Chen Yi wins Asian women's singles 2026

Chen Yi wins the Asian women's singles title as China and Japan share the doubles

Tashkent, 25 October 2026: Chen beats Miwa Harimoto 3-0; Matsushima and Harimoto take the mixed doubles

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China's Chen Yi won the women's singles at the 2026 Asian Championships in Tashkent on 25 October, beating Japan's Miwa Harimoto 11-5, 11-8, 11-6 in the final.

Chen, 22, swept team-mate Wang Yidi 11-7, 11-8, 11-9 in the semi-finals and had beaten Hina Hayata 3-0 in the quarter-finals. Harimoto reached the final by beating Kuai Man 3-2, coming from two games down and taking the fifth 12-10.

"I kept a stable mindset and tried my best to challenge her today. I became more decisive in returns and finally took the victory," Chen told Xinhua. Earlier in the week she had lost two matches in the women's team final, which Japan won 3-2.

The doubles titles were split. Kuai Man and Wang Yidi beat Harimoto and Hayata 9-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8 in the women's doubles final, and Lin Shidong and Huang Youzheng beat Wen Ruibo and Yuan Licen 8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-6 in an all-Chinese men's final.

Japan took the mixed doubles, where Sora Matsushima and Miwa Harimoto beat Huang Youzheng and Chen Yi in the final. Tomokazu Harimoto won the men's singles on the same day.

Chen's title helped earn her a place in China's Mixed Team World Cup squad, announced on 10 November.