At the end of the 2022 Asian Badminton Championships Women's Singles Semifinals, China's Women's Singles Xiaohua Wang Zhiyi reached the semifinals alone, and in a thrilling tug-of-war 2-1 (11-21/21-12/21-16) reversed the victory over the No. 2 seed South Korean celebrity Ahn Hyun-ying, surprisingly reaching the championship and runner-up finals, Wang Zhiyi's opponent in the final will be Japan's Akane Yamaguchi, who has been in a state of flux for nearly half a year, who also fought hard in the semifinals 3 sets 2-1 (13-21/ 21-19/21-16) reverse defeated India's Sindu.
At this Asian Championships, the number one player in the national women's singles Chen Yufei was absent, led by the world's 9th ranked He Bingjiao Han Yue, Wang Zhiyi and Zhang Yiman to participate, of which Han Yue lost 0-2 to Indonesia's less than 20-year-old youngster Koman Ayu, breaking out a big upset in the first round, Zhang Yiman Although the first round of the first round 2-1 narrowly defeated the Indonesian sister Maliska, but in the second round was swept by South Korea's An Xianying, He Bingjiao in the 1/4 final was interfered by external factors interfered with 1-2 defeat to India's world champion Sindu, Wang Zhiyi did not encounter too many strong opponents all the way to the semi-finals, and the semi-final match against South Korea's world number 4 Ahn Hyun-ying was the first difficulty she encountered.
In the first set, An Xianying's state came particularly quickly, leading from 4-2, to 12-2 exceeding 10 points, the situation on the court showed a one-sided situation, Wang Zhiyi but from the process of the first set, it was difficult to take advantage of the opportunity, at the end of the game Wang Zhiyi slowly found the art of defeating the enemy, but the score was too far behind, and finally 11-21 failed to narrow the 10-point difference. In the second set, Wang Zhiyi played more actively in the active offensive link, paying attention to reducing unnecessary mistakes, and took a good lead at 11-7 in the half set, although An Xianying chased to 11-12, but Wang Zhiyi scored 7 consecutive points to open the score at 19-11, and finally returned the set at 21-12. The two sides of the decider were never pulled apart in the score, from 6-6 to 10-10, and then to 17-16 at the end of the set, at which time Wang Zhiyi scored four consecutive points to eliminate South Korea's famous Ahn Hyun-ying at 21-16, which was also her revenge success after losing to An Xianying at the World Championships 1-2 (21-17/20-22/19-21).
The other semi-final is a contest of two-time World Championship women's singles champions, India's former champion Sindu narrowly defeated He Bingjiao by 2 points in the final decider, while Akane Yamaguchi, as the double champion of last year's World Championships and this year's All England Championships, is expected to sit on the world's No. 1 throne after this Asian Championship. The Indian star led 2-0, 8-2 in the first set, and the diminutive Akane Yamaguchi was moved by Sindu's landing point to rush to the field and soon lost 13-21. In the second set, Sindu still entered the break 11-6, and Akane Yamaguchi, who returned to the field, suddenly found her form and won the score 17-15, the two sides scored 2 consecutive points in the key points of 19-19, and after entering the decider, Akane Yamaguchi led 6-2 and 17-14, and finally eliminated Sindu 21-16 to advance to the women's singles final, and in the second game, Sindu was dissatisfied with the referee's decision but went forward to negotiate but failed.
This Asian Championship Yamaguchi Akane as the number one seed to advance to the women's singles final is not surprising, but the world's 17th ranked Wang Zhiyi can reach the final, reflecting the nature of the dark horse, after the Asian Championship Wang Zhiyi's world ranking is expected to rank among the top 16, sitting firmly in the women's singles No. 3 main position, the next Uber Cup If the two teams of China and Japan draw in the first 4 sets, Wang Zhiyi is expected to play as a winner and loser, if the state of this Asian Championship is continued, she has a greater winning rate in the duel with Japan's 3 single Takahashi Saya or Ohori.