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2022 Badminton Asia Championships

Badminton Asia: Wang Zhiyi stuns Yamaguchi to win women’s crown


World no. 16 Wang Zhiyi of China fashioned a three-set upset of world no. 2 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan, 15-21, 21-13, 21-19, to capture her first-ever women’s singles Asian title at the SMART Badminton Asia Team Championships 2022, Sunday at the Muntinlupa Sports Complex in Muntinlupa City.

With the win, Wang gained 12,000 points for BWF World Rankings, while Yamaguchi received 10,200. Semifinalists An Seyoung of Korea and P.V. Sindhu of India took 8,400 points.

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The 2019 champion Yamaguchi tried to rescue her reign with four consecutive points to cut the deficit to 11-17 in the third and deciding game. Yamaguchi eventually forced a deadlock at 19-all with Wang committing an error on a drop attempt.

Wang, though, sealed the match win and eventually snagged the title from the Japanese with two straight points off a smash and a forced error from the number 2 seed.

The newly-crowned Wang said through an interpreter, “I was excited to get the championship. It was incredible and unimaginable because no one thought that I will win the title, including myself.

“Yamaguchi is a very tough opponent so I had to adjust my mentality to go through some tough decisions in the match,” the 22-year-old native of Shashi, Jingzhou added.

Yamaguchi earlier stamped her class and took the set advantage, capitalizing on Wang’s errors late in the frame. The 24-year-old needed to catch up in that second set but slightly injured her left knee in an attempt to save the ball.

Wang also took advantage of her opponent’s errors and found her own shots to send the match into a deciding set.

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Taking place as of publishing are the men’s singles, women’s doubles, men’s doubles, and mixed doubles finals.

The tournament is made possible by SMART, MVP Sports Foundation, Li-Ning, Cignal, TV5, One Sports, Robinson’s Land, Premium Megastructure Inc., Philippine Badminton Association, Badminton Asia, the Philippine Olympic Committee, the Philippine Sports Commission, and Muntinlupa Mayor Fresnedi and the City of Muntinlupa.

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