[Badminton World Tour Super]1000China Open Friday (22Japan) staged the final match in Changzhou, reaching the Super League for the first time in his career1000Japan in the finals18Year-old women’s singles rising star Yuka Miyazaki faced fellow “00The Chinese golfer Wang Zhiyi came after him. In the end, the former won by the number of games.0：2Lost, unable to break the world for the time being. “First Sister” An XiyingBWFsuper1000A record for the youngest women’s singles champion in the series. Chinese golfers also won four individual championships in men’s, women’s singles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles, becoming the big winners.
Tomoka Miyazaki (Photo: Tilu Database)
Tomoka Miyazaki won the gold medal at the World Youth Badminton Championships in 2022. In mid-March this year, she won the Super 300 Series Orleans Masters. Last week, she reached the top four of the Super 500 Series Hong Kong Open for the first time, rising to 21st in the world rankings. She continued her recent heroic streak in the China Badminton Championships. She faced Akane Yamaguchi, a senior member of the Japanese national team, one of the “Big 4” women’s singles, in the top 4. She advanced to the finals in straight games with her high-speed movement and tight defense. She is expected to challenge the world’s “Big 4” “Sister” An Xiying won the record as the youngest women’s singles champion in the BWF Super 1000 series at the age of 19 at the Indonesian Open in 2021. Today, she faced Wang Zhiyi, the third seed in the tournament and world No. 5, and did not relax, cooperating with her opponent in a wonderful battle.
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At the beginning of the first game, the two men were engaged in a fierce argument. Wang Zhiyi’s aggressive play caused Miyazaki Yuka to fly left and right, but the latter also used high-speed running and precise route maneuvers to prevent Wang Zhiyi from doing whatever he wanted. Miyazaki Yuka was in With the Chinese fans cheering for their opponents, the game entered a technical timeout with 9:11 behind. After that, the two fought again. Wang Zhiyi’s powerful attack gradually showed an advantage and opened up 13:17, and won the first game at 17:21.
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The two men were already beating each other “all over the court” at the beginning of the second game. Wang Zhiyi used more accurate return shots to make Miyazaki Yuka exhausted. The two fought until 8:8 before Wang Zhiyi once again took the advantage. Entering the technical timeout at 11:8. In the second half of the game, Wang Zhiyi continued to open up the score to 14:9, but Miyazaki Yuka was restrained at every turn. In the end, Wang Zhiyi won another game at 21:15 and successfully sealed the tie at home. Although Tomoka Miyazaki won second place and failed to break the record of the youngest women’s singles champion in the BWF Super 1000 series, she will still have the opportunity to continue to challenge this record in the coming year.
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Wang Zhiyi (right) and Miyazaki Yuka. (screenshot of live game)
Wang Zhiyi won the women’s singles championship. (screenshot of live game)
Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping (Photo: Tilu Database)
In addition to Wang Zhiyi winning the championship, the Chinese badminton team also swept the rest.4individual champion. Women’s doubles pair Li Yijing/Luo Xumin lost the game in the final2：1After defeating teammates Li Wenmei/Teo Shuxian in a comeback, the Malaysian “husband and wife team” Wu Xunca/Lai Jiemin won the first game in the mixed doubles final and were defeated by the world No.3Chinese combination Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping reversed course1：2won the championship; the men’s singles final was won by China’s Weng Hongyang in a straight line2Bureau21：17、21：12Defeated “Japan’s top brother” Kodai Naraoka; Chinese men’s doubles combination He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu and Malaysian combination Wu Shifei/Nur IzzuddinFierce fighting3In the end, the Malaysian team lost one game first13：21Afterwards, chased for two games in a row21：12、21：17He came back to win and became the only non-Chinese player to win the Chinese Badminton Championships.
Text: Jia Zhaozhi
This article was published bySportsroad“Originally published in”China Badminton Championships｜Chinese players won 4 championships, Miyazaki Tomoka lost to Wang Zhiyi, but did not break the “World First” record」
