On the 26th, Weng Hongyang defeated Maldivian Shahid 2-0.Xinhua News Agency
On the 26th, the 2022 Badminton Asian Championships kicked off in the Philippines. The men’s singles qualifying match and the first round of men’s doubles and mixed doubles were held that day. Many Fujian players appeared on the field. Among them, Weng Hongyang won two consecutive games and successfully advanced to the main match.
In the men’s singles qualifying match, Fujian player Weng Hongyang, who previously won the Korea Open champion, played against Maldives player Shahid for the first time, winning easily 21:11 and 21:9. In the second match against Myanmar player Pei Nai, Weng Hongyang still easily swept 21:10 and 21:7, winning both games to advance to the main match.
In an interview after the game, Weng Hongyang said that winning two consecutive victories feels good and deserves recognition. “The opponents in the main game are stronger, and I hope I can show a better state.” Weng Hongyang’s opponent in the first round of the race will be Singapore’s Zheng Jiaheng.
In the mixed doubles match, the “yellow duck” combination Wang Yilyu/Huang Dongping won two games in a row with the same score of 21:10 in only 20 minutes, defeating the Thai combination Opton/Gonepa and passing the first round.
In the men’s doubles competition, Fujian general He Jiting and Zhou Haodong faced off against Malaysia’s Olympic bronze medalist Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi. The two of them won the first game at 21:18 and then dropped the line. They were reversed by their opponents with two consecutive draws of 21:12 and 21:18. Another Fujian general, Ou Xuanyi and Liu Yuchen, defeated the Chinese Hong Kong combination Luo Zhuoqian/Li Jinxi with 21:9, 18:21 and 21:16.(Reporter Xiao Rong)
