On May 17, 2024, Beijing time, the Thailand Open Badminton Championships continued! The top 4 of the 5 projects will be decided today! In yesterday's game, the national feather women's singles won a big victory, Han Yue, Wang Zhiyi and Gao Fangjie all successfully advanced to the top 8! In the just-concluded first women's singles 1/4 finals, Wang Zhiyi of the national feather played against Yang Jiamin, the first sister of Singapore, and finally Wang Zhiyi led 19-14 in the first game, Yang Jiamin chose to retire! In the end, Wang Zhiyi successfully advanced and became the first player to advance to the top 4!
Wang Zhiyi, currently ranked No. 8 in the world, has been in excellent form this season, beating Chen Yufei in the final of the Asian Championships last month to win the title. We have won 3 first prizes this season! In the competition for the second singles of the national feather, it showed a strong impact! If you can win the championship again in this event, you will stand out in the second competition for the national feather women's singles! Wang Zhiyi's promotion to this tournament did not encounter much challenge, and the real hard battle has just begun!
Singapore's No. 1 sister Yang Jiamin is ranked 18th in the world and is the No. 7 seed in the tournament! The best result of the season is reaching the semi-finals of the India Open! In the first two rounds of this tournament, Yang Jiamin swept his opponent 2-0 to advance without encountering challenges! Singapore's first sister and Wang Zhiyi have played each other 4 times before, without a win! There is still a certain gap in the strength of the two sides! If you play normally, Yang Jiamin will be difficult to defeat Wang Zhiyi!
In the first game of the game, Wang Zhiyi started 3-0, and then Wang Zhiyi firmly controlled the rhythm on the court and maintained the lead! In the end, Wang Zhiyi led 11-6 and entered the technical timeout between the games! After the pause, Wang Zhiyi further extended the lead with 13-7! After that, Yang Jiamin launched a pursuit, once chasing the score to 14-17, and at the critical moment, Wang Zhiyi scored 2 points in a row to lead 19-14, at which time Yang Jiamin chose to retire! Wang Zhiyi successfully advanced to the top 4! Be the first player to make the cut! Next up is Wang Zhiyi against the winner between Mariska and Getong!