In the early morning of December 17, Beijing time, the 5th matchday of the Badminton World Championships began to compete. In the final match of the women's singles 16-8, China's Wang Zhiyi played against the No. 5 seed An Xianying. The two have played each other twice before, and An Xianying has won the final victory.
In the first set, Wang Zhiyi established an advantage in the first half of the game, leading the opponent by 4 consecutive points 5-4 and taking a 10-4 lead and entering a technical break 11-5. After the suspension, Wang Zhiyi's advantage once expanded to 19-8, and at the critical moment, An Xianying chased points continuously, resolving 3 innings to chase 17-20, and then Wang Zhiyi scored another point to win the first set 21-17.
In the second set, Wang Zhiyi started 5-0, and After Adjusting her state, An Xianying gradually narrowed the gap, and 11-10 Wang Zhiyi led by one point into the suspension. In the second half, An Xianying chased to 16 draws, after which she continued to work hard to get 3 innings 20-17, Wang Zhiyi stubbornly chased to 20 draws, but then An Xianying scored 2 more points and pulled back a set 22-20.
The competition between the two sides in the decider was very fierce, and the score never opened. At the crucial moment, An Xianying began to erupt in a 16-19 situation, scoring five consecutive points and then winning the decider 21-19 thrillingly.
In the end, after three fierce sets of competition, An Xianying defeated China's Wang Zhiyi with a 17-21/22-20/21-19 reversal and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of this World Championship. In the quarterfinals, Ahn will face Akane Yamaguchi again, which will be the fifth time the two have met in the past 2 months.