On December 18, Beijing time, in the women's singles semifinals of the Badminton World Championships, He Bingjiao played against the world's no. 1 Dai Ziying. In the end, He Bingjiao lost 1-2 in 3 innings and missed the final. Zhang Yiman's match against Akane Yamaguchi also did not have a miracle, losing 0-2. At this point, the national feather women's singles army was completely destroyed, the last time to win the championship was in 2011, the women's singles in the World Championships for 10 years without a crown, but the performance of the national women's singles in this competition still won recognition, and the fans have expressed "although the defeat is still honorable".
As the big dark horse of this competition, Zhang Yiman reached the final four to challenge Akane Yamaguchi, a Japanese sister, which is actually a success. In the first game, Akane Yamaguchi had a slight advantage, Zhang Yiman also worked hard to catch up, and once chased to 15-15, after which Zhang Yiman lost the first set at 19-21.
In the second set, the two sides alternated leads. Zhang Yiman briefly led 17-12, but Akane Yamaguchi trailed 18-18. In the key points, Zhang Yiman grasped the failure, and finally Yamaguchi Akane won 21-19, and Zhang Yiman was out 0-2.
He Bingjiao and Dai Ziying have played each other 8 times before, Dai Ziying is 8-2 ahead, as the world's first, Dai Ziying is now the winner of a major competition. However, in the absence of Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao became the hope of the national women's singles champions, and He Bingjiao, who was ranked 9th in the world, played against Dai Ziying with a challenger posture.
In the first game, He Bingjiao fell behind 0-5 at the beginning of the game, and then scored 8 consecutive points to strongly overtake. After He Bingjiao led 12-10, Dai Ziying scored 5 consecutive points to regain the initiative. After that, He Bingjiao fell into a passive situation in an all-round way, and Dai Ziying scored 4 points in a row again to open the score at 18-13. He Bingjiao's final chase failed, and Dai Ziying won the first set 21-17.
In the second set, after He Bingjiao started with her opponent, she suddenly scored 6 consecutive points to lead 9-4. After that, He Bingjiao had the advantage in the first set, and once again scored 4 consecutive points in the middle of the game to lead 17-7. Dai Ziying chased 5 consecutive points at the end of the game, but He Bingjiao still seized the opportunity to tie the score 21-13. The game goes to the decider. In the decider, the two sides were difficult to score at the beginning, but He Bingjiao began to fall into passivity in the game, losing 8 points in a row, 6-11 behind. After that, He Bingjiao did not give up and tried to catch up. However, the situation of the game was difficult to reverse, and in the end, He Bingjiao lost 14-21, and the aggregate score was 1-2 out.