At the 2024 Uber Cup held in Chengdu, the Chinese team and the Japanese team ushered in a strong showdown in the semifinals. Chen Yufei won two games in straight games 2-0 to complete a 13-game winning streak against Aya Ohori! Fan Chen's combination staged a bloody reversal: against Nami Matsuyama/Chiyo Shida, after losing one game first, they won two games in a row, especially in the deciding game 12-18 behind and saved two game points 23-21 reversal, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan cried with excitement! In the third game, He Bingjiao defeated Okuhara 2-0 and hoped to win one point for the Chinese team. With a big score of 3-0, the Chinese team swept the Japanese team to advance to the Uber Cup final!
On the way to qualify, the Chinese team swept Singapore, Canada, and India 5-0 to qualify for the top spot in Group A, and the last 1/4 final also swept Denmark 3-0 and advanced to the semi-finals with a perfect record of not losing a point, while the Japanese team swept Uganda and Hong Kong, China 5-0, narrowly defeated Indonesia 3-2 in the final round of the group stage, and defeated the Indian team 3-0 in the 1/4 final to enter the semi-finals. It is worth mentioning that this is the first time in 20 years that China and Japan have met again in the semi-finals of the Uber Cup, and this game is in the squad, the Japanese team is a little surprised, and the absolute core of the team Akane Yamaguchi is absent! Previously, Akane Yamaguchi lost 1-2 to Mariska in the game against the Indonesian team, Akane Yamaguchi is injured, for the sake of insurance, but also for this year's Paris Olympics, the Japanese team chose to let Akane Yamaguchi rest. Due to Akane Yamaguchi's absence, the balance of victory in this Sino-Japanese duel is tilted in favor of our Chinese team, such as the first women's singles Chen Yufei against Aya Ohori, Chen Yufei has won all 12 matches, and Aya Ohori has little hope of scoring points.
In the first game, Chen Yufei played against Aya Ohori, a duel between the two sides. After the opening, Chen Yufei entered the state very quickly, the rhythm was very good, using his own hanging to constantly mobilize the opponent, and seizing opportunities in the run, many times using the forehand overhead area to kill the straight line attack score, Ohori Aya appeared a lot out of bounds, no feel at all! Chen Yufei first took two to start the game, Ohori Aya got a point, Chen Yufei played a wave of 7 points in a row, 9-1 opened the score early, Ohori Aya then launched a counterattack, the first half of the game chased to 5-11! In the second half of the game, Aya Ohori continued to chase the momentum of the score, directly chasing the 12-12 draw, Chen Yufei's advantage in the opening stage was completely gone, but in the case of a stalemate in the score, Chen Yufei still withstood the pressure and took the next city 21-18. In the second game, Chen Yufei scored consecutive points after 5-5, frequently seized opportunities in front of the net, and led 11-6 into the technical break of the second game, and after returning to the game, Chen Yufei maintained the advantage and won 21-15, 2-0 clean sheet Aya Ohori scored the first point for the Chinese team.
In the second game, the two teams faced each other in pairs, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan vs Matsuyama Naomi/Shida Chiyo, the two pairs had played each other a total of 16 times, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan won 12 of them, and the last 3 meetings were won by Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan. In the first game, Matsuyama Nawei/Shida Chiyo took the lead in scoring through a net ball, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan also returned a net front press, Matsuyama Nawei/Shida Chiyo established an advantage 5-2, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan chased 6-7, Matsuyama Nawei/Shida Chiyo 13-7 opened the score again, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan chased the score unsuccessfully, Matsuyama Nami/Shida Chiyo 21-14 took the lead. In the second game, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan stabilized their mentality, played better and better, opened the score early and pulled back 21-13. In the deciding game, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan continued to maintain the suppression of Matsuyama Nawei/Shida Chiyo in the first half, and took the lead 4-1 in the opening game! Matsuyama Nawei/Shida Chiyo chased 7-8, Jia Yifan appeared twice to kill the net, and the Japanese pair overtook 11-10, and in the second half of the game, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan fell behind 12-18 and scored 6 points in a row, and then saved 2 game points to win 23-21!
In the third game, He Bingjiao VS Okuhara Hope, although Okuhara Hope is the 2017 World Championships Women's Singles Champion, but the current state is not as good as before, He Bingjiao's last three meetings are defeated by Okuhara Hope. After the opening, He Bingjiao had a fairly obvious advantage and easily won the first game 21-8. In the second game, Okuhara wanted to play very hard, chasing 8-9 in the case of a large deficit in the opening game, He Bingjiao scored 2 points in a row 11-8 to lead into the intermission, back to the game, He Bingjiao maintained the advantage and won another game, 2-0 victory over Okuhara Hope, the Chinese team with a big score of 3-0 clean sheet Japan team to advance to the finals, only the last step away from the goal of regaining the Uber Cup championship.