After Shi Yuqi's comeback, it once made the Chinese badminton team men's singles in the trough see hope, but after entering 23 years, Shi Yuqi's overall performance in the Malaysian Open and the Indian Open was not good, this week's Super 500 event Indonesia Masters has opened, Shi Yuqi also ushered in the opportunity to re-prove himself, in the first round of the men's singles, Shi Yuqi encountered the former world No. 1, 18 and 19 years of the World Championship men's singles champion Kento Momota, The two have had 8 direct conversations in the World Series before, of which Kento Momota has a 5-3 advantage, but now Momota's form has declined very significantly, which is why fans are optimistic that Shi Yuqi can beat his opponent and enter the next round with his head held high! After the start of the match, Momota Kendou still caused a lot of trouble for Shi Yuqi in the first game, but at the key moment, Shi Yuqi's performance was more stable and smoothly opened, and in the second game, Shi Yuqi opened the hanging mode, and finally swept the two-time World Championship men's singles champion Kento Momota 2-0 and advanced to the men's singles round of 16!
After the start of the game, Shi Yuqi's tactics are very clear, that is, limit Kento Momota's forehand, do not give him the opportunity to attack easily, push the ball more to the position of his backhand bottom line, and then seize the opportunity for Kento Momota to return the ball is not in place, use the killing ball in the overhead area to suppress Momota, highly targeted play, but also let Shi Yuqi start the game, soon established a 4-1 lead, but as a former world No. 1, Kento Momota's ability to get rid of control is also very strong, after strengthening the quality of his hair extensions, Momota Kento gradually suppressed Shi Yuqi, not only quickly erased the point difference, but also established an 8-6 lead, although Shi Yuqi then launched a counterattack, but too many mistakes, but still allowed Momota Kento to take an 11-9 lead, ending the first half of the fight.
After returning to the game through adjustments, Shi Yuqi significantly reduced his mistakes, not only quickly erased the point difference, but also established a 15-12 lead, and then Kento Momota used the high-quality control of the net to kill straight lines, and scored three consecutive points to chase the score to 15 draws, but Shi Yuqi quickly stabilized his position, interrupted the opponent's consecutive scores, and once again established the lead, and finally won 21-18 to get the game opener.
After successfully winning the first game, Shi Yuqi was more open in the second game, his field movement and hitting speed have improved significantly, playing his favorite offensive rhythm, helping Shi Yuqi establish a 7-1 dream start early, Momota Kendou, who can no longer lose, then launched a counterattack, but Shi Yuqi still took an 11-5 lead and entered a technical timeout.
After returning to the game, Shi Yuqi became more and more courageous, and Momota Kendou obviously had a problem with his mentality, the more he played, the more he did not automatic, Shi Yuqi also seized the opportunity to extend the lead to 14-5, the victory and defeat lost suspense early, and finally Shi Yuqi also sealed the victory 21-7!
Shi Yuqi's opponent in the next round will be the winner between Indonesia's Jin Ting and Hong Kong's Lee Cheuk-yiu, and it is expected that Shi can continue this match against Kento Momota, reduce unnecessary mistakes on the court, and strive to win his first title of the season at the Indonesian Masters!