In the badminton women's doubles 1/4 finals at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan appeared against the Bulgarian pair Gabriela / Stepani. As the runner-up in the women's doubles team of badminton at the last Olympic Games, the sole purpose of the "Fan Chen Combination" is to win the championship and fill the last gap in the honor book of their careers. In the previous group stage, he won all 3 games and broke through, showing a good competitive state. The two sides have played each other a total of 9 times before, and the "Fanchen Combination" has an absolute advantage of 8 wins and 1 loss.
In the first game, Jia Yifan continued to put pressure on the back row, Gabriela made a mistake in returning the ball, and then Jia Yifan scored another 1 point in a row in the back row; It can be seen that the state of the "Fanchen Combination" is beating very fully, Jia Yifan and Chen Qingchen have been killed continuously, and the score difference has been stretched to 5-1, and the opponent can't keep up with the rhythm of "Fanchen" at all; Chen Qingchen made a point kill, Stefani made a mistake in receiving the ball, and the score difference continued to widen; After taking the lead by a big score, "Fan Chen" began to control the rhythm, after all, killing the ball all the time is also a test of physical strength; 11-3, "Fan Chen" entered the intergame timeout with a big score;
After the pause, "Fan Chen" made more mistakes, and the opponent's penalty kills also increased, and the score chased to 12-8; At the critical moment, "Fan Chen" scored 4 points in a row to pull away again, but then the opponent scored 4 points in a row to chase 12-16 again; Chen Qingchen scored sideways on the left diagonal to stabilize the situation; Gabriela returned the ball and went directly to the net, Jia Yifan grabbed another point in front of the net, and the score came directly to 20-13, and finally won 21-15 without danger;
In the second game, it was the main attack of "Fan Chen", the opponent's main defense, and he scored 4 points in a row to open the difference; Chen Qingchen returned the ball out of bounds and lost the first point, and then Jia Yifan slipped and fell, although he stood up in time, but the subsequent catch was still wrong; The opponent's service error directly sent points, Gabriela suddenly killed, and Chen Qingchen made a backhand return error; The Bulgarian combination is still mainly mobile, and the attack of "Fan Chen" is still sharp, scoring 2 points in a row to stretch it to 7-3; Stephani wanted to rub a small ball, but made a mistake, Jia Yifan scored consecutive points in front of the net, 10-3, and Jia Yifan made consecutive points again, 11-4 into a timeout;
After the pause, "Fan Chen" continued to open up the difference, Chen Qingchen continued to attack in the back row, but the opponent did not catch it; After that, Jia Yifan made another vigorous kill, full of domineering, and the score difference was stretched to 16-6, and he felt that the other party was a little deflated. Although the defense is good, the offense of the "mortal dust combination" is devastating and extremely sharp. In the end, there was no suspense in the game, and the "Fanchen Combination" won 21-8 and advanced to the top 4 with a big score of 2-0, striding towards the championship!