On April 13, the semifinals of the 2024 Asian Badminton Championships began, and in a national feather civil war in the women's singles, No. 5 seed He Bingjiao and No. 8 seed Wang Zhiyi met in a narrow way. The two sides have played each other 7 times before, and Wang Zhiyi has a slight lead with 4 wins and 3 losses. In this game, Wang Zhiyi eliminated He Bingjiao in two straight games and successfully entered the finals.
In the first game, the two sides competed very fiercely, and Wang Zhiyi led 11-8 into the technical break. He Bingjiao chased 15 draws after scoring 3 points in the second half, and the two sides had many deuces on the court after that, Wang Zhiyi scored 3 points in a row after 18-19 and won the first game 21-19.
In the second game, Wang Zhiyi scored consecutive points at the beginning of the game and gained a 5-point advantage of 8-3. He Bingjiao once chased 7-9 only 2 points, Wang Zhiyi scored 4 points in the middle of the game and opened it again, He Bingjiao caught up after 9-17, and played a wave of 6-1 chasing points, once chasing 15-18. Wang Zhiyi scored another 2 points, 20-15 with 5 match points, He Bingjiao resolved 2 match points, and Wang Zhiyi won the second game 21-17.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 01 minutes, Wang Zhiyi narrowly defeated teammate He Bingjiao 21-19, 21-17 and successfully entered the women's singles final. In the final, Wang Zhiyi will compete with the winner between Chen Yufei and Han Yue for the women's singles championship of this Asian Championships.