The 2021 Badminton World Championships continue, and today the women's doubles ushered in the quarter-finals, with top seeds Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan playing against the Japanese duo of Naoya Matsuyama / Chiyo Shida. At the beginning of the game, the Fanchen combination quickly led the way, the Japanese combination chased after it, and after several equal divisions, the Fanchen combination began to exert its strength, and after 11 draws, it scored 7 consecutive points to establish its advantage, and finally took the next set at 21-13.
In the second set, the Japanese duo took the lead at the beginning, and the Fanchen combination once chased the score closer, but Matsuyama Nao / Chiyo Shida responded and opened the score again. Trailing 9-16, the Fanchen combination began to counterattack, first chasing 5 points in a row. After the Japanese duo scored another point, the Fanchen combination played a wave of attack, winning seven consecutive points to reverse the second set 21-17, and swept the Japanese combination 2-0 to advance to the final four.
In another women's doubles quarterfinal, defending champions Mayu Matsumoto/Kazuna Nagahara defeated Bulgaria's Stoeva sisters 2-0 (21-15, 21-17). Next, Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan will face off against another Japanese duo, Matsumoto Mayu / Nagahara and Kona. Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan said that after the victory, they broke through because they stopped in the top 8 in the two consecutive competitions in 2018 and 2019, and this time they have reached the semifinals and look forward to their further progress! After winning, Chen Qingchen/ Jia Yifan failed to take a picture of the heart gesture, and the "rollover" was not unified, but they were still happy to win!
In the men's singles field, Guo Yu sent Zhao Junpeng, Lu Guangzu and Li Shifeng three men's singles players this time, in the first three rounds of competition, Li Shifeng and Lu Guangzu lost to the Indian veteran Srikans out of the game, Zhao Junpeng became the male single Miao of Guo Yu. In this round, Zhao Junpeng played against India's Lakshya.
Zhao Junpeng had a good start in the game, leading 5-1, but Lakshya quickly tied the score. After the 9 draw, Zhao Junpeng once again scored consecutive points to lead, but unfortunately he did not resist Lakshya's counterattack, and Lakshya scored 6 consecutive points after 10-13 to achieve a rebound. Lakshya then held firm the lead, taking a 21-15 lead. In the second set, the two alternately led the way, and Zhao Junpeng went behind 9-10 to score six consecutive points to establish a leading position. Lakshya tried to counterattack, but Zhao Junpeng responded in time and finally won the set back 21-15.
The match came to the decider, and Zhao Junpeng played more actively to maintain the lead of the score, but Lakshya quickly tied the score. In the final stage of the set, Zhao Junpeng took the lead in 20-19 to get the match point. Regrettably, Zhao Junpeng did not seize the opportunity to win the game, but Instead Lakshya won 3 consecutive points to reverse 22-20, and Lakshya narrowly defeated Zhao Junpeng 2-1 to enter the final four.
In the women's singles field, He Bingjiao's quarter-final opponent is teammate Han Yue. After the opening, He Bingjiao quickly led the way, but Han Yue continued to chase the equalizer. After 7 draws, He Bingjiao scored 3 consecutive points to open up again, after which she maintained her lead and won a set 21-16. In the second set, He Bingjiao was again powered after 7 draws, and she scored 4 points to pull away again. Han Yue took the opportunity to set off a counter-attack in the middle of the game, chasing 5 consecutive points to chase the score to 15-17. At the critical moment, He Bingjiao scored consecutive points to stabilize the situation, and finally won another set 21-18, defeating her opponent 2-0 to advance to the semifinals. Dai Ziying swept India's Sindu in two straight sets 21-17, 21-13 to advance, and then He Bingjiao and Dai Ziying will meet in the semi-finals.