The 2024 BWF Super 1000 China Open Badminton Championships entered the final day, and the national badminton players advanced to the finals in all 5 individual events, giving fans the hope of winning 5 golds. In the women's doubles final, which started first, the "Phoenix Combination" won the championship 2-1 after three rounds of hard fighting, winning two games in a row after losing one game first. Li Yijing/Luo Xumin defeated Li Wenmei and Zhang Shuxian in the women's doubles final to win the championship. Next up was the Women's Singles final, which saw Wang Zhiyi take on Japan's 18-year-old talent Yuka Miyazaki.
Wang Zhiyi, currently ranked No. 5 in the world, eliminated another Japan's Aya Ohori in the semi-finals, which was also the fourth time Wang Zhiyi reached the final of the women's singles tournament on tour this season, and the first time in her career that she reached the final of the highest level of BWF.
After the start of the first game, both men quickly got into the groove, and it can be seen that both sides are fully prepared for this game. The score of the two was very tight, and they fought until 17-15, Miyazaki Yuka picked the backcourt, and Wang Zhiyi scored a heavy hit to open the gap again. After that, the two entered the duet, both hoping to mobilize each other in rhythm and landing point, Miyazaki Yuka made consecutive mistakes, and Wang Zhiyi took the lead to get the game point.
Wang Zhiyi served, Miyazaki Yuka scored in front of the net, and then Wang Zhiyi returned the ball out of bounds, Miyazaki Yuka chased 2 points in a row, and at the critical moment, Wang Zhiyi forced Miyazaki Yuhua to return the ball out of bounds, winning the first game 21-17, leading 1-0;
In the second game, the two came up and continued to play control, Wang Zhiyi kept moving Miyazaki Yuka back and forth, and Miyazaki Yuka's footsteps moved very well and did not show obvious flaws. The battle reached 3-3, and Miyazaki Yuka scored in front of the net to complete the overtake; We can also hear from the live broadcast that the coach asked Wang Zhiyi to pull away from the two wings to mobilize the opponent, and it also achieved results, Wang Zhiyi scored 2 points in a row to take the lead again;
After that, Wang Zhiyi continued to mobilize opponents on a large scale, consume the opponent's physical energy to the greatest extent, and press down when he seized the opportunity; But the excessive pursuit of the landing point also made Wang Zhiyi make continuous mistakes, and the score difference has not been able to be opened; The battle was 10-8, Miyazaki Yuka misjudged the landing point, and Wang Zhiyi led 11-8 into the intergame timeout;
After the pause, Yuka Miyazaki frequently smashed the ball out of bounds in the backcourt, and Wang Zhiyi continued to open the difference; After that, Miyazaki Yuka started to fight, but couldn't control the mistake, and Wang Zhiyi continued to open the difference. Both of them play control, but Wang Zhiyi has a better rhythm and more precise control of the landing point. In the end, Miyazaki Tomoka was powerless to reverse the defeat, and Wang Zhiyi won the first Super 1000 championship with a big score of 2-15 and won her first Super 1000 tournament with a big score of 2-0!