China won women’s singles title in Badminton Asia Championship

Ningbo: China won the women’s singles gold medal with its four shuttlers reaching the semi-finals at the Badminton Asia Championships on Friday. Fifth seed He Bingjiao defeated top seed An Se-young of South Korea 21-17, 21-18. “He played very well. She was so confident today that I didn’t think I could beat her,” Ann admitted.

“I had lost to her seven times in a row before this match, so I prepared a lot for today’s competition. I was very patient on the court and tried to make less mistakes. That’s why I could win,” he commented.

She will next face compatriot Wang Zhiyi, who came from a game down to beat Japan’s Aya Ohori 15-21, 21-12, 21-11. In the other women’s singles semi-final, Olympic champion Chen Yufei will face Han Yu. . Second seed Chen defeated Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 21-16, 21-19, while Han had a straight games win over Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi.

In men’s singles, top seed Shi Yuqi of China won in straight games against Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand. Fellow Chinese Li Shifeng defeated defending champion Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia 21-9, 21-10.

In men’s doubles, China’s Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi booked a spot for the Paris Olympics despite a 21-14, 21-15 loss to fourth seeds Aaron Chia/Soh Wui Yik of Malaysia.

The Chinese pair’s qualification was confirmed after Chinese Taipei’s Li Yang/Wang Chi-lin lost to Malaysia’s Goh Sze Fei/Nur Izzuddin 19-21, 21-19, 21-19. In women’s doubles, the Chinese pair Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan gave a tough fight by defeating Rena Miyaura/Ayako Sakuramoto of Japan 21-10, 18-21, 21-19. In mixed doubles, world No. 1 Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong of China also lost to Tang Chun of Hong Kong. -Man/Tse defeated Ying-Suet 21-11, 22-20 to reach Saturday’s semi-finals.