On April 12, Beijing time, the 1/4 finals of the 2024 Asian Badminton Championships were fully opened, and the first few games were ended. After He Bingjiao and Yu Sine won the following upsets one after another, the national feather women's singles and women's doubles have locked a ticket to the final in advance.
Shi Yuqi, the first brother of the national feather, will face the No. 6 seed and world No. 8 of Thailand's Kunlavut in the quarterfinals. The two sides have played each other three times before this, and Shi Yuqi has won two consecutive victories over Kunlavut after losing one game first. Standing across the net again, Shi Yuqi led 5-1 at the beginning of the first game and stretched the score to 16-9 in the middle game. Kunlavut suddenly set off a climax of the attack, and chased the score to 20 draws, and at the critical moment, Shi Yuqi scored 2 points in a row to take the lead 22-20. Although Shi Yuqi led 6-2 in the second game and was chased by the opponent for 4 points in a row, he never gave the opponent a chance to fight back after that, 21-13 Shi Yuqi locked the victory and got the ticket to the semifinals.
Eighth seed Wang Zhiyi will face Japan's Aya Ohori, who eliminated Tai Tzu Ying in the previous round and is now ranked 13th in the world, and the first three meetings between the two sides have won three games each, so this matchup is not to be missed for Wang Zhiyi, who still has Olympic qualification hopes. In the first game, Wang Zhiyi had a slight upper hand, taking the lead 21-15, and in the second game, Aya Ohori let go and pulled back a game 21-12, and after the middle of the decisive game, Wang Zhiyi completely suppressed the opponent, and finally locked the victory 21-11 and broke into the semifinals.
No. 5 seed He Bingjiao and top seed An Xiying are battling it out for a ticket to the semi-finals, and He Bingjiao's current Olympic qualification is not guaranteed, so this match can only be won and not lost. An Xiying is ranked No. 1 in the world and is the strongest women's singles player in the badminton world today, He Bingjiao is at an absolute disadvantage with 4 wins and 7 losses in the previous 11 encounters, since last year's India Open semi-finals lost to the opponent, He Bingjiao has lost 7 times in a row under the opponent's shot, and once again stood across the net He Bingjiao finally controlled the game, 21-17, 21-18 The second sister of the national feather won the two consecutive upsets, An Xiying stopped in the quarterfinals, He Bingjiao achieved revenge and advanced to the semifinals, avoiding eight consecutive defeats to the opponent, and also ensuring that the national feather women's singles locked a ticket to the finals in advance. In the next round, He Bingjiao and Wang Zhiyi will battle for a place in the finals, and the two will show the ultimate showdown for the final Olympic qualification.
In the Women's Doubles quarter-finals, top seeds Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan faced the world No. 11 Japanese pair of Rena Miyaura/Ayako Sakuramoto, who defeated No. 5 seeds Kim Zhaoying/Kong Xirong in the last round. Although the first game C easily won the first place 21-10, but the second game made more mistakes and lost a game 18-21, and the key tiebreaker Fan Chen came up and scored 10 points in a row when he fell behind 0-7, and the two of them withstood the pressure in the second half of the game and locked the victory 21-19.
No. 7 seeds Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu played quite well in this round, although the No. 3 seeds, the world No. 3 Japanese pair of Naomi Matsuyama/Chiyo Shida is one of the favorites to win the championship, but Cosine completely suppressed the opponent in this game, the first game Cosine was full of firepower to beat the opponent 21-7, the second game Cosine's offensive was unabated, and the Shanyang combination counterattacked unsuccessfully 16-21 After losing another game, Cosine unusually smoothly got the ticket to the semifinals and successfully met with Fanchen. No matter who can enter the finals, it ensures that the national feather women's doubles has already won the final ticket in advance.
In the men's doubles 1/4 finals, the No. 7 seeds Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi had no choice but to stop, and the No. 4 seeds, the Malaysian pair Xie Ding Feng/Su Wei Yi stood across the net, Tuou was not in shape throughout the game, with many offensive mistakes and poor defense, and lost two games in a row 14-21, 15-21 and had no choice but to go out. Whether Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi can get the Olympic ticket depends on the final results of Li Yang/Wang Qilin in this Asian Championships, and the initiative is not in their own hands.