On December 15, Beijing time, the fourth match day of the 2021 Badminton World Championships began to compete, and China's Wang Zhiyi competed, and her opponent was Germany's Li Yifeng. Wang Zhiyi is the 14th seed of this tournament, and her opponent Li Yifeng is ranked 23rd in the world, and the two have never played against each other before.
In the first game, Wang Zhiyi quickly entered the state and led the opponent all the way in the opening game. After leading 7-3, Wang Zhiyi scored nine consecutive points to lead the opponent by as many as 13 points at 16-3. After that, Wang Zhiyi continued to work hard and easily won the first set 21-7.
In the second set, Li Yifeng started 3-0, and in the first half Of the game Li Yifeng maintained his lead all the way and entered a technical gap 11-6. After the suspension, Wang Zhiyi began to chase points, chasing 6 points from 10-13 to 16-13 to overtake his opponents. Wang Zhiyi retained the lead at the end of the set and won the second set 21-17.
In the end, Wang Zhiyi defeated Germany's Li Yifeng 21-7, 21-17, winning her world championship debut and successfully reaching the women's singles round of 16. So far, the four Chinese players He Bingjiao, Han Yue, Zhang Yiman and Wang Zhiyi who played in the women's singles at this World Championships have all entered the round of 16.