2023-08-24 20:51:28
Badminton World Championships” Last Dance! Dai Ziying fought hard once morest Li Meimei to advance to the top 8. (courtesy of Badminton Photo)
Tai Tzu-ying, the “Queen of Taiwan” who participated in the World Badminton Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark for the last time, faced Thailand’s Li Meimei in the round of 16 today (25th). Tai Tzu-ying, who was caught in a tug-of-war, ended up with a slight advantage of 21 to 18 , 21 to 17 wins, advancing to the top 8.
Tai Ziying, ranked 4th in the world, faced Li Meihao, ranked 12th in the world, in the quarterfinals. The two sides have played once morest each other 4 times in the past, and Xiao Dai has the upper hand with 3 wins and 1 loss. Li Meihao took a 3-0 lead at the start of the game today. Tai Ziying immediately tied and then made a strong diagonal smash from the bottom line to take a 6-5 lead. The two sides fell into a fight in the middle of the game. Tai Ziying First, they took the first game 21 to 18 with difficulty.
In the second round, the scores were stalemate between the two sides, and the score was still unable to be opened. At the end of the second round, Tai Ziying began to open up the lead, and finally won two consecutive cities with 21 to 17, and won the victory.
In the next match, Tai Tzu Ying will fight for the ticket to the top 4 with Ma Lin, who is the front ball and the back of Spain. Except for Tai Tzu-ying, only Wang Ziwei in men’s singles from Taiwan has made it to the top 8 of this World Championships, and all other players have stopped in the top 16.
This is the ninth time in Dai Ziying’s career to challenge the World Championships. She won the silver medal in 2021 and the bronze medal in 2022. Since she has previously stated that she wants to step down as a player following the Paris Olympics next year, and the World Championships will be suspended every year during the Olympics, this year’s World Championships should be the last chance for Dai to challenge for a gold medal in the World Championships.
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