2022 Badminton World Championships continued in Tokyo, Japan, and the women's singles finals. National Badminton No. 1 Chen Yufei challenged Japanese star and defending champion Akane Yamaguchi . After three rounds of hard struggle, Chen Yufei lost to Akane Yamaguchi 1-2 and missed the Grand Slam player. Yamaguchi won the women's singles championship for the World Championships again and Chen Yufei failed to win the championship, which made the embarrassing record of the national badminton team not winning the women's singles championship in the World Championships after 11 years.
Chen Yufei has been in a very strong state recently. She has passed the hurdles and reached the semi-finals. This is the third time she has entered the semi-finals. She has failed all the time before, and then she defeated Dai Tzu-ying in the semi-finals and entered the women's singles finals for the first time in her career. This is also the second time that the national badminton women's singles women's singles has entered the finals after 8 years. Chen Yufei's opponent Japanese Akane Yamaguchi is also strong. As the defending champion, she defeated the Korean genius An Xiying in the semi-finals and entered the finals. Akane Yamaguchi's goal is very clear, which is to defend the women's singles champion of the World Championships. The two had fought 21 times before, and Chen Yufei won 8 and lost 31, completely at a disadvantage.
From the first game, both sides launched extremely strong attack levels. Although Chen Yufei was a challenger, she played very well as Nan Shin-shin. Akane Yamaguchi got into the state very quickly and kept leading in the first few points. Chen Yufei used Akane Yamaguchi's mistakes to equalize the score. However, Akane Yamaguchi's strength was indeed too strong. Her adjustment ability was very fast. Using her strong attack, she forced Chen Yufei to make many mistakes. The score was instantly pulled open. After 10-18, Chen Yufei had no choice but to defeat Akane Yamaguchi. In the end, 12-21, Chen Yufei lost the first game.
In the second game, Chen Yufei continued to adjust her state and scored four points in a row. Although tied by Akane Yamaguchi, Chen Yufei had already found Akane Yamaguchi's weakness, which was to withstand her first three beats and take advantage of her opponent's flaws. Chen Yufei quickly split the division. After 16-10, Chen Yufei continued to work hard, scored 5 points in a row, and won a strong game back with a strong force. In the decisive game, Chen Yufei suddenly made more mistakes, which gave Akane Yamaguchi's chance and fell behind 1-8 at the beginning. After that, Chen Yufei tried hard to narrow the gap. However, Akane Yamaguchi had firmly controlled the situation on the field. After chasing two match points in a row, the game ended 14-21, with a big score of 1-2, Chen Yufei ranked second, and Akane Yamaguchi completely defended the title.
This game is indeed a pity. Chen Yufei lost in this game. He couldn't study the opponent's offense thoroughly in the first game and followed the opponent's rhythm again. Although he performed strongly in the second game, in the third game, Chen Yufei's own mistakes directly ruined the game. If he could effectively control the mistakes at the beginning, he would have a chance to win this game, but there was no such thing as Chen Yufei's failure to win the championship, which also indicates that the most brilliant and dominant individual event in our has been defeated by him for 11 years. In the past 8 years, no national badminton player has entered the finals. It is indeed a pity.
The national badminton team Li Xuerui reached the finals for two consecutive World Championships, but they both ended in failure, resulting in failure to complete their Grand Slam. Chen Yufei is 24 years old this year, and she still has many opportunities in the future, but this time she lost the championship, which is too regretful for her. We can only look forward to the World Championships in Copenhagen next year. We hope that Chen Yufei will strive for the women's singles championship in the World Championships again. Come on, Chen Yufei.
