On June 18, Beijing time, the 2022 BWF World Tour Indonesia Open ended the second semifinal of women's singles, and Chen Yufei regretted defeat. In the semi-final with Dai Ziying, Chen Yufei wasted 5 match point opportunities in the second set to be reversed, and she lost 1-2 to Dai Ziying and missed the final.
The Indonesia Open is a super 1000 tournament, the competition is only set up in the main tournament, the national feathers are trapped in the world rankings, and many players have not qualified for the competition. Although the number of participants was not as good as last week's Indonesia Masters, chen Yufei, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping and other main players signed up to participate.
In the women's singles event, Guo Yu sent Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao, Wang Zhiyi and other five players to participate, and Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao and Wang Zhiyi successfully reached the quarterfinals. In the quarter-finals, the three women's singles players of the Chinese team have performed well, Chen Yufei swept Japan's Okuhara Hope, He Bingjiao defeated South Korea's first sister An Xianying in three sets, and Wang Zhiyi eliminated Japan's first sister Akane Yamaguchi in two straight sets, and they reached the semifinals together.
In the first semi-final, Wang Zhiyi defeated He Bingjiao 2-0 to advance to the final first, and Chen Yufei and Dai Ziying met in the second semi-final. Chen Yufei and Dai Ziying have played each other 20 times in the World Badminton League, and Chen Yufei is completely inferior in 4 wins and 16 losses, but in the final of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Chen Yufei defeated Dai Ziying to win the championship. At the Thailand Open in May this year, Dai Ziying defeated Chen Yufei in three sets to win the championship.
Chen Yufei played well at last year's Tokyo Olympics, winning the gold medal in one fell swoop. However, after this, Chen Yufei's body was a little tired, which also had an impact on her state. Although Chen Yufei had a good performance at the beginning of this year, he always passed by the champion in all competitions. At last week's Indonesia Masters, Chen Yufei finally broke through the window paper, she defeated Indanon in the final to win the first championship of this year, through this competition, it can also be seen that Chen Yufei's state has rebounded significantly.
After the start of the game, Chen Yufei quickly entered the state, and she led the way with 7 points in a row. Dai Ziying recovered 2 points, and Chen Yufei set off another wave of attack, scoring 6 points to lead 14-3. In the following game, Chen Yufei firmly controlled the situation, and she took the lead 21-10.
In the second set, Chen Yufei started 3-0, but she made more mistakes after that, and Dai Ziying took the opportunity to chase 6 points in a row to win 8-4. Chen Yufei, who was behind the score, tried to chase the points, and after 6-10, he scored four consecutive points to equalize. After the game, the two competed more fiercely, there were consecutive equal points on the field, After 18 draws, Chen Yufei took 1 point to lead, the next ball she relied on tenacious defense to resist Dai Ziying's attack, Dai Ziying killed the ball out of bounds, Chen Yufei won the match point 20-18. Dai Ziying let go of a full attack, scoring 3 points in a row to win 21-20. Chen Yufei used the change of landing point to mobilize Dai Ziying, and scored diagonally with a backhand hook, 21 draws.
The two formed a multi-shot again, Chen Yufei suddenly scored a skateboard hanging diagonal score, 22-21, she got the match point again. Dai Ziying was not soft-handed, using continuous downward pressure to score offense, 22 draws. The two sides formed a multi-shot again, Chen Yufei a lucky roll tennis ball was rescued by Dai Ziying, she immediately blocked the score in front of the net, 23-22, she got another match point. Dai Ziying chased the tie by actively attacking and saving the match point, Chen Yufei pushed a backcourt ball, and Dai Ziying misjudged, 24-23. Dai Ziying saved the match point again, and then took advantage of Chen Yufei's mistake to score, and she overtook to get the set point. Dai Ziying seized the opportunity and scored a kill, 26-24, and she reversed to win the second set.
During the break, Dai Ziying asked for a medical timeout to deal with the waist injury, and after the start of the decider, she maintained high speed and quickly led 8-2. Chen Yufei tried to counterattack, and Dai Ziying quickly responded by 1 point to lead the exchange field 11-6. After Yi Bian, Chen Yufei chased 3 points in a row, dai Ziying used the landing point change to mobilize Chen Yufei, and she took 2 points to pull away again. Chen Yufei tried to catch up to 11-13, but she was in a passive position, and Dai Ziying scored 6 consecutive points to lead 19-11. After Chen Yufei was unable to counterattack, Dai Ziying won the decider 21-12, and she won the 2-1 reversal.
In this way, Dai Ziying will compete with Wang Zhiyi for the women's singles championship.