On August 13, just as the 2022 Badminton World Championships had just over a week to go, one seeded player in the women's singles event withdrew, and she was the former champion and India's sister Sindu. She issued a personal statement on the same day, saying that due to the injury of her left foot in the previous Commonwealth Games, after the doctor's examination and advice, she needed to rest for a period of time, so she had to make a decision to withdraw from this year's Badminton World Championships.
As the first women's singles Olympic medalist in the history of Indian badminton, Sindhu finally achieved a breakthrough at the 2019 World Championships, and once again became the first women's singles world champion in the history of Indian badminton. At this year's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, Sindhu once again achieved a major breakthrough, winning the women's singles championship, making up for the regret of missing gold medals in the previous two competitions, and achieving the entry of the gold, silver and bronze medals of the Commonwealth Games.
Compared with most other top players who choose to train for the World Championships, Sindu is one of the few people who continue to compete in high intensity and prepare for the competition. It was also at the Commonwealth Games that Sindhu suffered an injury accident and had ankle discomfort in the women's singles quarterfinals, but she still gritted her teeth and insisted on finishing the game, and finally won the championship, which is a miracle. As the No. 7 seed in the women's singles of this year's World Championships, she can only say goodbye with regret under the advice of a doctor. Fortunately, Sindu has won the world championship before, and missing out on this year's world championship will not let her have too much loss, after all, the body is important.
With Sindu's retirement, her women's singles 1/8 zone has become a vacuum zone, and other players have lost a lot of strong opponents on the road to the top 8. And the two national featherweight players han yue and Wang Zhiyi in this area are undoubtedly the biggest beneficiaries, Han Yue's first round of duels against France's Qi Xuefei, as long as he wins the second round, he can win without a fight to reach the round of 16, and Wang Zhiyi has a bye in the first round, and after winning the second round, he can meet with Han Yue, and the two help Guoyu lock in a top 8 seat in advance. And the impact of the top 4 seats, the biggest opponent is the South Korean genius girl An Jieying.
This year's World Championship women's singles situation, for the national feather, opportunities and risks coexist, there are three national feathers in the first half of the district, He Bingjiao in the 1/4 zone need to face the Spanish famous Marin and defending champion world number one Japanese akane Yamaguchi two major difficult tests. Wang Zhiyi and Han Yue need to block An Xianying. Chen Yufei is in the 3/4 zone, relatively smooth, the biggest opponent is Thailand's famous Ratchano, the two or compete for a top 4 seat. While Dai Ziying and Okuhara hope to be in the 4/4 zone, the two will unsurprisingly compete for the remaining top 4.