On December 14, Beijing time, the BWF World Championships are underway. In the just-concluded match, the English women's doubles duo of Chloe Birch/Lauren Smith defeated the Brazilian duo of Jacqueline Lima/Samia Lima 2:0 to advance to the finale. The Indian men's doubles duo of Frankie Reddy and Hugh Ti also defeated Chinese Taipei men's doubles pair Li Zhehui / Yang Boxuan 2:0 on aggregate to advance to the Round of 16 of the World Championships.
Next, the men's singles competition continued, with national youngster Li Shifeng facing India's former world number one Srikante. Currently, Li Shifeng is ranked 63rd in the world and Srikante is ranked 14th in the world. At the beginning of the first set, Slicante led 4:2, and then Li Shifeng tied with 5:5. Li Shifeng continuously mobilized opponent Srikanter to win the score 8:6, and finally the national youngster Li Shifeng led 11:10 to take the lead into the technical timeout.
After the suspension, Li Shifeng continued to maintain the lead, 14:12. In the middle of the game, Li Shifeng continued to expand her advantage, leading 17:13. In the end, The national feather youngster Li Shifeng withstood the pressure and won the first set 21:15, leading India's Srikante 1:0.
In the second set, Guoyu youngster Li Shifeng started well, leading 4:2. Srikante tied, with both sides 5-5. Srikante once again overtook the lead, taking a 9-7 lead. Li Shifeng stubbornly chased the draw, 9:9 draw. After that, India's Srikante scored two consecutive points to lead 11:9 to enter the technical timeout. After the suspension, Slicante clearly accelerated, there were many attacks, and Li Shifeng was somewhat overwhelmed.
Srikante scored consecutively to take a 14-9 lead. Despite Li Shifeng's tenacious pursuit of points, Srikanter was well prepared, opening the score gap at 19:15. In the end, India's Srikante successfully won a set at 21:18, and the two sides drew 1:1.
The match went into a decider, with the two sides opening a 3-3 draw. Guoyu youngster Li Shifeng requested a medical suspension, and after a brief adjustment, Li Shifeng overtook the score 6:4, and Li Shifeng's soles should be worn, so he requested a medical suspension. Li Shifeng led the lead 11:9 to enter the technical suspension first. After the timeout, Slicante tied the score, with the two sides 13-13.
In the key points, veteran Srikante is still experienced, 16:13 to win the score. Li Shifeng seemed a little flustered, and there were many mistakes. In the end, India's Srikante locked up the victory 21:17, and the total score was 2:1 against the national feathers youngster Li Shifeng, successfully advancing to the men's singles round of 16. Guo Yu suffered two consecutive defeats, the men's singles Li Shifeng, and the men's doubles Zi Jian Wang Chang were eliminated successively. Dizi Jian Wang Chang was eliminated by losing 0:2 to Japan.