On April 30, on the first day of the May Day holiday, the competition for the semi-finals of the Badminton Asian Championship began at 1 p.m. Guo Yu performed strongly, many people reached the final, IELTS and Yellow Duck division final won the mixed doubles championship runner-up, Wang Zhiyi ended a three-game losing streak and broke through An Xianying for the first time to enter the final, and Chen Qingchen/ Jia Yifan defeated Du Yue / Li Wenmei 2-0 in the civil war. In the final, the combination of Wang Zhiyi and Fan Chen will face the Japanese players, Wang Zhiyi will challenge the new world championship champion Akane Yamaguchi, and Akane Yamaguchi's entry into the final also marks her return to the world number one again, Wang Zhiyi should lay down her baggage to impact the opponent. The opponent of the Fanchen duo is the winner between the Japanese duo of Yuki Fukushima/ Saika Hirota and Suzu Iwanaga / Takaei Nakanishi.
The top seed IELTS combination took the lead, the opponent is the fourth seed Jordan / Meratti, the two sides have met in the past 10 times, IELTS 8 wins and 2 losses, the game began with IELTS more proactive, the speed was very fast, on the contrary, Jordan / Melati played more negatively, completely unable to keep up with the speed of IELTS, it took only 15 minutes to win the first set 21-8, during the break Jordan signaled a waist injury to choose to withdraw, so that IELTS successfully advanced to the final.
Another semi-final took place between third-seeded Olympic champions Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping and second-seeded Watanabe Yudai/Higashino Yusha, the two sides have met 13 times in the past, yellow duck 10 wins and 3 losses, it is worth mentioning that the most recent meeting was in the recent All England Open final, yellow duck due to physical distress, two lost 19-21 to opponents. As soon as the opening Huang Dongping took advantage of the high-quality serve to take a 5-0 lead, the stable Dongdu combination chased 4 points in a row, Huang Dongping's front look in front of the net was particularly tight to Wang Yilu to create a lot of offensive opportunities, frequent scoring, although Watanabe Yongda can also score through the iconic hanging ball, Huang Duck still quickly won the first set 21-12. In the second set, the two sides began to compete in the real sense, the offensive and defensive conversions of both sides were particularly numerous, the quality of the ball was very high, the score also rose alternately, the yellow duck jumped 20-17 at the end of the innings to get three match points, the tenacious Dongdu saved the match point to equalize the score, the bonus stage Yellow Duck was more decisive and won 24-22, today is also Huang Dongping's birthday, wish Dongge a happy birthday.
At the same time, in the women's doubles derby that started in the second venue, Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan was even better, defeating teammates Du Yue / Li Wenmei 21-12 21-17 to reach the final.
Wang Zhiyi, who just had his birthday yesterday, played against South Korea's Ahn Hyun-ying, after Wang Zhiyi suffered three consecutive defeats, today played more patiently in the case of losing a set 10-21 first, winning two consecutive sets at 21-12 21-16, in the case of breaking through the strong hand, hoping to enhance Wang Zhiyi's confidence and play better in the final.
As of press time, Weng Hongyang and Li Zijia's match is underway, losing the first set 11-21 first, and the result will be announced in the comments section.