On April 30, Beijing time, the 2022 Badminton Asian Championships began a semi-final competition in Manila, philippines, and the national feathers locked in a crown in advance. Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping reached the final 2-0 against Yudai Watanabe / Yusa Higashino in the mixed doubles semi-finals, where they met their teammateS in the final. Wang Zhiyi fought hard to defeat South Korea's Ahn Hyun-ying in three sets to advance to the women's singles final.
The asian championship has the same point level as the Super 1000 event, and the champion can get 12,000 world ranking points, so The national featherweight attaches great importance to this event. In addition to the women's single sister Chen Yufei, Guo Yu is almost elite, especially wanting to get more points in the men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles.
This time, Guo Yu sent He Bingjiao, Wang Zhiyi, Zhang Yiman and Han Yue to compete in the women's singles. He Bingjiao and Wang Zhiyi reached the quarterfinals together, and in the quarterfinals, He Bingjiao unfortunately lost to Sindu and missed the semifinals, while Wang Zhiyi eliminated Xu Weiqi in Chinese Taipei to advance. In the semi-finals, Wang Zhiyi encountered a Korean sister, An Xianying.
Wang Zhiyi has improved a lot in the past two years, and her world ranking has also improved rapidly, with the latest world ranking being 16th. For Wang Zhiyi, what she needs most is to achieve better results in the competition, especially in the competition with the top women's singles players to get more victories to prove herself. Wang Zhiyi has played against An Xianying three times in the World Badminton League, wang Zhiyi has lost all of them, the most recent of which was the 2021 World Championships, when Wang Zhiyi lost two sets in a row after winning one set first.
After the match began, Wang Zhiyi was a bit slow and hot, and An Xianying started 5-2. Wang Zhiyi chased back 2 points, Ande Ying quickly returned the attack, she seized the opportunity to score 8 consecutive points to lead 15-5. After that, Wang Zhiyi could not create a real threat, and An Xianying went to the next city 21-10.
After the start of the second set, the two sides competed more fiercely, the score was glued together, and Wang Zhiyi scored 4 consecutive points to win when he was 2-4 behind. An Xianying narrowed the gap to 1 point three times, and Wang Zhiyi quickly returned the shot to re-open, and she led 11-7 into the interval. Back on the court, An Xianying once set off a counter-attack, chasing 3 points in a row to narrow the gap to 1 point. Wang Zhiyi calmly coped, seizing the opportunity to score seven consecutive points to re-establish the advantage, and she pulled back a set 21-12.
Wang Zhiyi took advantage of the victory in the decider and quickly led 6-1, an Xianying did not show weakness, and chased 5 points in a row to equalize. Wang Zhiyi scored another 3 points to lead again, An Xianying stubbornly chased to 10 draws, and Wang Zhiyi returned the attack by 1 point to lead the exchange field 11-10. Yi Bian hou An Xianying once won 13-12, 14-13, and Wang Zhiyi returned the lead with 3 points. After An Xianying chased to 16-17, Wang Zhiyi won four consecutive points in a row, and she won the decider 21-16 and eliminated An Xianying with a 2-1 reversal.
Another women's singles semi-final also staged a reversal scene, Akane Yamaguchi conceded a successful counterattack after losing an innings 13-21, and she won two consecutive sets 21-19, 21-16 to reverse Sindu 2-1. In this way, Wang Zhiyi will compete with Akane Yamaguchi for the women's singles title. There was a small episode in the match, and in the second game, Sindu was dissatisfied with the referee's decision and asked the referee to enter the communication, but after some communication, the referee's decision was still not changed.
The second semi-final of the mixed doubles was Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping against Japan's Yudai Watanabe / Yusa Higashino. The two pairs have previously met 13 times, with the Yellow Ducks taking advantage with 10 wins and 3 losses, but the Yellow Ducks have lost to their opponents twice in a row, including this year's All England Final. After the start of the first set, the Yellow Duck combination first took 5 points to lead, and the Japanese team gradually entered the state to chase 6 draws. The Yellow Ducks hit back three points to re-open the game, after which they maintained their lead, 21-12, and they went down first.
The Japanese duo opened 4-1 in the second set, with the Yellow Ducks team equalising by three consecutive runs. In the following matches, the two sides competed fiercely, with many equals on the court, and the lead changed hands several times, and after 16 draws, the Yellow Ducks group scored 3 consecutive points to re-open. The Japanese duo scored one point and the Yellow Ducks scored a light-blocker to make it 20-17, with them taking the lead in match points. Higashino Yusha saved a match point by actively sealing the net, Watanabe Scored another 1 point, and at the critical moment Wang Yilu was a little soft, he returned to the ball and went down the net, and the opponent chased it to 20 draws.
The next goal, Wang Yilu faked a split angle, and the Yellow Ducks group got the match point again. The Japanese duo maintained offensive pressure, Watanabe was saved twice in a row, and Higashino scored in front of the net, 21 draws. Higashino made a mistake in his serve and the Yellow Ducks team got match points again. Wang Yilu picked the ball out of bounds from the backcourt, and the two sides drew again. Watanabe returned the ball out of bounds and the Yellow Ducks group won the 6th match point. After the hair receiver situation prevailed, Wang Yilu scored a 24-22 in front of the net, and they struggled to win the second set to win 2-0 to enter the final.
In this way, Wang Yilu / Huang Dongping will compete with teammates Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong for the mixed doubles title.