China News Service, Beijing, August 28th. In the women's singles final of the 2022 World Badminton Championships in Tokyo, Japan on the 28th, the world's fourth-ranked Chinese player Chen Yufei 1:2 (12:21, 21:10, 14:21 ) lost to Japanese star Akane Yamaguchi, who was playing at home, and won the runner-up.
Data map: Chen Yufei in the game Photo source: Oriental IC
The last time a national feather player entered the women's singles final of the World Championships was back eight years ago.
In the previous semifinals, Chen Yufei defeated Chinese Taipei star Tai Tzu-ying with a 2-1 reversal.
Akane Yamaguchi is not only the defending champion of women's singles at the World Championships, but also returned to the world number one with her outstanding performance this season.
In today's final, she continued her recent good state, entered the game faster, and had an advantage in the speed and change of the ball.
And Chen Yufei played relatively passively, and soon lost the first game with 12:21.
The second game turned the tide.
Chen Yufei strengthened his defense and limited the opponent's attack in multiple rounds.
Akane Yamaguchi was eager to chase points, and her own mistakes increased.
The score gap widened, and Chen Yufei tied the score.
In the deciding game, Akane Yamaguchi regained her state with the cheers of the home audience, and constantly dispatched Chen Yufei through changes in her batting.
With the decline of physical fitness, Chen Yufei's mistakes began to increase, and finally unfortunately lost the game.
This is the first time in Chen Yufei's career that he has reached the final at the World Championships.
Although he missed the gold medal, the runner-up is the best result of the national feather women's singles in the World Championships since 2014.
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