On July 3, Beijing time, the 2022 BWF World Tour Malaysia Open ended the women's singles final, and the Chinese team did not win the championship. Chen Yufei failed to perform a turnaround in the women's singles final, and she lost 1-2 to Thailand's Indanong as runners-up.
The Malaysian Open is a Super 750 event, and the national team has sent a full team to compete, with the goal of striving for better results and taking more points to improve the world ranking. In the women's singles event, the Chinese team sent Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao, Wang Zhiyi, Han Yue and other 5 people to compete, of which Chen Yufei, Wang Zhiyi and Han Yue reached the quarterfinals. In the quarter-finals, Chen Yufei and Wang Zhiyi both reversed the victory to advance to the final four, and Han Yue lost to Thailand's Indanong.
In the semi-finals, the two Chinese women were mixed, with Chen Yufei defeating Dai Ziying after losing one set first, which was Chen Yufei's first victory over Dai Ziying this year. Wang Zhiyi was defeated by Indanon to stop the final four. Chen Yufei and Indanong have played each other 17 times in the World Badminton League, and Chen Yufei has an absolute advantage of 15 wins and 2 losses. In the confrontation between the two, Chen Yufei has won Indanon 8 times in a row, including two meetings this year. At the Indonesia Masters in June, Chen Yufei and Indanon met in the final, when Chen Yufei won 2-1.
Since winning the Tokyo Olympics, Chen Yufei's state has declined, and she still looks a little tired on the court. This year, Chen Yufei's form is gradually recovering, and her performance on the World Tour after the Uber Cup has been more stable, reaching at least the final four in many competitions. This time in the semi-finals to reverse the victory over Dai Ziying, which is very helpful for Chen Yufei to enhance confidence. Danon has been famous for a long time, she has achieved good results in international competitions, and she meets Chen Yufei in this final, and she wants to fight for revenge.
Perhaps it was too much of a consumption against Dai Ziying in the semifinals, Chen Yufei's rate on the court was a bit slow, and Danon led by two points after 6 draws. Chen Yufei recovered 1 point, and Danun launched an offensive and scored 6 points in a row. Chen Yufei, who was lagging behind in the big score, did not give up resistance and chased 4 points in a row to narrow the gap. Indano returned 1 point to stabilize the situation, Chen Yufei chased 2 points, but unfortunately she still made more mistakes, and Indanon returned 2 points to 21-15 ahead of the city.
Chen Yufei was getting better and better in the second set, quickly leading 5-1. In the following game, Chen Yufei firmly controlled the situation, and she clearly had the upper hand in the multi-shot competition, 21-13, she won back a city.
After the start of the decider, Chen Yufei's active mistakes increased, and Danon took the opportunity to lead 3-0, 10-1. Chen Yufei recovered 3 points, and Indanon returned the game with a 1-point lead to exchange venues 11-4. After Yi Bian, Chen Yufei paid attention to controlling her own mistakes and counterattacked, scoring consecutive points to narrow the gap, and danon maintained offensive pressure, and she led 14-7. Chen Yufei used more shots to consume her opponents, she chased 4 points to approach, and Danon returned 1 point to stabilize the situation.
Both sides scored 1 point each, Chen Yufei made consecutive mistakes, and Indanon pulled the score away to 18-12. The two formed a multi-shot again, and as Danon scored diagonally, she stretched her advantage to 7 points. Indanon kept the offensive pressure and she won another point to take the lead 20-12 to win the championship points. Indanon, who was in a hurry, made consecutive mistakes, Chen Yufei saved 4 match points in a row, but unfortunately she returned the ball out of bounds, Indanon won the decider 21-16, and she won the championship with a narrow victory of 2-1.