On April 14, 2024, Beijing time, the women's singles final of the Asian Badminton Championships officially ended! In the end, world No. 9 Wang Zhiyi defeated world No. 2 Chen Yufei 2-0 to win the second crown of the season! In the prize money rankings, Wang Zhiyi won the championship prize of $31,500 and ranked No. 1, and Chen Yufei won the runner-up prize of $15,300 and ranked No. 2!
Chen Yufei has lost all of the world's top 5 records this season, and has participated in 4 tournaments so far, 2 defeats to the world's No. 3 Tai Tzu Ying, 1 defeat to the world's No. 4 Akane Yamaguchi, 1 defeat to the world's No. 5 Marin, and the best result is only to reach the final of the India Open and win the runner-up! Wang Zhiyi has made rapid progress in the past two years, winning the Indonesia Masters championship this season, and Wang Zhiyi defeated Yang Jiamin, Aya Ohori and He Bingjiao all the way to the finals in the Asian Championships, and is in very good shape! Chen Yufei and Wang Zhiyi have played 8 times before, and Chen Yufei has won all of them!
As soon as the game came up, the scores of the two sides were very tight, they were very familiar with each other, the score continued to draw, and finally Wang Zhiyi led 11-10 by one point into the technical timeout! After the pause, the two sides played very fiercely, and the score rose alternately, and after the two sides fought to a 19-19 draw, Wang Zhiyi scored 2 points in a row at the critical moment to win the first game 21-19! In the second game, Wang Zhiyi led 4-2, after which Chen Yufei's physical fitness declined, and Wang Zhiyi seized the opportunity to play a wave of 7-1 to lead 11-3 into a timeout! After the pause, Chen Yufei still did not improve, Wang Zhiyi expanded the lead with 15-3, and finally Wang Zhiyi won another game with 21-7, and defeated Chen Yufei with a total score of 2-0 to win the second crown of the season!
He Bingjiao knocked out the world No. 1 An Xian Ying in the quarterfinals 21-17, 21-18 to advance to the top 4, Han Yue defeated the world No. 4 Akane Yamaguchi in straight games 21-13, 21-16 and successfully advanced to the top 4, both of them received $6,300 in prize money, tied for third place on the prize list! World No. 1 An Xianying eliminated Thailand's Busanam 21-18, 21-9, Japan's Aya Ohori defeated world No. 3 Tai Tzu Ying 22-20, 21-14, and Japan's Akane Yamaguchi won the first game 21-14 before receiving the retirement ceremony from South Korea's Kim Ga-eun. Indonesia's first sister Mariska defeated Taipei's Bai Yubo 21-19, 21-16 and advanced to the top 8! The four of them received $2,475 in prize money for the top 8 each, tied for 5th!
Thailand's Bussanan defeated India's Akalsi 2-0, Song Shuoyun eliminated Indonesia's Vardani 2-0, Tai Tzu Ying defeated Hong Kong's Lu Shanen 2-0, Yang Jiamin received the retirement of Thailand's Li Meisecond, India's first sister Sindhu defeated Malaysia's Wu Jin Wei 2-1, Kim Jiaen defeated Thailand's veteran Intanon 2-0, Taipei's Bai Yubo 2-0 Myanmar's Tusa, Shen Youzhen 2-0 India's Malvika, and advanced to the top 16! 8 people received an average of $1,350 in prize money for the top 16 and tied for 9th!16 people, including Okuhara Hope, Akarsi, Lyanachi, Vardani, Lu Shanen, Ruan Cuiling, Esther, Li Meisao, Wu Jinwei, Xu Minqi, Intanon, Pei Zihua, Tusa, Renping Caiyue, Malvika, Getong, etc., all stopped in the top 32 and received a prize of 450 US dollars, tied for 17th!