Akane YAMAGUCHI beats SIM Yu Jin to move on to the Quarter Finals in the women's singles this Li-Ning China Masters 2026
Akane YAMAGUCHI kept it clean at the Li-Ning China Masters 2026, seeing off SIM Yu Jin 21-15 21-16 without dropping a game in the Women's Singles Round of 16.
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21-16 — game 2 was the tightest of the match, settled by just 5 points.
Head-to-Head
This was the first meeting between the two in our results ledger.
Coming in, Akane YAMAGUCHI had gone W-W-L-W-W in recent recorded matches, while SIM Yu Jin stood at L-W-L-W-W.
What's Next
Akane YAMAGUCHI advances to the quarter-finals of the Li-Ning China Masters 2026, while SIM Yu Jin's run ends here. Up next for Akane YAMAGUCHI: the Quarter Finals against Supanida KATETHONG — a player winning 58% of 120 recorded matches. Our results ledger has no previous meetings between the two.
Pre-Match AI Scout Analysis
Prior to the encounter, the AI Scout model favored Akane YAMAGUCHI with a 68% confidence projection on the draw's seeding. The encounter closely reflected the analytical projection.
Match video
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