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[Tilu News]The BWF World Tour Finals (year-end tournament) resumed today (16th) and staged the semi-finals of 5 events at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium. Chinese Taipei star Tai Tzu-ying fought against the world’s “Queen of Balls” An Xiying. After falling behind by 9 points in the decisive game, he made a desperate counterattack. In the end, he lost 6 points in a row and achieved a shocking reversal. He came back to win with a score of 2:1 and reached the finals for the 7th time in his career. Tomorrow (17th), he will beat the three-time world champion Spanish star Malian. (Carolina Marin), fighting for her fourth championship.
Tai Tzu Ying was ranked second in 2014, 2016 and 2020, and finished second in 2013, 2019 and 2022. This Taiwanese queen has already announced that she will retire after the Paris Olympics next year, so this year-end competition is her last tango. Can make history by winning four women’s singles trophies. “Xiao Dai” won 2 wins and 1 loss in this group and qualified for the top four in second place, beating “World No. 1” An Xiying for the second consecutive day. In the previous 11 matches between the two sides, An Xiying had an overwhelming advantage with 10 wins and 2 losses, including a victory in two straight games in the group stage yesterday.
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After entering the top four, the draw was redrawn, and the two met again. In the first game, the scores were tight and the leads were exchanged many times. An Xiying entered the technical timeout with a slight lead of 11:10, and “Xiao Dai” chased after the disadvantage in the second half of the game. She was able to control multiple shots back and forth, but she made a mistake in returning the ball at the last moment, allowing “First Sister” to take the lead with 21:19. In the second game, An Xiying won 4 points in a row, but Tai Ziying adjusted and regained her rhythm. She was 10:13 behind and then chased after 18:13, and successfully tied the game at 21:15.
Entering the final game, “Xiao Dai” once again fell into a hard battle and fell behind by 3:10. After the technical timeout, An Xiying pulled him back to 19:10. Seeing that he was on the verge of elimination, Dai Ziying did not give up and caught up point by point. , chasing to 16:20, “Yi Jie” also made many mistakes under pressure. In the end, “Xiao Dai” worked hard to resolve the opponent’s 4 “match points” and scored 6 points in a row to seal the 2:1 victory at 22:20. Miraculous reversal to steal the ticket to the final.
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After the game, Tai Tzu Ying admitted that he was “quite surprised” to win: “After all, I am so far behind. Of course I haven’t made any changes, I just let go and play.” Talking about tomorrow’s final, “Little Dai” said, “I hope to persist a little longer.” .” In another women’s singles semi-final, the three-time world champion Carolina Marin of Spain also had to fight for 3 games and 1 hour and 44 minutes before winning with 21:17, 19:21, 21:13. Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Chen Yufei, who played at home, reached the year-end finals again after three years. Ma Lian’s duel with Tai Tzu Ying is also a replica of the 2020 final, with the former striving to take the back seat for the first time.
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This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[Badminton World Federation Year-End Championship]Shocking comeback from 9 points behind!Tai Tzu Ying defeats An Xiying and beats Ma Lian to compete for four crowns」
2023-12-16 11:11:29
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