On December 15, 2021, the Badminton World Championships entered the fourth match day, the Chinese team women's singles four advanced to the round of 16, after 00 young player Wang Zhiyi quickly decided, fell two straight sets 2-0 to win the German player Li Yifeng, the first two rounds of men's singles only Li Shifeng lost, Lu Guangzu, Zhao Junpeng played steadily, Lu Guangzu won consecutively Quinravut and Zhou Tiancheng two famous players, and then played against India's brother Sri kante.
Wang Zhiyi is 21 years old, ranked 17th in the world, is the third female singles of the national feather, and has been trained by the coaching team, second only to Chen Yufei and He Bingjiao, this Olympic champion Chen Yufei is absent due to injury, whether he can achieve good results, mainly depends on the performance of He Bingjiao and Wang Zhiyi, the opponent is Li Yifeng from Germany, ranked 23rd in the world, the two are ranked relatively close, and there is a certain gap in strength.
In the first set, Wang Zhiyi entered the state quickly, the pre-game preparation was very well, Li Yifeng was suppressed, in the face of Wang Zhiyi's attack helpless to lose points continuously, Wang Zhiyi led 11-3 into the midfield timeout, and after returning, Wang Zhiyi continued to widen the point difference, scoring 5 points in a row to 16-3, both sides scored 4 points, Wang Zhiyi scored 21-7 to take the lead, Wang Zhiyi only took 12 minutes to win the first set.
In the second set, Li Yifeng stepped up the offensive and scored 3 points in a row, Wang Zhiyi's mistakes gradually increased, Li Yifeng opened the point difference, and then Li Yifeng led 11-6 into the midfield timeout, and after returning, Wang Zhiyi began to accelerate, stabilized his position and scored consecutive points, chasing 13 draws, Li Yifeng fell into a bitter battle, Wang Zhiyi scored 3 points in a row to 16-13, and then Wang Zhiyi took advantage of the chase, ending the game at 21-17, 2-0 Li Yifeng.
Looking back at the process of the whole game, Wang Zhiyi showed a strong ability to resist pressure, in the second set was impacted by the opponent did not collapse, the back of the force to complete the counterattack, this year's progress is more obvious, all aspects have improved, looking forward to the next performance of the young general.
He Bingjiao eliminated France's Bartomini 2-0, Han Yue's opponent Olympic champion Ma Lin withdrew, Zhang Yiman's opponent world champion Okuhara hoped to retire, women's singles 1/8 final, He Bingjiao against Denmark's famous Mia, not surprisingly Wang Zhiyi should be against South Korea's famous An Xianying, Han Yue against Canada's sister Li Wenshan, Zhang Yiman waiting for the winner of Thailand's Chaiwan and South Korea's Kim Jia-eun.
Overall, the singles performance is more stable, Lu Guangzu is a surprise, doubles is not ideal, especially the mixed doubles number one seed Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong upset out, Olympic champion Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping is absent, leaving only Guo Xinwa / Zhang Shuxian, the latter will be in the second round against the Danish combination Ofor / Christiansen, men's doubles and Tan Qiang / He Jiting, Zhang Nan / Ou Xuanyi, women's doubles to maintain a total victory record.