On the evening of April 13, Beijing time, the men's singles semifinals of the Badminton Asian Championships were played between Li Shifeng and Kodai Naraoka. Since both sides are pulling and hanging combined with assault play, this game is also a battle of big grinding in the real sense. However, Li Shifeng still stubbornly reversed his opponent and advanced to the final after losing a game first.
In the first game, Li Shifeng started well, but was quickly overtaken by his opponent and soon lost the first game 14:21. In the second game, Li Shifeng changed his style of play, attacking the opponent's backhand as much as possible, forcing the opponent to return the ball with the backhand, and then seizing the opportunity. This tactic worked well, and Li Shifeng recovered a game at 21:15.
In the crucial tiebreaker, the two sides started very closely, but as the game progressed, Nara's fitness had problems, and Li Shifeng ended the first half of the game with 11:8. In the second half of the game, Li Shifeng continued to score, and after the score reached 13:9, Kodai Naraoka requested a medical timeout and treated the ankle injury. After that, Naraoka Kodai's physical fitness obviously couldn't keep up, and Li Shifeng defeated his opponent in one fell swoop, winning the tiebreaker 21:12, and defeating the opponent 2:1 to advance to the final.