On May 1, Beijing time, the 2022 Badminton Asian Championship continued, the women's singles project ushered in the final, the Chinese national badminton player played against Japan's Akane Yamaguchi, in the case of 15-21 loss in the first set, Wang Zhiyi followed up to catch up, the second set returned a 21-13, tiebreaker, Wang Zhiyi continued the good state of the second set, once played to 17-6 to occupy the absolute lead, but Yamaguchi Akane frantically counterattacked to chase 19-19, fortunately, Wang Zhiyi scored 2 points at a critical moment.
In the end, Wang Zhiyi won the third set 21-19, and the big score was 2-1 to reverse Akane Yamaguchi, the world's second strongest opponent in the world, to win the championship. This is the second time that China has won the Asian Championship women's singles championship, and Wang Zhiyi broke the 6-year record.
For Wang Zhiyi, this championship is undoubtedly a breakthrough, which is the first Asian Championship champion in Wang Zhiyi's career, and also the first super 1000 level event champion of Wang Zhiyi's career, which is a career breakthrough and may be the beginning of Wang Zhiyi's journey to the world's top players. With the runner-up points of the Asian Championship, Akane Yamaguchi will surpass Dai Ziying in the world ranking next week to become the new women's singles world No. 1. It is worth noting that Wang Zhiyi has been able to win every time he plays against Akane Yamaguchi so far in his career, which can be described as Akane Yamaguchi's nemesis!
After Wang Zhiyi won the women's singles championship at the Asian Championships, the outside world has more expectations for the national women's singles event, among the active athletes of the national women's singles, Chen Yufei won the women's singles championship at the Tokyo Olympic Games, becoming the Olympic champion in one fell swoop, He Bingjiao won the third place in the world championships, and now with the Asian Championships new branch champion Wang Zhiyi, the national women's singles is expected to reshape the glory of the past.
Wang Zhiyi is a post-00s player in the national feather, which has attracted much attention since his debut, entering the first team of the national feather at the age of 18, winning the women's singles championship of the Asian Youth Championships in the same year and the runner-up of the women's singles of the Youth Olympic Games. In 2019, 19-year-old Wang Zhiyi won four international women's singles titles, including the US Open.
Just into 2022 so far, Wang Zhiyi's state has fluctuated greatly, many games have been cold out in advance, participating in the first round of the German Open, and Wang Zhiyi fell in the second round of the Korean Open. The subsequent South Korean Masters Wang Zhiyi's state has recovered, but he lost to his teammate Chen Yufei in the semi-finals and still had no chance to win the championship. Therefore, this Asian Championship can get the women's singles championship, which is of great significance to Wang Zhiyi, and it is an important process to enhance her self-confidence, and Wang Zhiyi has the opportunity to take the opportunity to rise to a better level. At present, Wang Zhiyi ranks 16th in the world in women's singles, after winning the Asian Championship, I believe that it will be improved, in the future, Wang Zhiyi will strive to catch up with the footsteps of Chen Yufei and He Bingjiao, and strive to win more honors for Guoyu!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)