HANGZHOU, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) — China rallied previous Chinese Taipei 3-1 to succeed in the badminton males’s staff semifinal, whereas the Chinese ladies’s staff additionally stormed to the final 4 by beating Indonesia 3-0 on the Hangzhou Asian Games on Friday.
Defending champions China misplaced the primary match as Shi Yuqi, the primary alternative of males’s singles at two consecutive Asiad, misplaced to Chou Tien-chen 24-22, 21-11.
“I felt a lot of pressure on home court because I could feel that my movements were a bit stiff and distorted. It’s not a physical problem, it’s mainly due to psychological factors,” stated Shi.
In the next males’s doubles, Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang defeated Tokyo Olympic champions Wang Chi-lin and Lee Yang 21-17, 21-19 to degree the general rating, earlier than teen Li Shifeng crushed Wang Tzu-wei 21-14, 21-12 for China to take the lead.
“As we play the second match, it was a situation of either 1-0 or 0-1,” Wang Chang commented. “So we must keep calm and try to keep ourselves consistent.”
Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi secured the semifinal berth for China after besting Lu Ching-yao and Ye Hong-wei 21-18, 21-19 in 45 minutes.
China will subsequent face Japan, who eradicated Hong Kong, China 3-1. South Korea and India will contend for the opposite ultimate spot.
In the ladies’s staff quarterfinal, China smashed Indonesia 3-0 in three hours, and can tackle reigning champion Japan in Saturday’s semifinal.
After Chen Yufei earned China a 1-0 lead, easing previous Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 21-14, 21-12, world No. 1 pair Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan outmatched Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti 21-12, 19-21, 22-20 in a 100-minute thriller.
He Bingjiao then closed out the match, defeating Putri Kusuma Wardani in straight video games 21-15, 21-19.
The different ladies’s staff semifinal will pit South Korea towards Thailand.