Chen Yufei is undoubtedly the number one player in the national badminton women's singles, and currently ranks fifth in the world. Since she made it to the semi-finals of women's singles in the 2017 World Championships, many fans have regarded her as the future of women's singles, and Chen Yufei has not disappointed everyone's expectations. So far in the 2018 season, she has participated in 7 individual events, including: 2 events encountered a one-round tournament (Indonesian Masters, Malaysia Open); entered the top eight women's singles in the Malaysia Masters, and reached the semi-finals of women's singles in the All England Championship. reached the finals in the German Open, Asian Championships, and Indonesia Open. She had no choice but to lose to Akane Yamaguchi once and twice to Dai Ziying, and both missed the championship !
Let’s talk about Chen Xiaoxin. Since this year’s Asian Championships, she has been absent from the arena for three months, and it was not until this World Championships that she met the fans again. So her world ranking has fallen to 32nd place, and she urgently needs points to improve her ranking. In the 2018 season, she only participated in four events. Except for the first round of the Malaysia Masters, she stopped in the top 16 in the other three.
Chen Xiaoxin and Chen Yufei have only met and met 3 times since 2014. In this year's All England Championship, Chen Xiaoxin directly withdrew from the competition and has no record of the match. From an overall perspective, Chen Yufei is better than Chen Xiaoxin. Today's game, both sides played three games, Chen Yufei won 2-1, and Chen Xiaoxin was eliminated regretfully.
After 4 draws in the first game, Chen Yufei began to gradually widen the gap. After leading 14-7, he maintained his advantage and finally won the game 21-11. In the second game, Chen Xiaoxin launched a counterattack and kept the score tied to 12 draws. Chen Yufei made a mistake, and Chen Xiaoxin scored 4 points in a row to gain an advantage. Then Chen Yufei's pursuit of points was suppressed and she lost a game 18-21. In the decisive game, Chen Xiaoxin's condition declined, and the situation completely turned to Chen Yufei, who won the game 21-12.
In another field, Akane Yamaguchi swept Jin Dapeng 2-0 and advanced to the quarterfinals. Tomorrow's four-quarter battle will be between Chen Yufei and Akane Yamaguchi. Although Chen Yufei defeated Akane Yamaguchi at the Indonesia Open not long ago, it is still hard to say who will win and lose when they meet again. Tomorrow will be a fierce battle! "China Sports" live broadcast (zhibo.tv) will broadcast the World Championships throughout the whole process. Wonderful events must not be missed. I wish the national badminton athletes a good result!
