Arctic Games" Asian Games Bronze Medal Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen enter the top 8 and fight for revenge against China's Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin

Taiwan's No. 1 mixed doubles Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youchen defeated French pair Julien Maio and Léa Palermo 21:12, 18:21, 21:12 at the Super 500 Series Arctic Badminton Open to advance to the top 8.

Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen, ranked 7th in the world, have been working together since the Paris Olympics. They won the All England Open this year, and also won the bronze medal at the Nagoya Asian Games together, showing their competitiveness.

This week, Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen won the first round of the Arctic Tournament after 3 games against the Spanish combination. Today, they compete with the French combination Maiou/Balermo, ranked 35th in the world, for the top 8 tickets. The two sides have no record of playing against each other in the past.

Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen started with a 9:4 offensive today. After the technical timeout, they continued to expand their lead and took the lead at 21:12. However, they encountered some small turbulence at the beginning of the second game and fell behind. After the technical timeout, they chased two points in a row and continued to bite their opponents. Unfortunately, they were unable to reverse it and gave up at 18:21.

However, Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen quickly found their rhythm in the decisive game and launched a 6:1 offensive at the beginning. Although they were once chased by their opponents with only 1 point difference, the two quickly stabilized their position and scored consecutively after the technical timeout to win 21:12.

After Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen advanced to the top 8, they had to meet the world's No. 2 Chinese combination of Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin. The two sides just met in the top four of the Asian Games in Nagoya this year. At that time, Ye Zhanpei fell into their hands and missed the gold medal match and accepted the bronze medal. Now they have to meet again, and the Taiwanese combination strives to break through.

Another Taiwanese mixed doubles group, Liu Guangheng/Xu Yinjuan, defeated Thailand's Pakkapon Teeraratsakul/Sapsiree Taerattanchai to advance to the top 8, and will meet China's Zhu Yijun/Li Qian in the next match.