On December 14, Beijing time, the Badminton World Championships entered its third match day. In a showdown in the women's singles arena, China's He Bingjiao met the Frenchman Bartomeni. World No. 9 He Bingjiao is the No. 8 seed of this tournament, and her opponent Bartomini is ranked 88th in the world.
In the first set, He Bingjiao took a 5-2 lead at the beginning of the game, and Bartomeni gradually narrowed the gap, at one point chasing 9-10 and trailing by only one point. In the middle of the game, He Bingjiao scored 7 consecutive points and established an 8-point advantage at 17-9. After that, He Bingjiao continued to work hard, taking 9 innings 20-11. The opponent defused the first set point, and He Bingjiao won the first set 21-12.
The two sides alternated leads at the beginning of the second set, and He Bingjiao scored four consecutive points in the middle of the game to lead 11-6 into a technical interval. After the timeout came back, Bartomeni began to chase points, and at one point she trailed 12-13 in the mid-game and trailed by only one point. At the crucial moment, He Bingjiao scored four consecutive points and won the match point 20-14. The opponent defused the first match point, and He Bingjiao won the second set 21-15.
In the end, after two rounds of fierce fighting, The 8th seed He Bingjiao defeated the French player Bartomeni 21-12/ 21-15 to win the opening of the World Championships and successfully reach the women's singles round of the World Championships. He Bingjiao became the third Chinese player to advance to the round of 16 in the women's singles, after Han Yue and Zhang Yiman both accepted the retirement gift and advanced to the round of 16.