The rising stars of Japanese and Thai badminton are both 18 years old, and they are the youngest women's singles final showdown in the history of Chinese Taipei

Japan's top seed Yuka Miyazaki drew with India's Huda in straight games in the women's singles quarterfinals of the Super 300 Series 2025 Chinese Taipei Open Badminton Championships on the 10th to advance to the final, and she will compete with fellow 18-year-old Thai teenager Opanipu tomorrow.

Japanese women's singles player Yuka Miyazaki

After winning the 2022 World Junior Championships, Miyazaki is one of the most anticipated stars of badminton last year, finishing runner-up at the Super 1000 Series China Open and reaching the semi-finals of the Super 750 Series India Open this year, where she is currently ranked No. 8 in the world.

Yuka Miyazaki faced Huda, ranked 53 in the world, and fell behind due to the slow heat at the beginning of the match, but she came from behind at a critical moment, and won the first game 21-19, and did not give her opponent any chance in the second game, and won the second game 21-11 after the warm-up, and advanced to the final for the first time this season.

Japanese women's singles player Yuka Miyazaki

Miyazaki, who won her first Super 300 title at the Orleans Masters last year, will compete for her second 300 Series Gold Cup in Taipei against South Korea's Shen Youzhen. ”

Thai teenager Opanipu

It is worth mentioning that the only time in the past that the Taipei Championships women's singles was staged under the age of 20 was in 2008 India's 18-year-old Saina Nehwal (Saina Nehwal) vs. 19-year-old Malaysian Sheria, and this year Miyazaki Yuka and Opanipu are both 18 years old, creating the youngest women's singles championship duel in the history of the tournament in one fell swoop.