In the early morning of December 14, Beijing time, the second match day of the 2021 Badminton World Championships began to compete. In a contest in the first round of the women's singles, China's Zhang Yiman played against Zhang Yanyi, who was ranked 35th in the world. In this game, Zhang Yiman fell two straight sets and easily defeated his opponent to advance.
Zhang Yiman took the lead from the beginning of the first set, she scored 4 consecutive points and then established a 9-3 6-point advantage, after which Zhang Yiman continued to work hard to enter the technical gap 11-5. Zhang Yiman's advantage continued to expand after the suspension, and after 17-10 she scored four consecutive points to win the first set of the game easily 21-10.
In the first half of the second set, the two sides alternated leads, the point difference was not pulled apart, and Zhang Yiman led 11-10 by one point into the timeout. In the second half, Zhang Yiman began to exert her strength, and after 13 draws, she scored eight consecutive points to win the second set 21-13.
In the end, Zhang Yiman fell two straight sets and beat Zhang Yanyi 21-10/ 21-13 to successfully reach the second round of the women's singles of the World Championships. Since his opponent Okuhara in the second round of the competition wanted to retire, Zhang Yiman won without a fight and directly advanced to the women's singles round of the World Championships.