Missing the great opportunity to win the first victory against Akane Yamaguchi, Gao Fangjie missed the semifinals of the 2025 Malaysia Women's Singles

On the 23rd local time, the national badminton women's player Gao Fangjie missed the great opportunity to defeat Japan's fierce rival Akane Yamaguchi for the first time in the women's singles top 8 of the 2025 Malaysia Badminton Super 500 Tournament, wasted a precious match point, and had no choice but to swallow 6 consecutive defeats and missed the semifinals. The 26-year-old Gao Fangjie has been in the Chinese women's singles line, and is currently ranked 4th in the Chinese women's singles and 14th in the world. China's top three women's singles players are world No. 2 Wang Zhiyi (25 years old), No. 3 Han Yue (25 years old) and No. 5 Chen Yufei (27 years old).

The national feather female general Gao Fangjie

Gao Fangjie said in an interview after the game that she was able to win the first game mainly because she was quick and rhythmic, and she relied on offense to score. "Although I prepared well in terms of technique and tactics before the game, it was obviously not enough, and I mainly lost by mistakes and lost points at critical moments, so it was a pity to lose."

Gao Fangjie led most of the third game of the deciding and held a match point at 19-17, 20-19, but unfortunately could not make a move, and Akane Yamaguchi scored three points in a row to complete the reversal. Gao Fangjie finally spent 79 minutes and lost 21-18, 16-21, 20-22, but still couldn't break the pattern of not winning Akane Yamaguchi, swallowing six consecutive defeats between the two sides.

Gao Fangjie said that although she stopped in the top 8, she was still satisfied with her performance, showing that the preparation training had been fruitful. "I've been playing better and better in the three games here, and I've been able to adapt to the wind in the stadium at the same time." She hopes to be better this year than last year, so she has higher requirements in training and competitions.