On the evening of August 3, Beijing time, the badminton competition of the Paris Olympics continued at the La Chapelle Gymnasium, in the women's singles 1/4 finals. China's He Bingjiao and Chen Yufei staged a "Chinese civil war", and in the end, He Bingjiao defeated defending champion Chen Yufei 2-0 to advance to the women's singles semifinals after the Tokyo Olympics, where she will compete with Spain's Marin for a place in the final.
He Bingjiao defeated Azerbaijan and United Kingdom in the group stage and 10th seed India's Sindhu in the round of 16, winning all three matches 2-0. Chen Yufei defeated Germany and Denmark 2-1 in the group stage, and had a bye in the 1/8 final.
In the first game, He Bingjiao also entered the state of the game faster, and the offense in the game was more active and decisive. Several large-angle maneuvers, smashes, and assaults on the opposite corner allowed He Bingjiao to take an 11-7 lead into the technical interval. Back in the game, the two sides entered the stage of multi-shot stalemate, Chen Yufei has been passively defending, He Bingjiao made a mistake in sealing the net, Chen Yufei got 1 point, and after getting this morale point, Chen Yufei also shouted and released. However, He Bingjiao's ability to attack from the baseline was very strong, and the offense was also fierce, and she quickly took a 16-11 lead. After He Bingjiao took a 20-15 lead and got the game point, Chen Yufei scored 1 point with her experience, and He Bingjiao controlled the penalty kill in front of the net to score and won the first game 21-16.
In the first game, He Bingjiao scored 8 points on the serve, 13 points on the non-serve, and scored 5 points in a row at most, all three of which were ahead of Chen Yufei.
Entering the second game, Chen Yufei adjusted her state, played more actively, seized the opportunity to attack on the forehand baseline and took a 5-3 lead. But as Chen Yufei served out of bounds, the score came to a 6-6 draw, He Bingjiao made a mistake in returning the ball, and Chen Yufei led 11-7 and entered the technical break of the second game. However, He Bingjiao played very patiently, and she limited Chen Yufei's forehand baseline well, chasing the score to 11-12. Chen Yufei killed the ball in a straight line, but He Bingjiao took the forehand and hooked a diagonal gap, and the score was 12 draws.
He Bingjiao's game was more about mobilizing Chen Yufei's frontcourt, and then finding the opportunity to make a hand, the two sides bit the score, Chen Yufei killed He Bingjiao's backcourt, 16-14 to take the lead. After Chen Yufei rubbed the ball in front of the net twice in a row and did not pass the net, He Bingjiao overtook the score 18-16, and Chen Yufei returned the ball out of bounds in multiple rounds, and He Bingjiao expanded her lead. He Bingjiao continued to kill the ball on the net and got the match point 20-16. The two continued to rub the ball in front of the net, Chen Yufei seized the opportunity to deduct He Bingjiao in the diagonal half and saved a match point, but then Chen Yufei slashed the ball out of bounds and lost to He Bingjiao 17-21 in the second game.
In the end, He Bingjiao defeated defending champion Chen Yufei 2-0 to enter the semifinals, which is also her second consecutive Olympic Games to reach the women's singles semifinals.