The first place in the world to conquer the Paris Devils at home! A 5-11 reversal in the final game, Shi Yuqi advanced to the quarterfinals 2-1

The 2025 Badminton World Championships held in Paris, after the first two rounds of fierce battles, the top 16 men's singles have been produced, and the national badminton team who sent four generals to the men's singles did not meet expectations. Li Shifeng and Lu Guangzu were both eliminated early. Fortunately, Shi Yuqi and Weng Hongyang did not disappoint the fans to advance together, saving the hope of winning the championship for the national badminton team. On the fourth day of the main competition, the men's singles quarter-finals were fully launched, and Shi Yuqi took the lead in playing against French player Popov.

Shi Yuqi was not in good condition in this game. He made too many personal unnecessary mistakes, which made Little Popov see hope of winning 11-5 in the decisive game. However, the number one Chinese Badminton began to explode and finally reversed and advanced 2-1, conquering the Paris Devil's home court, causing the French fans who came to the scene to cheer for Little Popov to return in disappointment!

, Little Popov, who has made great progress in men's singles in recent seasons, has improved his world ranking to 10th, setting a new high in his career. However, Shi Yuqi is not afraid of his opponents. The two have fought in the past world competitions in total, and Shi Yuqi has the upper hand in 2 wins and 1 loss. His most recent encounter was at the Japan Open this season, when the top Chinese badminton team swept and won.

Shi Yuqi and Popov, as men's singles seeds, did not encounter much resistance in the first two rounds. Shi Yuqi swept the famous Indian player Lakshya and Belgian player Julian in succession, while Popov first eliminated the Chinese Macau player Pei Pengfeng 2-0, and defeated the famous Chinese Hong Kong player Wu Jialang 2-0. As soon as the first game started, Shi Yuqi entered the state slowly, and made many mistakes in the ball in front of the net, which allowed Xiao Popov to seize the opportunity and establish a 6-3 lead early. Fortunately, as the game deepened, the top Chinese badminton team slowly found a feeling. With Xiao Popov's luck and scoring in the net, he relied on his killer weapon to kill the top of his head and quickly tied the score to 9. After the two hit 10, Shi Yuqi landed very deeply and pushed the bottom line, causing Xiao Popov to return the ball and get off the net. The top Chinese badminton team also led by 1 point, ending the competition in the first half of the game.

After returning to the arena, Shi Yuqi once expanded his leading advantage to 15-12. However, when suppressing Xiao Popov's backhanded baseline, he made mistakes and gave points, allowing the opponent to stubbornly get the game point 20-17 at the end of the game. Although Shi Yuqi saved three game points in a row, he began to make mistakes at the decisive moment, allowing Xiao Popov to take the lead 22-20.

In the second game where he could not lose, Shi Yuqi made a more threatening personal attack, but he still couldn't control his mistake. He judged that the bottom line was out of boundary and made a mistake and gave Xiao Popov a point. This is also an important reason why the latter was able to keep the score and keep playing against the top Chinese badminton team until 7 draws. After Shi Yuqi scored 3 points in a row and took a 10-7 lead, the power was suddenly cut off, allowing Xiao Popov to score a 4-0 wave and enter the interval 11-10. Shi Yuqi, who returned to the game field again, finally began to explode, winning 21-13, and equalizing the big score.

At the beginning of the decisive game, Xiao Popov played more proactively and established a 5-1 lead early. Although Shi Yuqi has been working hard to mobilize himself, mistakes are still happening, allowing Xiao Popov to exchange venues with an advantage of 11-5. After changing sides, Shi Yuqi broke out in desperate situation and took the game away in a wave of flowing away, locking the victory 21-18.

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In the next round, Shi Yuqi will fight with the winner between Weng Hongyang and French star Raniere. I hope Weng Hongyang, who will appear in the future, can perform well and strive to meet with the top Chinese badminton leader!