2022 Badminton Malaysia Open, Women's Singles Quarterfinals, Chinese Taipei's Dai Ziying against Estonia's Kuba. In the end, Dai Ziying swept the opponent 2-0 and successfully reached the quarterfinals. The game is very easy, and it feels like you win when you play.
Kuba's world ranking is outside the 50th place, while Dai Ziying is in second place, and there is still a big gap in strength between the two. In the first set after the start of the game, Dai Ziying had a certain advantage in the initial stage, although he had not yet completely opened the score, he controlled the rhythm steadily and took a 6-3 lead. It can be seen that Dai Ziying did not work too hard, playing as he pleased, there were some beautiful kills, and there were also some low-level mistakes, but as long as the opponent could be suppressed overall. 11-8, Dai Ziying led into an interval.
Coming back in the second half of the game, Kuba's mistakes also began to increase, and his mentality was a little anxious, or it was difficult to be suppressed. After Kuba's mistakes increased, the score was gradually pulled apart, and Dai Ziying led 16-9. In the end, very relaxed, Dai Ziying won double digits 21-11, leading 1-0.
Entering the second set, Dai Ziying's advantage was more obvious, and he made a force in the opening stage to take a 7-2 lead. In terms of movement speed, Kuba is far inferior to Dai Ziying, and the whole person looks bulky, which has a lot to do with her height and weight. 11-6, Dai Ziying once again led into an interval.
The game went on, and there was a very interesting picture, Kuba had to shake his fist and roar to celebrate every point, and indeed, being able to score points was also a gain for her, regardless of winning or losing. In the end, there were still a few points left, and Dai Ziying deliberately practiced his defense. In the end, 21-9, the big score was 2-0, Dai Ziying easily ended the battle and advanced to the quarterfinals.