In the second round of the 2024 Malaysia Open Badminton Championships Super1000 tournament, the national badminton women's singles ended two key battles. Among them, Han Yue failed to turn the situation around after saving 3 game points + 2 match points and missed the quarterfinals. In the other women's singles match, Olympic champion Chen Yufei once again staged a two-game stunner, and the 2-0 World Championships champion advanced strongly.
Han Yue VS Yang Jiamin
At the beginning, Han Yue turned from passive to active, and played a wave of 6-1 small climax. In the end, they took the lead 21-16 and led 1-0. In the second game, Han Yue played relatively smoothly at the beginning, and even took a 14-8 lead. However, Yang Jiamin did not give up, turned on the chasing mode, and finally achieved a comeback to get the game point 20-16. Although Han Yue saved 3 game points in a row, he finally failed to turn the situation around, losing 19-21 and drawing 1-1.
In the deciding game, Han Yue didn't seem to have come out of the loss in the previous game, and once fell behind 8-13. However, as the game progressed, Han Yue also began to adjust his state, and fought fiercely with Yang Jiamin, chasing the score to 18-20. At the critical moment, Han Yue withstood the pressure and scored 2 points in a row, resolving the match point to 20-20. Unfortunately, at the last moment, Yang Jiamin did not give Han Yue a chance to score 2 points in a row to end the battle, Han Yue 20-22, 1-2 and missed the quarterfinals.
Chen Yufei VS Intanon
In her career, Chen Yufei and Intanon have played 19 times, and Chen Yufei leads 16-3. The last time they met was in the semifinals of the 2022 Denmark Open Badminton Super750, where Chen Yufei won 15-21 21-10 21-15. In this battle, Chen Yufei did not encounter much challenge, and won 21-15 21-18, with a big score of 2-0, and advanced to the quarterfinals of women's singles.
Other women's singles quarter-finalists:
Ahn Se-ying 2-0 (21-13 21-18) Li Yifeng
Tai Tzu Ying 2-0 (21-7 21-11) Busanan
Mariska 2-0 (21-15 24-22) Wu Jinwei
In the Mixed Doubles, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong defeated Kushayanto/Kusumawati 2-0 (21-18 21-17) to win four straight matches. Their next opponent in the round is the winner between Hou Kim Won-ho/Jung Na-eun and Kyohei Yamashita/Naru Shinohani.