Akane Yamaguchi made it to the semifinals of the 2025 Malaysia Badminton Masters and made an appointment with Chinese player Han Yue

On the 23rd local time, Japanese star Akane Yamaguchi once again showed resilience, she resolved one more final point in the third game of the Super 500 Series 2025 Malaysia Badminton Masters Women's Singles Quarterfinals, and finally defeated Chinese player Gao Fangjie 18:21, 21:16, 22:20 and entered the top 4 in a thrilling way.

Japanese star Akane Yamaguchi

World No. 4 Akane Yamaguchi, on the 22nd, in the round of 16 in the second game to eliminate Okuhara Nozomi's five final points, and in the deciding game to beat teammates, 18:21, 26:24, 21:3, she met the world No. 14 Gao Fangjie on the same day, Yamaguchi Akane has won all the past five meetings, and all of them won in straight games.

Akane Yamaguchi still suppressed Gao Fangjie's play in the first game that day, but failed to expand the advantage, but lost 4 points in a row under the 18:17 lead, and Akane Yamaguchi started 5:1 in the second game, even if she was chased to a tie, she still pulled one back.

Gao Fangjie fought hard in the deciding game and came to 19:17 with a lead, although Akane Yamaguchi chased 19:19 but let the opponent come to the end of the game first, Akane Yamaguchi once again showed resilience to resolve the losing crisis, and directly scored 3 points in a row to advance to the top 4 of the women's singles.

Akane Yamaguchi's women's singles top 4 opponent on the 24th will be the world's No. 3 Chinese player Han Yue, the two have met in the past 8 times, Akane Yamaguchi has the upper hand with 6 wins and 2 losses, but in the group stage of the year-end finals at the end of last year, Han Yue won in straight sets.