On December 15, Beijing time, the group stage of the BWF World Finals continued. In a men's singles match, Li Shifeng met Jonatan. In this game, the two sides fought fiercely in two games, and Li Shifeng defeated his opponent 2-0, defeating his opponent for the first time in his career. In the group stage, Li Shifeng won 2-1, but because of the slight difference in net points, he unfortunately won the third place in the group and missed the semi-finals.
In the first game, Li Shifeng gradually established a lead from the opening stage, leading 11-5 into the technical break. After the middle game, Jonatan chased 4 points in a row, and once chased it to 12-15. At the critical moment, Li Shifeng played a wave of 6-1 offensive climax at the end of the game, and won the first game 21-13.
In the second game, the gap between the two sides in the first half of the game was never widened, and Li Shifeng maintained a slight advantage. At the end of the game, Li Shifeng was chased by his opponent for 3 points in a row at 17-14, and then he quickly adjusted, scoring 3 points in a row and getting the match point 20-17. The opponent resolved the first match point, and Li Shifeng cashed in the second match point and won the second game 21-18.
In the end, in a match that took 55 minutes, Li Shifeng defeated Jonatan 21-13, 21-18. After this game, the group stage was all over, and Li Shifeng missed the semi-finals because of the goal difference of only 4 points, behind Antonsen and Jonatan.
So far, the men's singles semi-finals of this year's finals have all been released, and the four finalists are Shi Yuqi, Axelsen, Antonsen and Jonatan.