The Asian Championships has entered the crucial stage of 16 into 8, and the national feather has once again brought us surprises. In the women's singles competition, Han Yue defeated world champion Sindhu 2-1. Among them, Han Yue played a wave of 13-2 counterattack climax when she fell behind in the deciding game, and reversed the score.
In the second round of the women's singles of the 2024 Asian Championships, Han Yue faced India's Sindhu, who is the 2019 world champion and won the silver medal at the Rio Olympics and the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. However, Sindhu's form has declined in the past two years, and the world ranking has slipped to 12th, while Han Yue has risen to 7th. However, in the previous 5 meetings between the two sides, Han Yue suffered 5 consecutive defeats and did not taste a victory. Moreover, the last time the two sides met was in the team competition of this season's Asian Championships, when Han Yue lost after 40 minutes.
But this time facing Sindhu, Han Yue was obviously prepared. In the first game, Han Yue led 4-1 at the beginning. Sindhu then fought back wildly, scored seven straight points to comeback, and went into the break with an 11-5 lead. After the intermission, Han Yue started his own performance, and continued to chase points to complete the reversal, and finally took the next city 21-18.
In the second game, Sindhu, who was unwilling to fail, showed the demeanor of a world champion, leading 5-3 in the opening game, and finally pulled back a city 21-13, with a big score of 1-1.
In the tiebreaker, the two opened 3-3. But after that, Sindhu made a push to stretch the score to 8-4. At the critical moment, Han Yue suddenly broke out, played a climax of 13-2, instantly reversed the score to 17-10, and finally won 21-17, and eliminated the opponent with a big score of 2-1, and advanced to the top 8 with his head held high.
For Han Yue, being able to defeat Sindhu undoubtedly defeated the demons in her heart, and it was another big breakthrough for her.