On October 23, Beijing time, the International Badminton Federation Danish Open is underway. The men's singles semi-finals are in progress, with the famous Chinese badminton player Ishi Yuqi facing Japanese young player Naraoka. Since his comeback, Shi Yuqi's condition has gradually improved and is expected to return to the ranks of the top-ranking men's singles in the badminton world. Naraoka is a new generation of Japanese young players and has made significant progress this season.
in the first game, Shi Yuqi entered the state very quickly. Shi Yuqi had both offense and defense, and the killing speed was very fast. He led 11:8 and entered the technical timeout first. After the timeout, Shi Yuqi did not relax and made a move, easily won the first game 21:15, and led by 1:0. In the second game, Shi Yuqi intends to retain his physical strength, Nara Okazu seizes the opportunity, and wins the game 21:9, and the two sides draw 1:1. The game entered the finale. Naraoka Kou is very harsh in playing basketball, so Shi Yuqi cannot be rushing to achieve success and needs to be patient and seek opportunities. Shi Yuqi's tactics are very obvious today, which is to let go of the second game and prepare for the third game.
decisive game, Nara Okaku played very patiently at the beginning, and led the way to the technical suspension at 11:10. After the timeout, Shi Yuqi gradually tied the score, with the key points tied 22:22. In the end, Shi Yuqi seized the opportunity. As the opponent's physical strength declined, Shi Yuqi scored two points in a row, narrowly locked the victory 24:22, defeating Japanese player Naraoka 2:1, and successfully advanced to the men's singles final.
It is worth mentioning that with Naraoka Koda's elimination, the Japanese players were wiped out in five individual events, and they won't win any results. No athlete advanced to the finals in five individual events and performed very poorly. This is Shi Yuqi's second advance to the men's singles finals after three years. After the game, Shi Yuqi hugged closely with the off-field coach to celebrate the victory. Indeed, it was very difficult for Shi Yuqi to win after experiencing injuries.
Another men's singles semi-final, Malaysia star Li Zijia faces Singapore star Luo Jianyou . Li Zijia ranked third in the world, Luo Jianyou ranked fifth in the world, and the two sides fought 6 times, Li Zijia won 4 wins and 2 losses. However, in the last round of the game, Luo Jianyou scored two straight games and won the Olympic champion An Sailong 2:0. Facing Luo Jianyou, Li Zijia performed stably, defeating Luo Jianyou 21:18, 21:15 and successfully advanced to the men's singles final. In this way, the men's singles final will be Li Zijia's fight against Shi Yuqi.