Malaysia Open: Zhang Yiman lost 0-2 to An Xiying and missed the final, and the national feather lost 2 golds in a row

At the 2024 Malaysia Open Badminton Championships, Zhang Yiman eliminated Akane Yamaguchi to enter the top 4, which boosted morale, and challenged the world No. 1 An Xiying in the semifinals. In the world ranking, Zhang Yiman is 17th, and the national feather team can only rank fifth, and the gap with An Xiying is obvious. After the opening, Zhang Yiman was fully passive, although he once played some wonderful attacks in the second half of the game, but An Xiying still withstood the pressure to go first, and in the second game, Zhang Yiman was unable to approach after being pulled away by the opponent, and finally lost 0-2, and the world's No. 1 An Xiying advanced to the final!

Previously, the two sides had only played each other once, and in the 2022 Badminton Asian Championships, Zhang Yiman lost 0-2. In this event, Zhang Yiman became a dark horse of the national feather, and reversed the world's No. 3 Akane Yamaguchi in the 1/4 finals. Ahn also endured a hard-fought three-game battle in the previous round, defeating Singapore's Yang Jia Min 16-21, 21-12, 21-19.

In the first game, An Xiying quickly entered the state, established a lead 5-1, and led Zhang Yiman by 8 points 11-3 into the break. After returning from the break, Zhang Yiman continued to chase points, but at the critical stage at the end of the game, Zhang Yiman's own mistakes were very demoralizing, and An Xiying seized the opportunity to win the first game 21-17.

In the second game, Zhang Yiman came to the side of the field with a tailwind, and there was a mistake in the backcourt, An Xiying took the lead in scoring two points, Zhang Yiman scored 3 points in a row to overtake, and then the score began to be pulled away, Zhang Yiman made continuous mistakes, and An Xiying established a 4-point lead 8-4. In the middle and late games, An Xiying did not give Zhang Yiman any chance, and easily won another game 21-11, and swept Zhang Yiman 2-0 in the total bureau to advance to the women's singles final, and will compete with Chinese Taipei star Dai Tzuying for the final championship.

Earlier, the first semi-final of the women's singles had ended, and Chen Yufei was reversed by Dai Tzuying 1-2! That is to say, the two Chinese players who reached the top 4 of the women's singles were stopped in the semi-finals, and the national feather withdrew from the competition for the women's singles gold medal in advance. In addition, in the mixed doubles semi-finals, the only pair to enter the top 4 national feather pair Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin lost 1-2 to Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino, and the national feather mixed doubles also missed the championship. On the day of the semi-finals, the Chinese team has announced in advance that it has lost 2 gold in a row!