Japan's Akane Yamaguchi missed out on her second straight All England Badminton Championship on Saturday after losing 21-17, 21-8 to Chen Yufei of China in the women's singles semifinals.
Yamaguchi, ranked fifth in the world, allowed the Tokyo Olympic gold medalist and second-ranked Chen to take the lead from 9-9 en route to losing the first game and failed to find a breakthrough until the end of the 37-minute match at Utilita Arena Birmingham.
"The biggest thing was, I made lots of mistakes," Yamaguchi said. "The opponent played aggressively, and I made more mistakes in the face of it."
"I wanted to attack when chances came my way while having rallies, but I made mistakes when setting tones in them."