On August 28, Beijing time, the 2022 Badminton World Championships ended in Tokyo, Japan, the women's singles final, and Chen Yufei regretted to get the runner-up. In the final against defending champion Akane Yamaguchi, Chen Yufei failed to bite the score in the decider, and she lost 1-2 to the runner-up.
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,
Chen Yufei, a sister of Guoyu, was alone in the lower half of the division this time, and as the gold medalist in the women's singles of the Tokyo Olympic Games, she was one of the favorites to win the championship. 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 three games of the World Championships, Chen Yufei encountered some twists and turns, but she was not alarmed under the predicament and firmly controlled the initiative of the game in her hands. In the semi-final with Dai Ziying, Chen Yufei lost a set first, but she did not panic and achieved a counterattack in the second set when the score was behind. Of course, Chen Yufei's victory also made people a little frightened, she won the match point 20-12, and then was saved by Dai Ziying for 8 match points, fortunately, Chen Yufei withstood the pressure and successfully defended the victory.
This time is Chen Yufei's first time to break into the world championship final, she has to strive for the championship, and the last time Guo Yu won the world championship women's singles championship was 11 years ago, Wang Yihan won the world championship in London, the Chinese team achieved the world championship women's singles eight consecutive championships, and since then the Chinese team has not been able to win the women's singles championship. After 2011, in addition to Chen Yufei, only Li Xuerui reached the final of the World Championships in the women's singles of the national feather, and she was runner-up twice.
Akane Yamaguchi is the top seed in the women's singles and the defending champion, having beaten Dai Ziying a year ago to win the title. On the way to the final this time, Akane Yamaguchi also eliminated many strong players. From Marin in the quarter-finals to Ahn In the semi-finals, Akane Yamaguchi proved herself with these victories. Akane Yamaguchi has had an average record on the Tour this season, but she reached the final at the most important World Championships.
Chen Yufei and Akane Yamaguchi have previously played each other 21 times in the World Badminton League, and Chen Yufei is at a disadvantage with 8 wins and 13 losses. Chen Yufei has lost three times in a row to Akane Yamaguchi, including this year's All England Open. After winning the Tokyo Olympics, Chen Yufei lost to Akane Yamaguchi twice in a row in the Sudirman Cup and Uber Cup.
After the start of the first set, the two drew several times, and after 5 draws, Akane Yamaguchi launched an offensive attack and scored 4 consecutive points to lead the way. Chen Yufei did not want to show weakness, set off a counterattack to narrow the gap to 2 points, but unfortunately, after she made more mistakes, Akane Yamaguchi used two waves of orgasm to establish an advantage, and she took the lead 21-12.
In the second set, Chen Yufei played more actively, using the change of landing point to continuously mobilize Akane Yamaguchi, and the surprise attack became more resolute. After 4 draws, Chen Yufei scored 4 consecutive points to open up, Yamaguchi Akane recovered 2 points, and Chen Yufei immediately returned the 4 points to expand the advantage. Later in the match, Akane Yamaguchi tried to chase the points, but Chen Yufei immediately responded to stabilize the situation. Seeing that the reversal was hopeless, Yamaguchi gave up resistance, and Chen Yufei pulled back a set at 21-10.
After the start of the decider, Yamaguchi Akane's defense was very tenacious, and Chen Yufei had to pursue the angle more when splitting, which made her make more mistakes, and Yamaguchi Akane led 8-1. After that, Akane Yamaguchi played a little impatiently, making consecutive mistakes, and Chen Yufei chased 3 points in a row. The two then scored two points each, with Akane Yamaguchi taking an offensive lead to take an 11-6 lead to swap fields. After Yi Bian and the two alternated points, Yamaguchi Akane jumped to save the ball when her hand was broken, and she asked for a medical timeout to simply deal with the injury.
The game restarted, Chen Yufei continued to counterattack, Yamaguchi Akane showed no weakness, maintained aggression and scored 2 points, she still led 15-9. Chen Yufei chased another 2 points, but she suddenly killed the ball out of bounds, and then Akane Yamaguchi scored a chase ball, and the score became 17-11. Chen Yufei chased another point, but she made more mistakes afterwards, and Akane Yamaguchi scored three consecutive points to win the match point 20-12. Chen Yufei did not give up resistance and saved 2 match points, but she was still powerless to turn the tables, 21-14, Akane Yamaguchi won the decider to win 2-1.