China is assured of the women's singles title, while world No. 1 Shi Yuqi stormed into the men's singles final at the 2024 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals in Hangzhou on Saturday.

In the men's singles semifinals, home favorite Shi withstood a fightback from Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien-chen in the second game and clinched a 21-14, 21-18 victory.

"At the beginning of game I was feeling fatigued. Thanks to my opponent's performance, I was able to find my rhythm back to win," said Shi, who will meet Denmark's Anders Antonsen in the final.

In the women's singles semifinals, China's Wang Zhiyi overcame 2024 Olympic champion An Se-young of South Korea 21-17, 21-14, setting up a final clash against her teammate Han Yue. The latter notched a 21-17, 21-13 victory against Japan's Aya Ohori in the other semifinal.

Elsewhere, mixed doubles Olympic champions Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong won 21-11, 21-18 against Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin in an all-Chinese derby, and will fight for gold against Malaysian duo Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei on Sunday.

Chinese women's doubles pairs Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan and Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning, who won gold and silver respectively at the Paris Olympics, both lost in their semifinals.

The women's doubles final will be played between South Korea's Baek Ha-na/Lee So-hee and Japan's Nami Matsuyama/Chiharu Shida, while Malaysia's Goh Sze Fei/Nur Izzuddin and Denmark's Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen cruised into the men's doubles final. 

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