On December 18, 2021, the women's singles final of the Badminton World Championships was released, and the two national feathers were all out, and finally won two bronze medals, the world's first Dai Ziying narrowly defeated He Bingjiao 2-1, Japan's Akane Yamaguchi eliminated Zhang Yiman 2-0, the top seed Dai Ziying competed against the second seed Akane Yamaguchi, and then it was up to see who could seize the opportunity and win the first singles world championship of his career.
Guo Yu sent four people to participate in the women's singles event, Olympic champion Chen Yufei was absent, led by He Bingjiao, who ranked 9th in the world, she won the fourth place in this year's Olympic Games, and in the semifinals challenged the world's first Dai Ziying, He Bingjiao lost 17-21, 21-13, 14-21, He Bingjiao did her best to fight, but the comprehensive strength was indeed not as good as Dai Ziying, and there was really no way to lose the game.
Next is the competition between Zhang Yiman and Akane Yamaguchi, Zhang Yiman is 24 years old, ranked 46th in the world, the first time she participated in the World Championships, she reached the final four to get a medal, the world champion Indanong was eliminated, and the Japanese player of the same age, Akane Yamaguchi, ranked 3rd in the world, just recently she won the championship many times, defeated Chen Yufei twice, maintained a stable competitive state, and there is a certain gap in the comprehensive strength of the two.
Zhang Yiman is very scrappy and goes all out to impact the opponent, but Yamaguchi Akane is very comprehensive, the competitive state is stable, there is no obvious shortcoming, so this game is definitely Yamaguchi Akane's odds are greater, Zhang Yiman wants to be upset is difficult, it is indeed not at a level.
In the first set, Zhang Yiman stepped up the offensive attack, bringing some pressure to Akane Yamaguchi, chasing the score did not let the opponent open the point difference, Akane Yamaguchi entered the midfield timeout 11-7, and after returning, Zhang Yiman scored consecutive points to 15 draws, Akane Yamaguchi stabilized her position, and scored 2 points 17-15 in a row, Zhang Yiman chased after it, the key score Yamaguchi Akane was more experienced, resisting the pressure to take the lead at 21-19, Zhang Yiman had some pity.
In the second set, Zhang Yiman let go of a fight, the national feather player played a momentum, bringing more pressure to Yamaguchi Akane, the two sides fell into a battle, the score alternately rose, Zhang Yiman had good technology in front of the net, resulting in Yamaguchi Akane being more passive, Zhang Yiman entered the midfield timeout 11-10, after returning Zhang Yiman expanded the point difference to 17-13, Yamaguchi Akane chased to 19 draws, scored 2 consecutive points to lock in a victory at 21-19, and eliminated Zhang Yiman 2-0.
In this way, the national feather women's singles is the end of two bronze medals, the end of this world championship tour, a sister Chen Yufei absent did not come, can get the current results worthy of recognition, Zhang Yiman's performance is completely unexpected surprises, and then her world ranking will be greatly improved.