Beijing time on December 18, the second to last matchday of the Badminton World Championships, today is the semi-final, the first game is the women's singles, He Bingjiao challenged the world's first Dai Ziying, the winner can get the first final seat of all 5 individual events of the World Championships.
After three hard games, 1-2! He Bingjiao lost! The first final seat of the World Championships was determined: No.1 Dai Ziying broke the heart of the magic to set a record, and finally reached the women's singles final for the first time in the world championships 6 times in her career.
Before this game, He Bingjiao and Dai Ziying had a total of 10 encounters, and He Bingjiao lost 2 wins and 8 losses. In addition, Dai Ziying is also the number one seed and the world number one in this World Championship. There is no doubt that He Bingjiao is not optimistic.
In the first set, Dai Ziying started strongly, and He Bingjiao scored 8-5 consecutively to complete the counterattack. Dai Ziying chased to a 10-10 draw, and He Bingjiao took the next point to lead 11-10 to enter the break. The score was very glued, and Dai Ziying overtook 13-12. Subsequently, Dai Ziying scored consecutively in front of the hook diagonal. He Bingjiao was also a fake action to put the net score, He Bingjiao chased the score closer to 13-15.
In the critical stage, Dai Ziying's backhand position was very reliable, and he scored points by shortening the ball continuously, and opened the score at 19-13. He Bingjiao chased back a point and then made a mistake in the net, and Dai Ziying fell 20-16 to get the set point. He Bingjiao saved a set point, and Dai Ziying won the first set 21-17.
Between the two sets, the Chinese coach reminded He Bingjiao that the current flat fast ball is Dai Ziying's rhythm, she plays very smoothly, and she must be bold to grab the net!
In the second set, He Bingjiao counterattacked strongly, leading 11-4 into the set. After resting, Dai Ziying chased a point first, and He Bingjiao grabbed the net to return to color. In the middle of the game, He Bingjiao firmly controlled the situation and led 14-6. He Bingjiao became more and more courageous, and completely opened the score at 17-8. Although Dai Ziying recovered a few points in the final stages of the innings, the difference was still too large, and He Bingjiao pulled back a set 21-13.
In the decider, Dai Ziying scored 5 consecutive points after 6-6 to establish an advantage and led 11-6 into the break. After resting, Dai Ziying maintained her advantage, laughed to the end, and reached the women's singles final.