Huang started a short-lived partnership with Ou Xuanyi, reaching 2 finals. However, she reunited with Zheng Siwei at the All England Open,[10] which was held a week later. They reached the semifinals, where they were defeated by their compatriots Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping once again, in three games.
In April, Huang and Zheng participated in the Asia Championships for the third time. They were crowned as the champions, avenging their defeat against Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping in the final without dropping a game in the whole tournament.
In August, competing as the top seed in the World Championships, Zheng and Huang got their third gold medal of this event in their career by beating Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, who were fighting in home soil, in two straight games.[12]
Despite being revenged a week later in the semifinals of Japan Open,[13] Zheng and Huang won two Super 750 events, Denmark Open[14] and French Open[15] in two three-game thrillers, against compatriots Feng and Huang and the Dutch pair Tabeling and Piek respectively. As a result they finished 1st in the Race to World Tour Finals ranking.
Huang and Zheng competed as the top seeds and three-time defending champions in the Malaysia Open Super 1000 at the start of the year.[17] They defended their title without dropping a set throughout the tournament. A week later they lost in the semifinals in the India Open to Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino.[18]
In March, the pair of Zheng/Huang participated in the All England Open and was crowned as champions for the 2nd time in their career as a pair by beating the Korean pair Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jung.[19]
In the end of April, Huang and Zheng participated in the Asia Championships as defending champions, and finished with a silver medal after losing to compatriots Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin.[20]
In May, the pair then helped the Chinese team to lift the Sudirman Cup trophy by winning all 4 matches they played.[21]
In June, after losing to Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun in the quarterfinals in Singapore,[22] Huang and Zheng won their third Super 1000 title of the season in the Indonesia Open, defeating Watanabe and Higashino in straight games in the final.[23]
In August, the pair entered the World Championships as the top seeds and defending champions. Zheng reached his fifth final without dropping a single game, but the duo lost to Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jung, a pair they never lost to in 9 meetings, in three close games.[24]
In October, Huang and Zheng, who were 2018 champions, successfully defended their title they won 5 years ago at the 2022 Asian Games, avenging their defeat to Seo and Chae in the semi-finals and defeating Watanabe and Higashino in the final in straight games.[25]
In March, Huang and Zheng pair manage to defend their All England Open title and win it for the third time against their Japanese rival and number 2 seeds, Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino 21–16, 21–11.[28] Later in April, Huang and Zheng continues to fumble the Asia Championships in the semifinals this time by losing to current recently heralded World Champions, Seo and Chae.[29]
They resurgent in form for the final two months before Olympics by winning the Singapore Open[30] and another final in Indonesia Open.[31] As a result of a great and consistent season in last two years, Huang and Zheng manage to qualifies to the 2024 Olympics as the first seed in mixed doubles category.[32]
During the Olympics, Huang and Zheng did not have a single problem in the group stage and win all the three games. In the quarterfinals, they manage to defeat their compatriot who is in the second seed, Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping in an all Chinese quarterfinal[33] before beating the fourth seed, Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino 21–14, 21–15 in the semis and finally redeeming their lost at 2020 Olympics with a dominating straight sets win against Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun 21–8, 21–11 and took their first gold medal, completing their final major collections.[34]
To mark an illustrious ending to their international badminton career, Huang and Zheng won another World Tour Finals after defeating Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei in a grueling three sets match of 21–18, 14–21, 21–17.[35]
2025
On New Year's Day, Huang announced her resignation from the national team, effectively retiring from international tournaments.[1] She cited the accumulated injuries and increasing age as her reasons, despite still having the physical ability to compete.[1] Her farewell party was held after the 2025 BWF World Tour Finals in Hangzhou.[36]
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017, and implemented in 2018,[40] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super1000, Super750, Super500, Super300, and the BWF Tour Super100.[41]
The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006, and implemented in 2007,[42] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[43] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.
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↑Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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