Xinhua News Agency, Jakarta, August 22 (reporter Lu Rui, Su Bin) the Jakarta snayen stadium, which can accommodate 7,000 people, was packed on the evening of the 22nd. From time to time, the auditorium burst into deafening cheers and shouts. In the badminton men’s group final of the 18th Asian Games held here, the Chinese team resisted the pressure of “Devil’s home court” and defeated Indonesia 3:1 after a hard battle, winning the first gold medal of the Asian Games.
The Chinese team first met the challenge of Indonesian team Anthony kinting. The first game Shi Yuqi has been suppressed by Jin Ting and lost the first game at 14:21. In the second game, Shi Yuqi gradually recovered his state and clenched the score. When the two sides were deadlocked until the 21st, Shi Yuqi won 2 points in a row, and dragged the game into the final with 23:21 difficulty. The competition in the final round became more intense. The score was flat for many times. At 19:19, Jin Ting’s thigh was cramped and collapsed on the spot. After the medical suspension, Jin Ting continued the game. But at this time, his legs were obviously unable to bend, but at this time, Shi Yuqi went out of bounds return and let his opponent get the competition point at 20:19. At the critical moment, Jin Ting fell to the ground again, but he could not help announcing his withdrawal from the competition. In this way, Shi Yuqi started a head gun for the Chinese team for the first time.
Shi Yuqi said after the game that he was particularly devoted to catching up with his opponent from the second game and gradually recovered his state, thinking about how to make mistakes before his opponent and hold him back. “My tactics were successful, so I had enough confidence in myself and finally survived.” He said.
Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen, the first doubles “twin towers” combination of the Chinese team, was always held down by the Indonesian combination in the match against Gidean/sukamuyo, who ranked first in the world, the score closely followed the opponent but failed to achieve anti-overtaking. He lost two games at 17:21 and 18:21, and the Chinese and Indian teams returned to the same starting line.
Liu Yuchen said about the host’s deafening “Devil’s home court” after the match: “Many games have been played in Indonesia, so the influence (on the game) is not very great.”
In the second singles duel, the Chinese team’s famous general Xiaolong faced the Indonesian young general Christie. Yan long lost one game at 19:21 and then pulled back two games at 21:16 and 21:18, making the Chinese team lead again at 2:1. After the dragon race, he said: “At home in Indonesia, every point can only be fought with the opponent. But no matter backward or leading, I lost my time-sharing teammates and gave me a very positive look. I think I have no problem and I am very happy to win this point.”
In the second double contest between the two sides, Liu Cheng/Zhang Nan of the Chinese team and his opponent alfran/Arrian respectively won one game at 21:18 and 21:17, the Chinese team performed even better in the final match, winning the match at 21:18 and locking the men’s group gold medal in the Asian Games for the Chinese team.
The women’s team final held earlier that day was held between China and Japan. Due to the lack of strength, the young Chinese team lost to the Uber Cup champion Japan team at 1:3, and failed to win the six consecutive championships in the Asian Games.