The national team failed to achieve the Asian Championships mixed doubles championship for 8 consecutive years, and Japan and Hong Kong had a chance to set a record in team history

With China's only representative of the "Zhenxin Combination" Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin in the mixed doubles semifinals of the 2025 Asian Badminton Championships out, China also failed to achieve the 8th consecutive mixed doubles championship in this event. Since 2016 and the last edition, China have won seven consecutive mixed doubles titles at the Asian Championships, and their hopes of continuing their winning streak are betting on world No. 1 Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin this year.

China failed to achieve the Asian Championships mixed doubles championship for 8 consecutive years

However, Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin lost 16-21, 17-21 on the 12th to Hong Kong, China's world No. 6 "double left-handed pair" Tang Chunwen and Xie Yingxue, who participated together for the first time this year, and the latter won their first victory in the fifth meeting between the two sides.

Tang Chun Man and Xie Yingxue, who have qualified for the final for the first time in their seventh competition, will next face Japan's world No. 11 Daiki Midorikawa and Natsu Saito, who defeated Indonesia's Jafar and Felisa 15-21, 23-21, 21-11 on the 11th.

Since the Asian Badminton Championships began in 1962, Japan have won the remaining four events, but they have not won the mixed doubles title so far, and it will be interesting to see if Daiki Midorikawa and Natsu Saito can make history next, while Hong Kong last won the mixed doubles title at the Asian Championships in 2014 with Lee Chun-hei and Chow Hoi-wah.