On the afternoon of April 12, Beijing time, the 2024 Badminton Asian Championships (Super 1000) officially launched the 1/4 finals.
The schedule enters the 4th match day, and the 1/4 finals officially kick off:
Aya Ohori VS Wang Zhiyi
The 27-year-old Japanese star Aya Ohori made a name for herself by sweeping the defending champion Tai Tzu Ying 2-0 in the previous round, and this round faces the post-00 Kohana Zhiyi, the 2022 champion.
The two sides had a tie at 3-3, and in this battle, Aya Ohori maintained a strong form and grabbed the first game 21:15, but was counterattacked by Wang Zhiyi in the second game and swept back 12:21.
In the deciding game, the two fought fiercely to 10:11, but after the adjustment between the games, Aya Ohori's mistakes increased, and Wang Zhiyi took advantage of the situation to expand the score to 17:11, and Acai, who lost points again and again, had no choice but to apply for a medical timeout, but it was still to no avail, and finally lost 4 points in a row, defeating 11:21.
Wang Zhiyi will fight the winner between An Xiying and Jiaojiao.
Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi VS Xie Dingfeng/Su Wei
The two sides played 4-3, with Liu and Ou having a slight advantage, and the last important match between the two teams was in the quarter-finals of the 2023 World Championships, when the two sides battled fiercely to the deciding game, and finally the world champions Malaysia easily broke through 21-14.
In this campaign, the Liu Ou combination performed poorly at the beginning, falling behind the opponent 8:11, after the interval adjustment, the Malaysian combination cooperated with the tacit understanding to hang the score difference to 18:14, and the Liu Ou combination chased the score and lost 3 points in a row, losing the first game at 14:21.
In the second game, the strategic adjustment of the Liu Ou combination did not improve, and after 3:3, it was beaten by the opponent to 11:6, and after another intermittent adjustment, the Liu Ou combination continued to be suppressed by the world champion, and finally lost 0-2 with a total score of 0-2 and missed the top 4.
The Paris Olympics is coming, and I hope that the Liu Ou combination will adjust their state as soon as possible and do a good job in the final sprint stage with a new attitude.
Shi Yuqi VS Kunlavut
Shi Yuqi has won two of the previous 2-1 meetings, with the most recent meeting coming in the final of the French Open last month, when Shi won the world title in straight sets for his second major title of the season.
In this battle, Shi took the initiative to attack, successively seized a small advantage of 5:1 and 8:4, and then brought 11:6 into the interval with a return feint.
In the next game, the stone stretched the score to 16:9 and 19:15, but with 4 match points in hand, it was pulled to 20:20 by the opponent!
Fortunately, he made a timely and decisive shot at the critical moment, and snatched the first game with two wonderful downward pressures.
In the second game, the Thai counterattacked, but Shi Yuqi blocked with all his strength and suppressed it 6:3 and 11:7, and after another intermittent adjustment, Shi Yuqi became more and more courageous, and after 17:11, he finally defeated his opponent with a total score of 2-0 to advance to the top 4.
In addition, world No.1 Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan narrowly defeated Japan's Women's Doubles Rena Miyaura/Ayako Sakuramoto 21-19 in the deciding game to advance to the semi-finals, where they will face the winner of Naomi Matsuyama/Chiyo Shida and Zheng Yu/Zhang Shuxian in the next round.
National Feather No. 2 Women's Singles He Bingjiao fell in straight games 21:12, 21:18 upset the world's No. 1 women's singles An Xiying, clearing another obstacle for the national feather to win the championship.