The celebration after the semi-finals of the 2025 Suzhou Cup by the "Phoenix Combination" has a deep meaning, which is to return a tooth for a tooth

Two years ago in the semifinals of the Suzhou Sudirman Cup, the Chinese team reversed the Japanese team 3-2 at home, when the Chinese mixed doubles "Phoenix Combination" Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping lost the first match, and met the Japanese team again two years later.

Feng Yanzhe (right) and Huang Dongping celebrated with great excitement after defeating Daiki Midorikawa and Arisa Igarashi.

Two years ago, he lost his first point against Japan, and now he has completed his redemption. The world's No. 2 Phoenix team defeated the Japanese temporary pair Midorikawa Daiki and Arisa Igarashi 21-11, 21-17 in the first match of the 2025 Sudirman Cup semifinals on the 3rd, helping the Chinese team get off to a good start and leading 1-0, and the two celebrated excitedly after the game.

After the match, when asked if the celebration was particularly meaningful, Feng Yanzhe said: "This (celebration) is not for us, this is for our opponents. I think I've been remembering this for two years. Because two years ago, this game was the celebration when Japan won our first point. So I'll give it back to them in two years. Two years ago, Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping lost to another Japanese pair, Kyohei Yamashita and Naru Tsutani, after a fierce battle of 3 games.

Huang Dongping: We made a good start and trusted our teammates more. Huang Dongping also shared the feeling of winning the first point: "Of course we are excited. Because we got the first point, and the first point for the team, I think we must be excited to get this one point. It's a good start, a good start. "I think it's all about our beginning. When we get our heads open, we'll trust our teammates more in the back. ”

Regarding the opponent's continued pressure in the second game, Feng Yanzhe said that they stimulated the fighting spirit during the adjustment process: "I think the characteristics of the opponent are like this, no matter when they don't give up. They actually lost the first game by a big score, including the second game and they were a lot behind, but they showed a tenacious spirit and then never gave up, giving us some so-called pressure. However, I think that in the process of our adjustment, it has stimulated the fighting spirit. ”