On September 27, Beijing time, the Korean Badminton Open semi-finals competition was a big upset in the women's singles field: Japanese world champion Ohara hopes was reversed by Canadian player Li Wenshan for two consecutive games, stopping the game ; while Li Wenshan made it to the semi-finals with national badminton player He Bingjiao to compete for a place in the final.
24-year-old Hokage Okuhara was the women's singles champion at the 2017 World Championships. Although she was troubled by injuries, her performance was still very good after her comeback in 2018 and her world ranking rose to second place. In the 2019 season, she still maintained her outstanding combat power and reached the finals for four consecutive stops (Singapore Championship, Australian Championship, Japan Championship, and World Championships), but all ended in the runner-up. Even so, her strength is still strong, and she has defeated Indanon, He Bingjiao, Xindu, Cheng Ji-hyun and others in succession.
, while 27-year-old Li Wenshan is relatively inferior. This season, she only reached the finals in the Taipei Open in China and also won the runner-up; she also reached the semi-finals in the US and Japan competitions; she was eliminated early in the other advanced events. Li Wenshan and Aohara Hope have played 8 times, winning only 2 times, and have lost all the last 5 times. Li Wenshan performed very well today. She and Aohara Hope have fought in three games and reversed and won, stopping the defeat.
in the first game, the two sides played very stalemate. After 6 draws, Li Wenshan scored 2 points in a row, while Ohara hopes to score 4 points in a row to overtake and enter the game rest 11-9; in the second half of the game, Li Wenshan tied the score, and then overtook the lead, and got the game point 20-17. Ohara hopes to save 2 games in a row to tie the score. After Li Wenshan scored another point, Ohara hopes to score 3 points in a row to win the first game 23-21, saving a total of 4 games.
games, the two sides still had a fierce start, and they played until they tied 12 times, and Li Wenshan scored 3 points in a row to take the lead; Aoyuan hoped that he could not counterattack effectively, and Li Wenshan seized the opportunity to continue to expand his lead to 19-14; in the end, Li Wenshan won the game 21-16.
decisive game. After the two sides fought for a short time, Li Wenshan led 5-3. Ohara hoped to tie the score quickly. At the 8th, Ohara hoped to score 3 points in a row to enter the game. After the exchange of the venue, Ohara hoped to expand the score to 14-9, leading by 5 points; however, Li Wenshan did not give up. She gradually counterattacked and narrowed the score difference, and finally tied to 17. After the two sides fought to 19, Li Wenshan stabilized the situation and scored 2 points in a row, won the decisive game 21-19, and successfully reversed and won the victory! The whole game took 72 minutes.
