On the afternoon of May 1, Beijing time, good news came from Manila, Philippines. Hubei girl Wang Zhiyi, a post-00 girl who reached the final four of the 2022 Badminton Asian Championships, defeated The National Badminton Bittersweet and Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in the women's singles final with a 2-1 comeback, and fought for the Chinese team after 6 years, of course, this is also Wang Zhiyi's first Asian championship title and the first super 1000-point event championship title.
In this Asian Championship, Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Yufei failed to participate, and Wang Zhiyi and He Bingjiao led the women's team to Manila. In the first two rounds of the competition, Han Yue and Zhang Yiman were out successively. He Bingjiao also lost to India's famous Sindu in the 8-in-4 1/4 finals, and only Wang Zhiyi was left alone to reach the final four, and it was difficult to win the championship. In the semi-finals, facing South Korea's An Xianying, known as the "talented badminton girl", Wang Zhiyi won the final in a "upset" reversal without being optimistic, leaving hope for the national women's singles to win the championship.
Japan's Akane Yamaguchi is known for her "cowhide candy" spirit of not dying and running, and is the biggest bitter hand in the national women's singles in recent years. At the end of last year's Sudirman Cup and Uber Cup, the Olympic champion and National Women's Singles No. 1 Chen Yufei lost twice to Yamaguchi Akane, and this year's All England Tournament, Chen Yufei once again lost to Akane Yamaguchi, and the rest of the women's singles players of the National Feather also rarely won against Akane Yamaguchi. Among them, only Wang Zhiyi has played against Akane Yamaguchi once in a low-level competition of the BWF and won the victory.
Although he has defeated his opponent, before the start of the tournament, there are still not many people who are optimistic that Wang Zhiyi can win, after all, the opponent has been famous for many years and is the latest World Championship champion. Sure enough, after the match began, Akane Yamaguchi won the first set 21-15. In the second set, Wang Zhiyi regained her strength and played proactively, and the score was always ahead, while Akane Yamaguchi requested a medical timeout in the middle of the way because of a bruise on her left knee, and when she returned, she still did not improve, and Wang Zhiyi won back a set 21-13.
In the decider, Wang Zhiyi played with confidence, continued to maintain a high-pressure posture, and once achieved a sharp lead of 17-7, wang Zhiyi, who was about to win, changed his mentality at this time, and was chased to 19-19 by a tenacious opponent, but in the end he won 21-19 thrillingly, maintaining a winning streak against Akane Yamaguchi.
This is the national women's singles championship after 6 years, and it is also Wang Zhiyi's first Asian championship title and the first super 1000 event champion. Judging from her current competitive status and the extent of her level of improvement, Wang Zhiyi not only ranks in the top three positions of the national women's singles, but also has the tendency to catch up with the two sisters Chen Yufei and He Bingjiao, and her stable play has increased the weight of defending the title for the Chinese team that will participate in the Uber Cup event more than a week later.
Text/Beiqing Sports Liu Ailin