Who said An Xiying is already invincible in women’s badminton? It turns out that this Korean prodigy can still be defeated. On November 18th, Beijing time, the focus semi-finals of the women’s singles of the 2023 Japan Badminton Masters in Kumamoto ended. Tokyo Olympic champion and China’s No. 1 women’s singles Chen Yufei defeated An Xiying 2-1 after three hard games. , ended the opponent’s 28-game winning streak that lasted for several months. At the same time, he defeated An Xiying for the third time this year and maintained the great possibility of winning three consecutive tour events.
Chen Yufei and An Xiying have played against each other 18 times before. Chen Yufei is slightly ahead with 10 wins and 8 losses, but most of the games she won were before last season. Since the beginning of this year, An Xiying, who was born in 2000, has shown excellent competitive status. Her youth, technical advantages, physical advantages, and overall strength have improved rapidly, making her a veritable No. 1 in today’s women’s badminton world.
In this season alone, An Xiying reached the semi-finals of the tour 15 times, won 10 championship titles, and won the gold medal for the first time in the women’s singles final of the Hangzhou Asian Games that ended in early October. Reaching the semi-finals of this Japan Masters, An Xiying has won 28 consecutive games and is in an invincible situation. Some fans jokingly said that in today’s international badminton world, the male surname is An, and the male is Anselong, and his girlfriend An Xiying is hard to beat. After the Asian Games, the Korean media praised An Xiying as the best player in the country’s history. Women’s badminton player.
As for the duel between Chen Yufei and An Xiying, Chen Yufei’s record this season is 2 wins and 7 losses (before this semi-final), which is completely at a disadvantage. It even feels that Chen Yufei lacks confidence when facing An Xiying. Fear the opponent. Especially in the women’s singles final of the Hangzhou Asian Games, when An Xiying injured her knee, Chen Yufei failed to take advantage of the situation. Instead, she was at a disadvantage in the duel of will and quality. She collapsed physically first, and regrettably failed to win the Asian Games gold medal. , that game made Chen Yufei very regretful.
This year, Chen Yufei won the first match between two people. It was in the Suzhou Sudirman Cup final in May. Chen Yufei defeated An Xiying, sealing the victory for the Chinese team to retain the Sudirman Cup. The last time Chen Yufei defeated An Xiying was at the Indonesian Open in July this year. Since then, An Xiying has never lost a game. Before meeting Chen Yufei again in this Japan Masters, she won 28 consecutive victories.
But Chen Yufei learned from the painful experience and was not depressed because of losing the Asian Games championship. She competed in two consecutive European tournaments in Denmark and the French Open. An Xiying and Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi both recovered from injuries and were exempted from competition. Chen Yufei seized the opportunity to win two consecutive championships, and she is worthy of it. She is known as one of the Big 4 in women’s badminton today. Among the main players in the national badminton women’s singles, she is the only one who came to Japan to compete. This is because according to the relevant regulations of the World Badminton Federation, a player of Chen Yufei’s level must participate in at least two Super 500 level events within a season. Chen Yufei had only She participated in one station, so she had to come, but He Bingjiao, Wang Zhiyi, Han Yue, Zhang Yiman, etc. were all absent from this station. Coincidentally, An Xiying also chose to make a comeback on this site, and this was the tenth Chen An battle this year.
In the first game, Chen Yufei seized the opportunity well at the end of the game and won 21-18. The second game fully demonstrated An Xiying’s tenacity and excellent all-round skills. Although her right knee was still wrapped with a thick bandage, when Chen Yufei got the match point 20-18, the Korean girl actually Scored 4 points in a row, achieved a reversal at 22-20, and tied the score at 1-1.
But this time in the deciding game, it was Chen Yufei who had the last laugh, while An Xiying seemed to have fought too hard in the second game, spending too much energy and attention, and was finally defeated by Chen Yufei. The score in the deciding game was two With a rare 21 to 8 in human confrontations, Chen Yufei finally won the peak matchup and became the only player to defeat An Xiying three times this year. The victory in this game may help Chen Yufei regain his confidence. At least he will not be afraid of his opponent the next time the two meet again. It also gives Chen Yufei a high possibility of winning three consecutive tournaments.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Liu Ailin
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2023-11-18 08:46:24
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