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Lai Baiyou and Cai Fucheng are both 20 years old. They have been partners since high school and won the 2023 World Youth Championship men's doubles silver medal and the US Badminton Open championship.
Lai Baiyou (left) and Cai Fucheng (right). (File photo, provided by coach Hu Chongxian)
[Reporter Nian Miaoyun/Comprehensive Report] Taiwan's new generation combination Lai Baiyou/Cai Fucheng lost to Malaysia's Ye Ruiqing/Tai Weiqin 19:21 in the men's doubles championship match of the Super 500 Series Arctic Badminton Open today, and settled as runner-up. However, they have set the best record since the two teamed up.
Ranked 60 in the world, Lai Baiyou/Cai Fucheng are both only 20 years old. The two have been playing doubles together since they were in elementary school and high school. They won the men's doubles silver medal at the 2023 World Youth Badminton Championships together. Last year, they won their first super championship since co-production at the Super 300 Series U.S. Badminton Open.
Lai Baiyou/Cai Fucheng defeated the Danish and Malaysian combinations in the Arctic this week and successfully entered the top four. In the top four match early this morning, they won after three fierce battles with the French combination Julien Maio/William Villeger. They entered the Super 500 final for the first time since their cooperation and have made a breakthrough.
Lai Pak Yau/Chai Fucheng competed with Malaysia's new men's doubles pair Yip Rui Keng/Tai Wei Qin for the championship today. The two sides have no record of fighting.
Although Lai Boyu/Cai Fucheng fell behind 0:4 at the start of the day, the two quickly came back from behind and overtook with 6 points in a row after 11:15. Unfortunately, they made a mistake at the critical moment, allowing Ye Ruiqing/Dai Weiqin to successfully counterattack, and the Taiwanese combination surrendered the first game at 19:21.
The Taiwanese team caught up from behind in the second game, and overtook the opponent with momentum after reaching a 13-level tie. Unfortunately, they made another mistake at the critical moment and lost points, and their opponents grabbed the final point of the match. Although they recovered 1 point, the Taiwanese men's doubles still gave up at 19:21 and accepted the runner-up spot.
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