[Sports Road News]Hong Kong badminton mixed doubles Deng Junwen/Xie Yingxue played against Japanese rivals Arisa Higashino/Yutai Watanabe in the semi-finals of the Indonesian Open on Friday (26th). “Deng Xiepei” ended up in two straight games. Lost at 17:21, 8:21, failed to beat the opponent again after the last Indonesian Masters, and stopped in the top 8.
Deng Junwen/Xie Yingxue, who is determined to win tickets to the BWF World Tour Finals on Thursday (25th) It was won in the semi-finals of the Indonesian Masters Mixed Doubles last week. After 75 minutes of fierce battle, “Deng Xie Pei” defeated a strong opponent for the first time with a number of games 2:1.
Less than a week later, the two sides met again. Deng Junwen, who strained his waist in the first battle yesterday, was injured and went into battle today. He and his partner Xie Yingxue have maintained a slight lead in the early stages of the first game, but Higashino/Watanabe scored 4 points in the middle to lead the way. The pair’s No. 3 seed has always been in the lead, taking the lead in the game, and successfully won the first game with 21:17.
Japan’s Arisa Higashino/Yutai Watanabe, who won the bronze medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics mixed doubles, took advantage of the courage to pursue in the second game and scored consecutively to grab the lead of 8:2, and then entered the middle of the break with 11:5. . After the match continued, Higashino Arisa/Watanabe Yuta continued to maintain their strength and scored 6 points in a row to further widen the difference. In the end, “Deng Xie Pei” lost in the second game by a big score of 8:21. After only 32 minutes of receiving the battle, he lost two games in a row and missed the semi-finals.
After finishing the Indonesian Open, Deng Junwen/Xie Yingxue will stay in Bali to prepare for the World Tour Finals, which will start next week. “Deng Xie Pei” is also the only representative of the Hong Kong team in this event.
This article was originally published by “Tilu Sportsroad” in “[Indonesia Badminton]Deng Junwen was injured and played Deng Xie with two straight sets and lost to the top 8 and stopped.”
