The 2024 Uber Cup, on the penultimate match day of the main competition, ushered in the semi-final competition, the first game of the host national feather women's team, facing the old rival Japanese women's team, due to Akane Yamaguchi's high hanging free card, the overall strength of the Japanese team was greatly reduced, which is also the reason why fans were unanimously optimistic about the prospects of the national feather promotion before the game.
The second women's doubles ushered in a strong dialogue, the world's No. 1 Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan faced the world's No. 4 Japanese ace women's doubles Matsuyama Nami and Shida Chiyo, the two sides can be said to be old rivals, in the past World Series, a total of 16 times against each other, Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan has won 12 games, and the last 3 meetings have been all wins, which is why fans are more optimistic about their winning prospects before the game! After the start of the game, the Fanchen combination was in a sluggish state in the first game, allowing Matsuyama Nawei and Shida Chiyo to take the lead, although Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan equalized the big score in the second game, but the decisive game once fell into a desperate situation of 12-18, but fortunately they withstood the pressure and had the last laugh 2-1!
From the perspective of the lineup of the Chinese and Japanese badminton women's team, Matsuyama Nawei and Shida Chiyo are the opponent's most promising points in the first three games, once they lose to Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan, the Japanese team will be swept out of the game with a high probability, Matsuyama Nawei and Shida Chiyo, who shoulder the heavy responsibility, also played aggressively after the start of the first game, and made a fuss about the hair extension link, creating an opportunity for themselves to take the lead in playing continuous assault, and soon established a 4-1 lead, although Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan is also trying to improve his state and want to play his own offensive rhythm, but too many mistakes, so that they have never been able to erase the difference, after chasing the score to 6-7, let Matsuyama Nami and Shida Chiyo score 4 points in a row, with an 11-6 lead, into the middle of the break.
After the game restarted, Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan made two more mistakes, allowing the Japanese women's doubles to easily extend the lead to 13-6, although the Fanchen combination gradually chased the score to 10-15 after controlling the mistakes, but Matsuyama Nawei and Shida Chiyo, who had already played momentum, soon scored 5 points in a row and got the game point 20-10, although Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan saved 4 game points in a row, but Matsuyama Nawei and Shida Chiyo still won the first game 21-14.
Chen Qingchen, who lost in the first game, Jia Yifan, broke out in the second game, Chen Qingchen was very strong in front of the net, with a huge volley range and changeable return line, completely suppressed Matsuyama Nawei and Shida Chiyo, and also created an opportunity for Jia Yifan to kill in the middle and backcourt, playing his own rhythm of the Fanchen combination, quickly established a lead, and with a score of 11-4, ended the first half of the game.
After returning to the arena again, Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan's offensive continued unabated, and after playing a wave of scoring climaxes, he had extended the lead to double digits, and the 16-5 lead also made the game lose suspense, and the Fanchen combination easily equalized the score 21-13.
The victory in the second game directly changed the momentum of the two pairs on the court, Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan after the start of the tiebreaker, quickly brought the game into their favorite rhythm, sharp attack, so that they took an early 4-1 lead, but Matsuyama Nawei and Shida Chiyo did not give up, played very tenacious, on the other hand, Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan suddenly collapsed, continuous mistakes, so that the Japanese combination at the end of the game took a 18-12 lead, but the Fanchen combination withstood the pressure, staged a shocking reversal, and locked the victory 23-21。