On April 30, Beijing time, the Badminton Asian Championships were underway. In the women's singles semifinals, the national feathers youngster Wang Zhiyi took on the South Korean talented girl Ahn Hyun-ying. At present, Wang Zhiyi is ranked 16th in the world, and An Xianying is ranked 4th in the world. The two sides have met 3 times before, and the young player Wang Zhiyi suffered three consecutive defeats. But Wang Zhiyi is also making progress, and the gap between the two sides is narrowing.
In the first game, Wang Zhiyi has been restricted by An Xianying, who is also very good at playing and hanging, and has a very positive sense of counterattack. An Xianying led 11:5 to take the lead into the technical suspension. After the suspension, An Xianying took advantage of the victory to pursue, Wang Zhiyi had more unnecessary mistakes, and An Xianying easily won the first set 21:10, leading 1:0.
In the second set, Wang Zhiyi's state rebounded, and he took a 6:4 lead at the beginning. Wang Zhiyi stabilized his position and took an 11:7 lead to enter the technical suspension. After the suspension, An Xianying's state declined, and Wang Zhiyi seized the opportunity to kill the ball in the backcourt continuously, with a high success rate. Wang Zhiyi successfully won a set 21:12, the two sides drew 1:1, and the game entered the decider.
In the decider, Wang Zhiyi started 2:1. Wang Zhiyi once led 6:1, and then An Xianying tied, and the two sides drew 6:6. Wang Zhiyi stopped the rhythm of losing points, and opened the score gap again at 10:7. Wang Zhiyi led the first time into the technical suspension at 11:10. After the suspension, Wang Zhiyi withstood the pressure of An Xianying's pursuit of points and led 16:14.
In the end, Wang Zhiyi won the game with a 21:16 victory, defeating the world's fourth place An Xianying with a total score of 2:1 and successfully advancing to the women's singles final of the Asian Championships. This was the first time in Wang Zhiyi's career that she had won over her opponent and refused to fight for four consecutive defeats. In the women's singles final of the Asian Championships, Wang Zhiyi will face Akane Yamaguchi in Japan. With her record of reaching the final of the Asian Championship, Akane Yamaguchi surpassed Dai Ziying in the world ranking and ranked first.
In other semi-finals, zheng siwei huang yaqiong, the top seed of mixed doubles, easily defeated the Indonesian Jordan combination 21:8 in the first set, and then the Indonesian mixed doubles withdrew, and Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong directly advanced to the final. After the victory, Zheng Siwei was very excited and gave the racket to the fans. After Zheng Siwei participated in the Tokyo Olympic Games, the competitive state was once very sluggish and questioned.
This Asian Championship once again reached the final, which is not easy for Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong. In the women's doubles semifinals, Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan defeated teammate Du Yue and Li Wenmei 2:0 on aggregate. In another women's singles semifinal, Akane Yamaguchi defeated Sindu 2:1 on aggregate and successfully advanced to the final. In the case of a good situation in the second set, Sindu was fined by the referee and his mentality collapsed.