The national feather women's singles broke out in this Asian Championships, in addition to He Bingjiaolik An Xiying, and Han Yue defeated Akane Yamaguchi 2-0, defeating her opponent for the first time in her career and completing another big breakthrough in her career.
The Asian Championships women's singles quarterfinals focused on the showdown, with Han Yue facing Japan's Akane Yamaguchi. At present, Han Yue is ranked 7th in the world and Akane Yamaguchi is 4th. The 2021 and 2022 World Championships champion, Yamaguchi is a very strong player, having won the German Open, Canada, Malaysia and Hong Kong last year, and this year, although her form has declined, she has also finished second in the All England and French Opens. Han Yue, on the other hand, has not played well this season, reaching only the quarterfinals of the All England and Indonesia Masters. The important thing is that Han Yue has faced Akane Yamaguchi 5 times in her career, but suffered 5 consecutive defeats, so for her, Akane Yamaguchi is a big mountain in front of her.
But in the face of Akane Yamaguchi in this game, Han Yue was obviously prepared, and suddenly made a force after 0-1 in the first game, leading 11-6 into the interval. After the break, Han Yue's offensive continued and finally won the first game 21-13.
In the second game, Han Yue started 2-0, but was then reversed by Akane Yamaguchi. At the critical moment, Han Yue broke out again and scored 6 points in a row after 7-9, reversing to 13-9. After being overtaken by her opponent to 15-16, she found her touch again and played a wave of 6-0 mini-climax, which ended the game. In the end, Han Yue won 21-13, 21-16, lost 2 games in a row, and swept the opponent in only 35 minutes, completing the first victory against the opponent and breaking through the biggest demon.
Han Yue plus Chen Yufei, Wang Zhiyi, He Bingjiao, the national feather women's singles 4-person group completed the semi-finals. This is also the first time in 12 years that the national feather women's singles has won the semifinals of the Asian Championships.