Shooting Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, Japan's "most beautiful double" advanced to the final of the Asian Badminton Championships for the first time

Japan's "most beautiful doubles" Chiyo Shida/Naomi Matsuyama defeated the Chinese rival Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, the gold medal of the Paris Olympics, at 21:17 and 21:10 in the top 4 of the 2025 Asian Badminton Championships on the evening of the 12th, and advanced to the women's doubles gold medal match of the Asian Championships for the first time in her career.

Japanese Women's Doubles Chiyo Shida/Naomi Matsuyama

World No.3 Chiyo Shida/Naomi Matsuyama, who won the Super 1000 All England Open in March, are third seeds in Women's Doubles at the Asian Championships this week, with the duo aiming to challenge for the Asian Championship title.

Chiyo Shida/Nami Matsuyama won only 5 of 19 matches against Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, but the most beautiful doubles quickly took the lead in the first game today, although the Chinese strong opponent once achieved a 16:15 overtake, the most beautiful doubles still scored 5 points in a row and also took the next game. Chiyo Shida/Nai Matsuyama completely suppressed Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan in the second game, especially the 13:9 lead and swept 7 points in a row, and finally won in straight sets, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan also won the bronze medal in the Asian Championships for two consecutive years.

Chiyo Shida/Nami Matsuyama defeated Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan again after the quarterfinals of last year's BWF year-end finals, and entered the gold medal match of the Asian Championships for the first time in their careers, and will face Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning tomorrow.