On April 12, Beijing time, the 1/4 finals of the 2024 Asian Badminton Championships continued.
Shi Yuqi 22-20, 21-13 new world champion Kunlavut won three consecutive matches after the 2024 French Open Badminton Super750 finals, and the next round awaits the winner of Jonatan and Li Zijia.
Wu Shifei/Izudin/Izuddin narrowly defeated Li Yang/Wang Qilin in three games 19-21, 21-19, 21-19 to advance to the semi-finals, and won after two consecutive defeats, and the national feather men's doubles pair Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi also locked up the Olympic qualification, so far the national feather has won the full quota for the Olympic Games (10 places). In the semi-finals, they will face Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi, who won 21-14, 21-15 Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi, making it two wins in a row.
Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu defeated Naomi Matsuyama/Chiyo Shida 21-7, 21-16 to advance to the semi-finals and win their second straight match. In the next match, they will face Jia Yifan/Chen Qingchen, who narrowly defeated Rena Miyaura/Ayako Sakuramoto in three games 21-10, 18-21, 21-19 to win two in a row.
——Unexpectedly, the game between Fan Chen and Cosine fell one by one, and Fan Chen achieved a single-game reversal after falling behind 0-7 in the deciding game. Cosine went smoothly and firmly took the initiative, not falling behind in the whole game, and conceded only 7 points in a single game, which was the least of the three meetings between the two sides in their careers, the first time was in the 2022 All England Finals, and the score was 21-9 in one game. At that time, it was the second tournament since the cosine pairing, and they reached the super1000 finals, which was really a dream start!
He Bingjiao defeated An Xiying 21-17, 21-18 to advance to the semi-finals, winning after seven consecutive defeats. They will face Wang Zhiyi for a place in the final, who will win four straight matches against Aya Ohori 15-21, 21-12, 21-11.
——All 4 of the national feather women's singles in this station reached the quarterfinals, but He Bingjiao, Han Yue, and Wang Zhiyi had to do the final competition for the qualification of the Paris Olympics! Life is endless, and the battle is endless, this is a portrayal of the three of them, He Bingjiao ended the embarrassing record of 492 days without a win in the top4, and ended the seven-game losing streak against An Xiying after four consecutive wins. Wang Zhiyi faced the bronze medalist of the new Asian Games, Aya Ohori, staged a big reversal, and played a wave of 11-1 offensive frenzy in the deciding game.
After the last round, He Bingjiao, who ranked 6th in the Paris Olympics, scored 74,474 points, ranked 7th Han Yue 73,686, and ranked 9th Wang Zhiyi with 69,748 points.
Han Yue vs. Akane Yamaguchi, world No. 7 vs. No. 4, the two sides have met five times, two of which have played three games, Han Yue has been defeated since 2018, and the most recent semi-finals of the 2023 Malaysia Badminton Masters Super500 were lost 10-21, 17-21.
In the Olympic year, Akane Yamaguchi reached the final of the French Open Badminton Super750 in the test match of the Olympic venues, and then advanced to the semi-finals of the All England Championships back-to-back to fight An Xiying.
In the last round, Han Yue defeated Olympic silver medallist Sindhu 21-18, 13-21, 21-17 to end a five-game losing streak and claim victory. Akane Yamaguchi received a retirement gift from her opponent Kim Ga-eun.
In the first game, Han Yue only scored four points in a row after falling behind 0-1 in the opening game and maintained the advantage to the end, once taking a 17-10 lead, and at the end of the game, he scored three points in a row to get the game point 20-12, 21-13 to take the lead. In the second game, the battle was deadlocked, and the seven times the tie was 15-16, Han Yue scored six points in a row to lock the victory, and 21-16 to the next city.
Han Yue advanced to the semifinals 2-0 and continued to fight for Olympic qualification!