Badminton World No. 1 Shi Yuqi Crashes Out Of Korean Open
Shi Yuqi shuttler lost to Hong Kong’s Lee Cheuk-yiu in a quarter-final game on Friday. The Chinese shuttler went down 21-13, 21-15 to world number 17 Lee in South Korea.
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World No. 1 badminton player Shi Yuqi continued his underwhelming form and was knocked out of the Korean Open tournament.
The Chinese shuttler lost to Hong Kong’s Lee Cheuk-yiu in a quarter-final game on Friday. Shi went down 21-13, 21-15 to world number 17 Lee in South Korea.
Shi brought an end to double Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen’s 131-week reign at the top of the ranking charts in June. However, the Chinese player has struggled to maintain his momentum in recent weeks.
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The 28-year-old lost in the quarter-finals at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games before being knocked out in the semi-finals of last week’s Japan Open by French teenager Alex Lanier.
Shi Yuqi went down 21-13, 21-15 to world number 17 Lee in South Korea.
Shi Yuqi’s Run In 2024
Shi has won four tournaments on badminton’s world tour this year. The Chinese, who ranked 6th in the BWF rankings, opened the 2024 season as a finalist at the Malaysia Open, moving him up and matching his career-high rank of world number 2 in the BWF ranking. He then ended his 14-month title drought by winning the India Open. In March, he won his second title of the year in the form of the French Open.
Shi took part in the All England Open, until he retired in the quarter-finals due to a fever, against Jonatan Christie. He subsequently lost to Jonatan Christie in 3 sets at the 2024 Asian Championships winning bronze.
At the 2024 Thomas Cup, Shi led China to claim the title, beating all of his opponents. He won his 3rd Super 750 title of the year at the Singapore Open, beating his compatriot Li Shifeng in 3 thrilling sets, 17–21, 21–19, 21–19.
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Shi Yuqi claimed his second Super 1000 title of his career at the Indonesia Open defeating his compatriot Li Shifeng in the semi-finals and the fourth seeded Anders Antonsen in the finals.
Following this win, Shi scaled up to his world ranking high of No.1 on the 11th of June 2024. He made his second appearance at the 2024 Olympics in Paris as 1st seed, but was eliminated in the quarter-finals to Thai shuttler Kunlavut Vitidsarn.