Badminton All England: Olympic women’s singles champion Chen Yufei stops in the semi-finals
2022-03-20 10:35:31Source: Xinhuanet
Xinhua News Agency, London, March 19 (Reporter Zhang Wei) The Tokyo Olympic women’s singles champion Chen Yufei lost to Japanese star Akane Yamaguchi on the 19th and stopped in the semi-finals of the All England Badminton Open. Two Chinese pairs of mixed doubles Olympic champions Wang Yilyu/Huang Dongping and new women’s doubles pair Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu advanced to the final.
Chen Yufei reached the final at the German Open last week, but lost to teammate He Bingjiao. The two were supposed to meet in the quarter-finals of the All England, but due to He Bingjiao’s withdrawal, the third seed Chen Yufei directly advanced to the semi-finals.
Against No. 2 seed Akane Yamaguchi that day, Chen Yufei failed to take the initiative in almost the whole process. In the first game, she was tied by her opponent after a short lead of 5:1. :21 lost the first game. In the second game, Chen Yufei has been behind since the 1:1 draw, and finally lost 13:21 and missed the final.
Yamaguchi Akane, who topped the World Championships last year, will compete with South Korean girl Ahn Se Young for the championship. An Siying, who played as the No. 4 seed, eliminated the top seed and Chinese Taipei star Tai Tzu Ying at 21:19 and 21:13 on the same day.
A mixed doubles semi-final repeated the ending of last year’s Olympic final, Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping defeated teammates Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong. The winner of the other semi-final is Japan’s No. 4 seeds Yuda Watanabe/Arisa Higashino.
Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu eliminated a pair of Indian pairs in straight sets and will compete with No. 7 seeds and Japanese pair Matsuyama Naomi/Shida Chiyo for the women’s doubles championship.
In addition, the men’s singles Olympic champion and top-seeded Danish player Axelsen will face the Indian star Rakeshia who eliminated defending champion Li Zijia in the final. The Chinese men’s doubles He Jiting/Tan Qiang failed to make it to the final, and the Indonesian combination, which had three seats in the semi-finals, swept the final.