “Deng Xiepei” was only 10:11 behind in the half game. After the small break, the battle became more intense. Hong Kong will continue to tighten the score even following falling behind. At the end of the game, they chased 2 points in a row to 19:19. Unfortunately, they failed to take advantage of the momentum to reverse the lead. In the end, they lost their hatred at 19:21 and stopped in the top 8.
The Hong Kong team has completed this year’s World Championship and will move to the Japan Open next week.
This article is by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[Badminton World Championships]”Deng Xiepei” fought in 3 rounds but lost to the top 8 and missed the medal」
