
Wu Xuanyi/Yang Jiuyun also advanced and will face the Japanese combination respectively.
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Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen are ranked 7th in the world. In the past four European tours, they have advanced to the top 8 at the Arctic and Danish Opens, and ended in the top 16 at the French and German Hero Opens. Japan is lucky for them. They won the bronze medal at the Nagoya Asian Games this year and reached the top 4 at the Kumamoto Championships last year.
Taiwan's No. 1 mixed doubles team, Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen, advanced to the top 8 in the Super 500 Series Kumamoto Badminton Masters today by defeating Liu Guangheng/Xu Yinjue in 21:17, 12:21, and 21:18. Another mixed doubles team, Wu Xuanyi/Yang Zhuyun, also advanced successfully.
Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen, ranked 7th in the world, have advanced to the top 8 at the Arctic and Danish Opens in the past four European tours, and ended in the top 16 at the French and German Hero Opens. It is worth mentioning that Japan is lucky for Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen. They won the bronze medal in the Nagoya Asian Games this year and reached the top four in Kumamoto last year.
Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen reversed the Indian combination of Dhruv Rawat/Maneesha Kukkapalli in the first round, and today they met Liu Guangheng/Xu Yinjue, ranked 20th in the world. In the first game, Ye Zhanpei led all the way and won 21:17. However, there was turbulence in the second game and he fell behind from the start and finally gave up at 12:21. Entering the decisive game, the game was stalemate at the beginning. After the battle reached 6:7, Ye Zhanpei scored consecutive 5-point leads and took away the top 8 tickets at 21:18.
After Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen are promoted, they will meet their Japanese rivals Yuta Watanabe/Masai Taguchi, who are ranked 12th in the world. Ye Zhanpei lost the two matches between the two sides in the past two times.
Another Taiwanese mixed doubles team, Wu Xuanyi/Yang Zhuyun, reversed the landlord's masters Kawabe Yuyo/Ishikawa Shina at 18:21, 22:20, 21:18, and also advanced to the top 8. Next, they faced the Japanese combination Koga Teru/Saito Natsu.

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