In the background music of "True Heroes", Chen Yufei waved goodbye to the fans in her hometown. In the women's singles semifinals of the BWF World Tour Finals, Chen Yufei lost to the Spanish star Marin and missed the final.
In the two semifinals of the women's singles, Dai Ziying reversed the "bitter hand" An Xiying, and Chen Yufei lost to Ma Lin, such a script was somewhat unexpected.
Judging from the past records, An Xiying and Dai Ziying have played each other 12 times before, and Dai Ziying has only won twice. In this match, An Seying won the first game 21-16 and opened the second game with a 6-1 advantage. But veteran Tai Tzu Ying worked hard to close the gap, and when the match was tied at 13-13, the balance of victory gradually tipped in Tai's favor, and she pulled one back 21-15. In the deciding game, An Xiying once led 19-10, but Dai Ziying, who was behind, suddenly broke out, relied on a ferocious attack, played a wave of scoring frenzy, saved four match points, won the third game 22-20, and won the whole game.
A similar script did not happen in another women's singles semi-final. Chen Yufei fell behind 9-19 in the deciding game and attacked her opponent in the final moments, but Marin quickly contained the slump and finally ended the 104-minute contest 21-17, 19-21, 21-13.
"I've been playing less games for so long lately, so my energy dropped a bit at the end. Chen Yufei said after the game. Twenty-four hours ago, she and Marin had just played in the third round of the group stage. Although the two of them have confirmed their group qualification, the group stage still reached the bonus stage, and Chen Yufei lost to Marin 23-25, 22-24.
After the Asian Games in Hangzhou, Chen Yufei changed his Weibo name to "Chen Yufei 2.0 version". After the last match of the year, she summed up her 2023 as follows: "I don't think there are any particularly memorable games this year, they are all relatively dull, just one stop at a time. Although I got some better results than last year, I am not particularly satisfied with myself. ”
Judging from the results alone, Chen Yufei is not the girl who can only reach the finals but can't win the gold medal this year. In 2022, she reached the final eight times and won only one gold medal, and in 2023 she won four tournaments. From the perspective of personal growth, 25-year-old Chen Yufei is more daring to face doubts than before, and does not shy away from her own questions, she said: "Next year, I hope it will be better than this year, I look forward to more exciting and surprises!"
In Men's Singles, Shi Yuqi comfortably defeated Jonatan 21-16, 21-15, while Axelsen defeated teammate Antonsen 21-9, 21-14. Shi Yuqi, who just "slayed the dragon" in the first round of Group A on the 13th, will face Axelsen in the finals, and he said that he still has to "relax and precipitate" tonight and prepare for the last game. Shi Yuqi, who has experienced strong winds and waves, can he regain the feeling of reaching the finals in 2018?