On December 15, the third round of the International Badminton Federation Finals is underway, and the women's singles semifinals have been released. An Xiying defeated Dai Ziying 2-0 and locked in the semifinals with 2 wins and 1 loss. Mariska defeated Kim 2-1 to help Tai Tzu Ying advance to the semi-finals. So far, the top four have all been released, and the strongest An Xiying, Chen Yufei, Dai Ziying, and Ma Lin have advanced to the top four. Ahn Se-ying 0-2 Kim Ga-eun was questioned in the first round.
In this year-end finals, the pattern of women's singles is still optimistic that F4 will lock in the top four. However, due to Akane Yamaguchi's withdrawal, it is optimistic that Marin will take her place and lock in the semifinals.
However, in the first round of the game, the biggest upset of this competition broke out, and An Seying, who won 10 championships this year, lost 0-2 to teammate Kim Ga-eun, which completely messed up the pattern of this group. Although Dai Tzu Ying has won two consecutive 2-1 victories before, it is not guaranteed to advance. Ahn Se-young and Kim Ga-eun are both 1-1, and the two of them have the possibility of advancing together.
In the third round, An Xiying played against the strongest Dai Ziying. The strongest one, An Xiying, is back. With tricky angles, strong downward pressure and in front of the net, the pace was very fast, and he easily defeated Dai Tzu Ying in straight games 21-17, 21-14. It can be seen in this game that An Xiying's injury theory is still untenable. There is a big suspicion of deliberately handicapping the ball when losing in the first round.
In the other match, Mariska played her best against Kim Ga-eun and did not let Kim Ga-eun succeed. Mariska had a blast in the first game, and her penalty was very good, winning easily 21-14. In the second game, the two sides fought fiercely to 20-20, and Kim Ga-eun won 22-20. In the third game, Mariska won 21-17 with super defense and stronger offense, winning 2-1 and winning the first victory of this finals.
So far, the promotion places in this group have been released, and An Xiying ranks first with 2 wins, 1 loss and 2 clean games. Tai Tzu Ying ranked second with 2 wins, 1 loss and 1 clean game to advance. Mariska and Kim Ga-eun are both out with 1 win and 2 losses.
In the other group, Chen Yufei and Marin both locked up the promotion places in advance with two consecutive wins, and today's showdown between the two will fight for the top spot in the group.
So far, the top four of the women's singles have all been released, namely An Xiying, Dai Ziying, Chen Yufei and Ma Lin. Semi-final matchups will be decided by draw.