On the afternoon of December 8, the 2022 BWF year-end finals in Bangkok ended a focus match for women's singles. Olympic champion Chen Yufei defeated Japanese star and two-time World Championship winner Akane Yamaguchi 2-0, ending the embarrassment of losing to the same opponent

On the afternoon of December 8, the 2022 BWF year-end finals in Bangkok ended a focus match for women's singles. Olympic champion Chen Yufei defeated the Japanese star and two-time World Championship champion Akane Yamaguchi , ending the embarrassment of losing to the same opponent five times in a row, and re-seeing hope in the battle to advance to the semi-finals. Both Chinese pairs of women's doubles also won, Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan won two consecutive victories, while Zhang Shuxian / Zheng Yu won the first victory.

The year-end finals started on December 7. Chen Yufei was slow in the first women's singles game, and unexpectedly lost to Indonesian Marisca, which made the prospect of qualifying a lot dimmed. In addition to Chen Yufei and Marisca, there is also Chen Yufei's hard-worker Akane Yamaguchi. In the previous five consecutive matches from the 2021 Sudiman Cup, Chen Yufei has lost five consecutive games. Another strong player in this group is South Korea's An Xiying . The first round match between Akashi Yamaguchi and Akashi Yamaguchi was a complete victory.

Chen Yufei fought with her back, fought to a high level, and completely let go of her psychological burden. Chen Yufei was still a little slow in the first game. As the game progressed, she began to find her state, tied the score at 12 and overtook it, and first came to the game point 20-16, then withstood the opponent's counterattack and won 21-19. The second game was almost a replica of the first game. Chen Yufei fell behind as soon as she got up, and then launched the score-chasing mode, from 8-14 to 14-17, to score 6 points in a row to get the match point first, until she defeated her opponent 21-18, and while winning her first victory in the group stage, she retained her hope of promotion. As long as she defeated An Xiying in the last game, she is likely to be qualified for the semi-finals. After defeating Akane Yamaguchi, Chen Yufei's total battle record with her opponent reached 9 wins and 15 losses. Although she was still at a disadvantage, this victory brought her self-confidence.

"Fan Chen" combination defeated teammates Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu on the first day, and defeated Malaysian combination Chen Kangle / Tina in the second game 21-13, 21-15, winning two consecutive victories and locking a promotion place in advance. When Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu faced the Indonesian double-rat combination Rahayu /Ramadanti, he also swept 21-14 and 21-19, winning his first victory and also has a high hope of reaching the semi-finals. In the last round, they only need to defeat the Malaysian group Chen Kangle/Tina to qualify.

text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Liu Ailin

edited by Zhang Yingchuan

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