On December 18, Beijing time, the 2021 World Badminton Championships, women's singles semifinals, China's He Bingjiao against Chinese Taipei's Dai Ziying. The two have played each other 10 times, He Bingjiao is completely inferior, only 2 wins, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the other party is a nemesis. In the end, He Bingjiao lost 1-2 to the opponent and did not qualify for the final. The other semi-finals, between Kuniwa's 24-year-old dark horse, Zhang Yiman, who participated in the World Championships for the first time, and Akane Yamaguchi of Japan, will be played out later, and the title will only depend on her.
In the first set, He Bingjiao took the lead in serving, the luck was not very good, encountered the opponent to roll the tennis ball, and then the second ball was blocked by the net. Dai Ziying entered the state quickly, especially after the defense of the killing board, very threatening, chopping melon and cutting vegetables to achieve a 5-0 lead. Subsequently, He Bingjiao finally broke the ice and scored the first point of the whole game. To score is continuous, He Bingjiao chased 8 points in a row, not only filling in the big pit, but also achieving a counter-overtaking. Dai Ziying's mistakes began to increase, and he continuously released the ball out of bounds to send points. After encountering 0-8, Dai Ziying finally stopped the decline and scored in front of the net. Then both sides were unable to play the attack wave, and the scene became stale. After 10-10, He Bingjiao scored points, allowing her to enter the technical interval of the first set as a leader.
Back again, Dai Ziying slashed and killed, chasing 12-12 draws. He Bingjiao misjudged, the sideline ball was released, and she did not expect to be in the boundary. In the first half, Dai Ziying's similar balls, too many are out of bounds, He Bingjiao also gambled, but unfortunately the luck is not good. When Dai Ziying led 15-12, after a 28-beat standoff between the two, she almost injured herself while saving the ball, and slowed down before standing up, no big trouble. Dai Ziying's point killing was more certain than the opening stage, He Bingjiao gradually fell into passivity, and the point difference began to widen. When He Bingjiao was behind 13-17, she used a challenge, but unfortunately failed, falling behind by 5 points, but with the opportunity of the challenge, she was slightly relieved. Then chased 2 points in a row to send out the point, and finally 17-21, it took 20 minutes, He Bingjiao lost a set first, and the big score was 0-1 behind.
In the second set, the first section was more glued, but overall, He Bingjiao had a certain advantage, not how well she played, but Dai Ziying's mistakes were too many, and even the angry and corrupt use of the challenge opportunity, it did not help, He Bingjiao led 5-3. With Dai Ziying's mistake to send consecutive points again, He Bingjiao entered the interval with an 11-4 lead. Same as the first set, He Bingjiao is also the first half of the lead, but to learn the lessons of the previous set, there can be no more collapse, fortunately, in this set to lead more, as long as they do not make big mistakes, it is no problem to tie the big score.
The two sides returned to the field to continue the game, Dai Ziying began to fight back, but He Bingjiao was very tenacious, resisted the pressure given by the other side, and instead took advantage of the situation to expand the score, leading 17-7 to double digits. The problem of Dai Ziying's many mistakes has still not been solved, so she will only become more and more miserable. 20-13, He Bingjiao won 7 consecutive innings points, directly cashed in, and pulled back a city at 21-13, and the big score became a 1-1 draw. In this way, the game comes to the decider, and for both sides, the winner of the game is decided, which is the real test.
In the decider, the initial stage of the two sides fought a 4-4 draw, both are cautious + tenacious, a little relaxation may be to slide into the abyss. After 6-6, He Bingjiao lost 5 consecutive points, and for the first time in this game, she entered the interval as a backward identity, and the situation was somewhat unfortunate. After returning, He Bingjiao launched a counterattack, scoring 3 points after 9-15 and chasing slightly closer. But then it was pulled apart again, and Dai Ziying marched towards the innings. In the end, 20-14 won 7 consecutive match points, 21-14, the big score of 2-1, Dai Ziying defeated He Bingjiao to advance to the final.