On August 25, Beijing time, the 2022 Badminton World Championships continued in Tokyo, Japan, and Chen Yufei successfully entered the women's singles quarterfinals. Facing 10th seed Thailand's Li Miaowei, Chen Yufei won three sets to advance to advance to a 2-1 victory.
The Chinese team won four full seats in the women's singles event of this World Championships, and the four participants were Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao, Wang Zhiyi and Han Yue. Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao and Wang Zhiyi are all seeded players in the women's singles, they all have a bye in the first round, and only Han Yue needs to appear in the first round.
Before going to Japan, Kuniwa had been training at a training camp in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where they systematically prepared for the World Championships. This time to participate in the World Championships, the national women's singles to strive for better results, Han Yue and He Bingjiao, Wang Zhiyi are divided in the upper half of the district, they and Yamaguchi Akane, Ma Lin, An Xianying and other famous players in the same half of the district. The last time the national women's singles won the World Championships was 11 years ago, this time in Tokyo, Japan, where the four women will strive for the best results.
Chen Yufei, the first sister of Guoyu, was alone divided into the second half of the division, and the second round of the competition was her debut at this World Championship. As a gold medalist in the women's singles at the Tokyo Olympics, Chen Yufei is one of the favorites to win the championship, but she is in the second half of the district, including the old rival Dai Ziying of Chinese Taipei.
With the passage of time this year, Chen Yufei's competitive state has become better and better, and she has achieved good results in all competitions. Since the ThaiLand Open, Chen Yufei has reached at least the final four in five consecutive races, four of which are in the final final. Such a stable play, this is enough to reflect Chen Yufei's strength and state. After training and preparation before the World Championships, she should be in better shape on the pitch. Although Chen Yufei was once behind in the first game, she performed calmly and successfully limited Xie Shuya's promotion.
Lee is the No. 10 seed in the tournament, she is the second player in Thailand's women's singles and has performed quite well in international competitions in recent years. Chen Yufei and Li Meimei have played each other 9 times in the World Badminton League, chen Yufei has an advantage of 8 wins and 1 loss, and she has beaten Li Miaowei for 3 consecutive times. At this year's Malaysia Open, Chen Yufei eliminated her opponent 2-0.
After the opening, the two competed fiercely, there were consecutive equal points on the field, the lead also changed hands several times, and after 8 draws, Chen Yufei scored 3 points in a row to lead the way. Li Meimei did not show weakness, and after an interval, he won 4 consecutive points to win again. Chen Yufei quickly hit back consecutive scores, and she led again 17-14. In the following game, Chen Yufei firmly controlled the situation and did not give Li Meimei the opportunity to counterattack, she took the next city 21-17.
Lee stepped up her attack after the start of the second inning, with her 5-2 lead. Chen Yufei immediately launched a counterattack, scoring 6 points in a row after 4-6, and she overtook 10-6. Li Meimei chased back 1 point, and Chen Yufei gave a return-fire lead into an interval. Similar to the progress of the first set, Li Meimei counterattacked again after a break, chasing 9 consecutive points to win 16-11. Chen Yufei controlled his own mistake and hit back for 3 points to temporarily stop the bleeding. Li Meimei took 1 point to stabilize the leading position, Chen Yufei continued to counterattack and chased 2 points, and the difference between the two sides was only 1 point. The two then alternated points, and Lee kept the lead to pull back a city 21-17.
After the start of the decider, the two drew several times, and after 3 draws, Chen Yufei scored 5 consecutive points to lead the way. Li Meiwei counterattacked again, playing two waves of climax to chase 9 draws, and Chen Yufei returned the favor by 2 points to lead 11-9 to exchange venues. After Yi Bian, Chen Yufei did not give Li another chance to counterattack, playing two waves of scoring offensives to win the decider 21-10, and she won 2-1 to advance.
In the other two third-round matches, No. 3 seed An Xianying defeated Zhang Beiwen of the United States 2-0 (21-12, 21-10) and Canadian veteran Li Wenshan eliminated Thailand's Indanong 8th seed Indanong 2-1 (25-23, 16-21, 21-13). In the quarter-finals, Chen Yufei will face Li Wenshan.