The 2025 Sudirman Cup semi-finals will be against Japan again, and Chen Yufei is full of confidence when she looks forward to this key battle

Host and defending champion China will face old rivals Japan in the semi-finals of the 2025 Xiamen Sudirman Cup World Badminton Mixed Team Championships, and Chen Yufei is full of confidence when looking forward to this headline, saying that she and teammate Wang Zhiyi can hold on to the women's singles point.

Chen Yufei

In the quarterfinals of this year's Su Cup on the 2nd, Tokyo Olympic women's singles champion Chen Yufei defeated Malaysia's Le Shana in straight games to help the Chinese team seal the victory with a total score of 3-0. After the game, the 27-year-old Chen Yufei said that his overall state in this game was okay, although the beginning once encountered twists and turns, but timely adjustment, fast into the rhythm is the key to win, "I feel that the overall state in the group stage is not bad, in today's game is also okay, although there were some problems at the beginning, but fortunately the changes are relatively fast." ”

China fell behind twice in the last Soviet Cup and reversed Japan. In the last Suzhou Su Cup, the Chinese team fell behind 0-1 and 1-2 twice in the semi-finals, and reversed the Japanese team 3-2 in a thrilling reversal, and finally won the cup for the 13th time at home. Historical data shows that Japan has lost to China in the past 6 Soviet Cups. Japan then thrashed China in the semi-finals, with the host and defending champions knocking out Malaysia 3-0 in the quarter-finals. Japan were eliminated by China in the last edition (2023) and the quarterfinals of the 2017 Soviet Cup, and lost to China in the finals in 2015, 2019 and 2021.

In this year's Xiamen Su Cup, the Chinese team and the Japanese team once again had a narrow road in the semi-finals, and Chen Yufei emphasized when looking forward to the matchup: "No matter who the opponent is, we are always twisted into a rope, and everyone works together to win for the team." At the same time, Chen Yufei is also full of confidence in the Chinese women's singles, she said: "The overall strength of the Japanese women's singles is still relatively strong, whether it is Akane Yamaguchi or Yuka Miyazaki, they are in good shape, but I think our (China's) women's singles are also in very good shape." "Although it will definitely be a very difficult match, whether it is me or Wang Zhiyi, we are confident that we can win this point in the women's singles."