On the evening of October 27, Beijing time, the competition for the women's singles event of the 2022 French Badminton Open continues. 1/8 finals , the most popular one is the strong dialogue between national badminton women's singles teenager Wang Zhiyi and World Championship champion Akane Yamaguchi .
In the end, Wang Zhiyi lost to the opponent 1-2 with a big score and missed the women's singles quarterfinals. Some people said that Wang Zhiyi not only failed to achieve revenge on Akane Yamaguchi, but also did not help the national badminton women's singles to defeat the biggest obstacle in the road to winning the championship. Some people also believe that Wang Zhiyi is still very different from the world's top.
In the last round of the game, as the first player in the Chinese team to play, Wang Zhiyi performed well and defeated Danish player Jacobson 2-0 with a big score, successfully getting a good start. In the second round, facing Akane Yamaguchi, Wang Zhiyi needs to do her best. It is worth mentioning that in the Asian Badminton Championships at the beginning of the season, Wang Zhiyi defeated Akane Yamaguchi in the women's singles final to help the Chinese team win the championship. Therefore, the two have a good understanding of the technical and tactical level. Judging from the latest women's singles world rankings, Wang Zhiyi ranks tenth, which is also the first time she has reached the top ten in the world in her career.
Akane Yamaguchi ranks first. Although this Japanese No. 1 sister is not tall, she has comprehensive skills and strong running ability. She is the main competitor of the national badminton women's team. Especially Chen Yufei , every showdown with Akane Yamaguchi is always more inauspicious. In the last Danish Open, Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao and Han Yue all entered the semi-finals. In the end, He Bingjiao defeated Chen Yufei in the final and won the women's singles championship. Wang Zhiyi lost to Akane Yamaguchi in three games in the quarterfinals, and turned to the French match, and the two met again. Before the game, the outside world generally believed that this game was a 55-5 situation.
Wang Zhiyi is tall and has long arms. She has a strong offense in the backcourt, but she is slightly inferior in defense. Akane Yamaguchi is good at running and has a variety of offensive lines, but she also has the problem of a collapse in the central state of the game. Therefore, is it Wang Zhiyi who achieved revenge? Or is the world's number one win two consecutive victories? Become the focus of everyone's attention. As the competition has entered the quarterfinals, the number of spectators in the venue has increased significantly. Many local Chinese fans rushed to the scene to cheer for Wang Zhiyi.
First game, Wang Zhiyi and Akane Yamaguchi got into the state very quickly. The two of them played multiple shots in the front and back courts. Wang Zhiyi seized the opportunity to score forehand in the stalemate many times, leading 11-8 to enter the technical timeout. Afterwards, Wang Zhiyi continued to launch an offensive. Akane Yamaguchi made mistakes in returning the ball many times, and the Chinese girl won the first goal 21-14. After the change of sides, Akane Yamaguchi significantly accelerated at the beginning of the second game, winning the game 21-6. In the final game, Wang Zhiyi re-entered her form and fought against Akane Yamaguchi, leading 11-9. In the end, Wang Zhiyi was reversed by her opponent and lost the game unfortunately.
