On December 18, Beijing time, the BWF World Championships are underway. In the first to end the match, Dai Ziying defeated world champion He Bingjiao 2:1 on aggregate, taking the lead in advancing to the women's singles final of the World Championships. This is the world's first Dai Ziying's career to advance to the women's singles final of the World Championships, and next, Dai Ziying will face the winner between Akane Yamaguchi and Zhang Yiman. He Bingjiao won the bronze medal again after the 2018 Nanjing World Championships.
Next, Akane Yamaguchi confronts Zhang Yiman. National featherweight youngster Zhang Yiman can be called the dark horse of the World Championships, in the final four seats battle, Zhang Yiman reversed the world champion Indanon 2:1, and advanced to the final four for the first time in his career. Previously, Akane Yamaguchi and Zhang Yiman had not fought.
In the first set, the National Yu teenager started 3:4 behind, and Akane Yamaguchi's running ability was indeed obvious to all, leading 8:6. Akane Yamaguchi led 11-7 into the technical timeout first, after which Akane Yamaguchi led 13:9. Zhang Yiman did not give up, completely chasing the score, the score was once 13:14. In the key sub-links, the experienced Akane Yamaguchi was still skilled, leading 19:17. In the end, Akane Yamaguchi won the set point at 20:17, and Zhang Yiman chased it to 19:20. Akane Yamaguchi won the first set 21:19 to lead 1-0.
In the second set, Zhang Yiman started with a 5:4 lead, leading Akane Yamaguchi for the first time. Zhang Yiman, who fought backwaters, played very proactively, and the technical and tactical experience of the two sides was not as good as Akane Yamaguchi, but the young zhang Yiman was full of hard work, leading 11:10 to take the lead into the technical suspension. After the timeout, Akane Yamaguchi made a mistake, and Zhang Yiman seized the opportunity to lead Akane Yamaguchi 14:11.
The game once again entered the key sub-link, Zhang Yiman played steadily, leading Akane Yamaguchi 16:12. As we all know, Akane Yamaguchi is very physically strong, and in the case of Zhang Yiman leading, Akane Yamaguchi mobilized Zhang Yiman left and right, and Akane Yamaguchi successfully equalized the score, and the two sides were 17:17. Akane Yamaguchi won the game with a 21:19 comeback, and Zhang Yiman, a 2:0 clean sheet on aggregate, successfully advanced to the final and will compete with Dai Ziying for the world championship. The national women's singles army was completely destroyed.