On April 13, the semifinals of the Badminton Asian Championships were underway, and in the five games that ended, there were 3 major upsets. Men's Singles top seed Shi Yuqi was upset 1-2, Women's Doubles world No. 1 Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan were upset 0-2, and Men's Doubles dark horses Wu Shifei/Yi Zudin defeated world champions Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi 2-0 to advance to the final.
- 3 major upsets
In the men's singles, top seed Shi Yuqi faced Jonatan. Shi Yuqi won 2 championships this year and is in great shape. In this competition, he defeated three top players in a row: Lakshya, Kenta Nishimoto and Kunlavut to advance. Before the game, it was optimistic that he would advance to the final and compete for the championship. However, Shi Yuqi's state today was average, and his ball was somewhat restrained, and he finally lost to his opponent 21-18, 19-21, 12-21 and missed the final.
In Men's Doubles, world champions Chia Ting Feng/So Wei Yi took on the dark horse pair Izuddin/Goh Shi Fei in a Malaysian derby. Before the game, it was unanimously optimistic that the stronger Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi would advance. The match was different from what was expected, with Izuddin/Wu Shifei playing super attack and speed in front of the net, winning straight games 21-14, 21-18 and advancing to the final.
In Women's Doubles, top seeds Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan take on teammates Zheng Yu/Zhang Shuxian. The two pairs have met six times before, and Fan Chen has won all of them. In today's game, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan did not have the advantage of starting and receiving, and was at a disadvantage in the multi-shot attack with the opponent, and finally lost two games in a row 14-21 and 16-21, and missed the final.
At the end of the two semifinals of the women's singles, Chen Yufei had a clear advantage, defeating Han Yue 21-15, 21-16 and successfully advanced. In the match between Wang Zhiyi and He Bingjiao, Wang Zhiyi won two games in a row 21-19 and 21-17, which was still a bit unexpected.