2022 Badminton Tokyo World Championships Women's Singles Semi-finals, Japanese Little Motor Yamaguchi Akane VS Korean rookie An Xiying .
In the first game, South Korea's An Xiying and Akane Yamaguchi started a fierce battle. Although Akane Yamaguchi was at a slight disadvantage, she was very patient. With her tenacious defensive ability and aggressive pulling, she tied the scores 5-5 and 9-9. An Xiying led the technical break 11-9.
Yamaguchi Akane and An Xiying's scores rose alternately, tied at 13-13, 17-17! Afterwards, An Xiying was constantly attacked by Akane Yamaguchi in the pull-up with Akane Yamaguchi, and Akane Yamaguchi led 19-17! An Xiying stubbornly chased to tie the score at 19-19!
In a multi-shot four-ball round, Akane Yamaguchi seized the opportunity to score a diagonal line, got the game point 20-19, and finally scored a score in front of the net, narrowly winning 21-19!
In the second game, Akane Yamaguchi accelerated the offense and defense rhythm, ran actively, and fought fiercely. He started with a 5-1 lead and entered the technical break 11-4.
An Xiying faced the rock-solid Akane Yamaguchi, unable to fight, but could not run, and made frequent mistakes and failed to defeat the army. The scores were 4-14 and 6-19 all the way.
Akane Yamaguchi won the match point 20-9!
An Xiying still did not give up and scored continuously, chasing 12-20, and finally lost 12-21.
Akane Yamaguchi defeated South Korean rookie An Xiying and entered the finals in two straight games. Her opponent was the famous national badminton player Chen Yufei who just defeated Dai Tzu-ying !
