On August 27, Beijing time, the 2022 Badminton World Championships ended the first women's singles semi-final in Tokyo, Japan, and Chen Yufei won the first to enter the final. In the match with Chinese Taipei player Dai Ziying, Chen Yufei first lost one set and then successfully counterattacked, winning two consecutive sets to defeat Dai Ziying 2-1. This is The first time Chen Yufei has reached the women's singles final of the World Championships, and her previous best result was to win the bronze medal at two World Championships.
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. 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 feather women's singles to strive for better results,
Han Yue, He Bingjiao, and Wang Zhiyi are all divided into the upper half of the district, and they are in the same half as Akane Yamaguchi, Ma Lin, An Xianying and other famous generals. The last time the women's singles won the World Championships was 11 years ago, this time in Tokyo, Japan, where four women will try to beat the title. Chen Yufei, a sister of Guoyu, is alone in the lower half of the zone, as the gold medalist of the Women's Singles at the Tokyo Olympics, she is one of the favorites to win the championship, but she is in the lower half of the zone with her 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.
In the first two games of the World Championships, Chen Yufei encountered some twists and turns, but she was not alarmed in the predicament and firmly controlled the initiative of the game in her own hands. In the quarter-finals, Chen Yufei did a better job in handling key balls, and she did not leave Li Wenshan with any chance. Dai Ziying, as another favorite to win the World Championships, she has hardly encountered any trouble in the promotion process.
Chen Yufei and Dai Ziying have played each other 23 times in the World Badminton League, chen Yufei is in a disadvantage of 6 wins and 17 losses, but she has won two consecutive wins against Dai Ziying, and before that suffered two consecutive defeats. In the women's singles final of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Chen Yufei defeated Dai Ziying 2-1 to win the championship.
After the opening, Dai Ziying entered the state quickly, she maintained high-speed pressure, Chen Yufei made more mistakes, and Dai Ziying led 4-1, 10-2. Chen Yufei, who was behind the score, was not impatient, patiently narrowed the gap, and set off a counterattack to chase 13 to 17. Dai Ziying calmly responded and hit back with 2 points to stabilize the situation. Chen Yufei was then unable to counterattack, losing a set 15-21 first.
Chen Yufei led the way with 3 points in the second set, and Dai Ziying hit back with 3 points to tie. After the two drew several times, the lead changed hands many times, after 9 draws, Chen Yufei's backcourt ball was not threatening enough, Dai Ziying maintained the state of attack pressure, and scored 3 points in a row to open up again. In the passive, Chen Yufei's hands were not soft, and he chased 3 points to pull 12 draws. Dai Ziying took another 1 point, Chen Yufei's return speed became faster, giving Dai Ziying more and more oppression, Dai Ziying's mistakes began to increase, Chen Yufei scored 7 points in a row to lead 19-13. Dai Ziying recovered 1 point, Chen Yufei remained oppressive, and took 2 points to win back a set 21-14.
Chen Yufei started well in the decider, leading 3-1, 5-2. After that, Chen Yufei controlled Dai Ziying with the change of landing point, her offensive power could not be fully exerted, and Chen Yufei scored 5 points in a row to lead the exchange field 11-4. After Yi Bian, Dai Ziying once recovered 2 points, and Chen Yufei's surprise attack was very decisive, returning 2 points to stabilize the situation. In the following game, Chen Yufei firmly controlled the situation, and she won the match point 20-12.
Dai Ziying did not give up resistance, saving 5 match points in a row, Chen Yufei requested a medical suspension, and the doctor entered the hospital to simply deal with the discomfort of her calf. Back on the field, the two sides formed a multi-shot, Chen Yufei was sentenced to go out of bounds by the sudden pressure, she proposed a challenge, the ball was slightly out of bounds, and Dai Ziying chased to 18-20. Chen Yufei did not give the other side another chance to win the winning points at this time, 21-18, she won the decider, and won 2-1 to reach the final first.