Indonesia Open 2022 Final, China's 'Revenge' Event

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JAKARTA – China dominated by placing four representatives in the final of the BWF Super 1000 East Ventures Indonesia Open 2022, at Istora Gelora Bung Karno (GBK), Senayan, Jakarta. As of Saturday, June 18, there are 10 representatives left to fight for the five titles.

China has four representatives, they are men's singles Zhao Jun Peng, women's singles Wang Zhi Yi, men's doubles Liu Yu Chen/Ou Xuanyi, and mixed doubles Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong,

China seemed to want "revenge" after last year's edition of the Indonesia Open did not send any representatives due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Based on the schedule reported by BWF Tournament Software, mixed doubles Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong will start the final match, today, at 12:00 WIB, against Japanese representatives Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Ya Qiong.

They will compete for the 12th time. Chinese representatives dominated the previous meeting by bagging nine wins, including the last match at the 2022 Thailand Open with a score of 18-21, 21-8, 23-21.

Then the final match continued with the first meeting between the women's singles Wang Zhi Yi who challenged the second seed from Taiwan and the 2018 Indonesia Open champion Tai Tzu-ying.

Then the title in the women's doubles sector is confirmed to belong to Japan because the two representatives face each other, namely Nami Matsuyama/Chiharu Shida and Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota.

As for the men's singles number, Zhao Junpeng will face the first seed and defending champion from Denmark, Viktor Axelsen.

They will face each other for the sixth time in their career. Axelsen dominated the previous five matches by winning four victories and last met at Istora at the Indonesia Masters 2020 with a score of 20-22, 21-13, 21-7.

The closing of the Indonesia Open 2022 series of matches will feature the rivalry of Liu Yu Chen/Ou Xuan Yi and South Korean men's doubles Choi Sol-gyu/Kim Won-ho.

The Chinese pair came armed with a victory in the first meeting with Choi Sol-gyu/Kim Won-ho at the 2022 Korea Masters with a score of 21-19, and 21-16.

The following is the final schedule for the Indonesia Open 2022:

Mixed doubles Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino (3/Japan) vs Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong (2/China)

Women's Singles Wang Zhi Yi (China) vs Tai Tzu Ying (2/Taiwan)

Women's Doubles Nami Matsuyama/Chiharu Shida (6/Japan) vs Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota (4/Japan)

Men's singles Victor Axelsen (1/Denmark) vs Zhao Jun Peng (China)