The badminton women's singles final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games begins, with China's He Bingjiao facing Korea's An Seying. He Bingjiao is currently ranked 9th in the world and defeated her opponents 2-0 until the semi-finals. In the semi-finals against Marin, Marin unexpectedly sprained his knee and retired from the match after taking a clear advantage.
Ahn Se Ying is only 22 years old, but she is very strong and is currently ranked No. 1 in the world. Her technical ability is very comprehensive, with strong running ability, rich feints, outstanding balance ability, and destructive hitting power, and she is also known as the "big devil" of women's singles by fans. The two have played each other a total of 13 times before, He Bingjiao is 5-8, but there was a period of 7 consecutive losses to An Xiying, and the last 2 meetings are 1-1.
At the beginning of the first game, He Bingjiao scored 2 points in a row to take the lead, and An Xiying chased 2 points in a row through continuous killings; The two mainly focus on transfer, An Xiying uses the transfer of the front and back courts to contain He Bingjiao, and the competition for short balls in front of the net is also fierce. He Bingjiao pressed down on the top of her head and pressed down the net, and then the ball in the backcourt misjudged, and An Xiying overtook the score. It can be seen that An Xiying's running ability is very strong, and she can launch continuous attacks when there are opportunities; He Bingjiao's thinking is also very clear, mainly controlling An Xiying's forehand bottom line, and the two bite the score very tightly. The battle reached 8-8, He Bingjiao's mistakes increased, and An Xiying entered a timeout at 11-9;
After pausing, An Xiying pressed down to score, entered a multi-shot hold, He Bingjiao seized the opportunity to press down decisively to score, this sudden speed change straight line played quite exciting! The battle reached 12-11, and An Xiying scored consecutive points to open up the difference; During this time, He Bingjiao was a little uncomfortable with An Xiying's rhythm, and the rhythm for the other party was not enough, and the scene was a little passive. He Bingjiao pushed the backcourt out of bounds, and then An Xiying easily pressed down in front of the net to score, and the score came to 20-13. An Xiying scored a straight head top, 21-13, and won the first game with a big score.
In the second game, it was 2-2, An Xiying volleyed in front of the net, and then He Bingjiao made consecutive mistakes, and the score difference was opened again. At the critical moment, He Bingjiao adjusted in time and equalized the score through active point kills and volleys in front of the net; The battle reached 5-5, and An Xiying continued to press down to score again. He Bingjiao made a mistake in the backcourt, and An Xiying entered an inter-game timeout at 11-7;
After the pause, An Xiying returned the ball to the net, and He Bingjiao narrowed the difference. After entering the multi-shot hold, An Xiying took the initiative to press down on the net, He Bingjiao subconsciously hit the backcourt, just in the boundary, this ball belongs to the stroke of genius! After scoring 4 points in a row, He Bingjiao chased 11 draws, An Xiying took the initiative to play the bottom line, and He Bingjiao misjudged. Holding multiple shots and suddenly playing diagonally in the backcourt, the line is very good, but the power is slightly greater.
After that, An Xiying firmly occupied the advantage of the field and continued to open up the difference; He Bingjiao fought back and chased points continuously, but was unable to reverse the defeat. In the end, they lost another game 16-21, and lost 0-2 and missed the Paris Olympic badminton women's singles championship.