Birmingham, March 19 (Ians) World No. 1 and reigning champion Akane Yamaguchi of Japan was beaten by China’s Olympic champion Chen Yufei in the women’s singles semifinals at All England Badminton Open, here.
Ahead of Saturday’s match, Yamaguchi dominated the head-to-head as the two-time world champion had won 17 out of 26 encounters against Chen. In their recent clash, Yamaguchi defeated Chen in straight games in the semifinals at last week’s German Open.
But Chen pushed herself forward this time at the Birmingham Arena, playing patiently and forcing her opponent to make many mistakes. After 37 minutes, the 2019 champion reached the final 21-17, 21-8, a Xinhua report said.
“I didn’t expect to win the match easily. My goal was to try my best in every point and I didn’t think too much about the result,” said Chen, who will fight for the title against An Se-young as the second...
Ahead of Saturday’s match, Yamaguchi dominated the head-to-head as the two-time world champion had won 17 out of 26 encounters against Chen. In their recent clash, Yamaguchi defeated Chen in straight games in the semifinals at last week’s German Open.
But Chen pushed herself forward this time at the Birmingham Arena, playing patiently and forcing her opponent to make many mistakes. After 37 minutes, the 2019 champion reached the final 21-17, 21-8, a Xinhua report said.
“I didn’t expect to win the match easily. My goal was to try my best in every point and I didn’t think too much about the result,” said Chen, who will fight for the title against An Se-young as the second...
- 3/19/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Bangkok (Thailand), Dec 10 (Ians) The women’s singles final in the Badminton World Federation (Bwf) World Tour Finals will be played between Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi and Tai Tzu-Ying of Chinese Taipei respectively as they got the better of two Chinese opponents.
Yamaguchi got the better of Chen Yufei while Tai Tzu-Ying defeated He Bingjiao.
The turning point of the match between Chen and Yamaguchi came when the score was tied at 19-19 in the first set. Chen had scored five consecutive points to tie the set and forced Yamaguchi off balance during the play. But the Olympic champion failed to hit a winning strike and the shuttle was called out following Yamaguchi’s challenge.
“There were side winds on that part of the court and I was a bit rushed when I jumped, so I didn’t hit the shuttle at the correct time and it went out of control,...
Yamaguchi got the better of Chen Yufei while Tai Tzu-Ying defeated He Bingjiao.
The turning point of the match between Chen and Yamaguchi came when the score was tied at 19-19 in the first set. Chen had scored five consecutive points to tie the set and forced Yamaguchi off balance during the play. But the Olympic champion failed to hit a winning strike and the shuttle was called out following Yamaguchi’s challenge.
“There were side winds on that part of the court and I was a bit rushed when I jumped, so I didn’t hit the shuttle at the correct time and it went out of control,...
- 12/10/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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