HANGZHOU, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) — Chinese rising star Li Shifeng defeated Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia to achieve the boys’s singles semifinals on Thursday, whereas girls’s world No. 1 An Se-young of South Korea additionally secured a last-four berth on the Hangzhou Asian Games.
23-year-old Li ousted top-seeded Ginting 21-13, 21-17 in 54 minutes, ending his winless streak in opposition to the Indonesian ace.
“To be honest, I’m nervous on the court,” stated Li, who celebrated the victory with a signature flip to gentle up the world.
“In such a fierce match, so many spectators cheer for the Chinese players, which gives me energy,” Li said.
The world No. 8 will contend for a last spot with India’s Prannoy Haseena Sunil Kumar, who eradicated Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia in full video games.
“Of course I want to be on the top podium. But I will prepare for what’s right now first.”
“After all, I’ve never beaten Prannoy either,” Li stated.
Making his Asian Games debut, Li has not dropped one recreation within the workforce and singles occasions thus far, and he’s broadly thought of the title favourite.
The different males’s singles semifinal will pit China’s Shi Yuqi in opposition to Kodai Naraoka of Japan.
Newly-crowned world champion An stormed into the semifinal by thrashing Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand 21-12, 21-13 in underneath 45 minutes.
An confirmed her dominance as she triumphed in each of the earlier two rounds in about 20 minutes.
The 21-year-old will tackle China’s He Bingjiao, who knocked out Indian star participant Pusarla V. Sindhu in straight video games.
Also on Thursday, Olympic champion Chen Yufei defeated Kim Ga-eun of South Korea 21-17, 17-21, 21-15, and can meet Japanese contender Aya Ohori within the semifinal.
In the blended doubles, Chinese duo Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong crushed their Malaysian opponents Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei 21-14, 23-21, whereas males’s and girls’s doubles favorites Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty of India and Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan of China each superior into semis with straight-game victories.
The semifinals of 5 classes will happen on Friday and gold medals shall be awarded on Saturday.