On April 13, Beijing time, in the men's singles semifinals of the 2024 Badminton Asian Championships, Li Shifeng, the national badminton Asian Games champion, faced off against Japan's new brother Kodai Naraoka. Li Shifeng reversed the total score of 2-1 to advance to the men's singles final, and will face off against Indonesian Asian Games champion Jonatan for the championship, while the national feather advanced to the final for the championship in all five individual events.
The two main players in the national feather men's singles are Shi Yuqi and Li Shifeng, both of whom have already secured places for the Paris Olympics. In the previous men's singles semifinals, Shi Yuqi, the first brother of the national feather, was eliminated by Indonesian Asian Games champion Jonatan with a total score of 1-2 and failed to advance to the men's singles final of the Asian Championships.
In the men's singles semifinals, Li Shifeng faced off against Japan's new brother Kodai Naraoka, Li Shifeng is the No. 5 seed in this Asian Championships and ranked 7th in the world, while Kodai Naraoka is the No. 4 seed in this Asian Championships and ranked 6th in the world.
The two sides have met 5 times in their past careers, with Li Shifeng having a slight advantage of 3-2, and the last two meetings have been won by Li Shifeng. The two sides ushered in the sixth meeting in their careers, and in the first game, Li Shifeng led 3-0 at the beginning, and Kodai Naraoka then launched a series of offensive waves 12-1 to overtake 8 points. Li Shifeng stubbornly counterattacked and launched a wave of 9-3 offensive, chasing 13-15 only 2 points, Naraoka Kodai quickly responded with a wave of 6-1 offensive, and Li Shifeng lost the first game 14-21.
Entering the second game, Li Shifeng led 7-3 at the beginning, and Li Shifeng was then chased to only lead 9-8, and he scored 2 points in a row to maintain an 11-8 lead in the first half of the game. Li Shifeng was then chased to a 13-13 draw, Li Shifeng scored four points in a row to take the lead, and then continued to suppress the opponent to pull back a game 21-15.
In the third game, the two sides fought from a 1-1 draw to only 8-8, and Li Shifeng played a wave of 8-2 offensive to expand the 16-10 lead. Li Shifeng continued to suppress the opponent to win another game 21-12, and finally advanced to the final with a total score of 2-1, and will face Jonatan for the championship.