Since entering 2024, the national feather star Shi Yuqi has continued to make efforts, participated in all three events to reach the finals, during which he defeated the world's No. 1 Axelsen, won 2 championships and 1 runner-up, with excellent results, Shi Yuqi's world ranking has climbed all the way to the second place in the world, and is only less than 8000 points away from Axelsen, after a period of rest, Shi Yuqi went to the 2024 Badminton Asian Championships held in Ningbo, Zhejiang, which is a World Badminton Federation Super 1000 tournament, the champion can harvest more than 10,000 points, Shi Yuqi is expected to surpass Axelsen to become the world's No. 1 through this event, plus it is a local battle, Shi Yuqi is full of power!
In the first round, Shi Yuqi swept the Indian star Lakshyasen 2-0, another game in the same district, the world champion Luo Jianyou lost to the Japanese star Kenta Nishimoto, the second round of men's singles, Shi Yuqi and Kenta Nishimoto met, in terms of record, Shi Yuqi 3-2 advantage, considering Shi Yuqi's current hot state, the outside world is generally optimistic that Shi Yuqi can defeat Nishimoto Kenta to enter the top 8 of men's singles and continue his road to the championship.
After the opening, Shi Yuqi played normally, Nishimoto Kenta could also bite the score, in the stalemate stage, Shi Yuqi slashed the diagonal score, Nishimoto Kenta seized the opportunity in front of the net to save and return the tribute, Shi Yuqi returned the ball out of bounds on the bottom line, Nishimoto Kenta led 11-10 into the intermission, it should be said that in the first half of the game, Shi Yuqi's offense was too good than Nishimoto Kenta, but Nishimoto Kenta's defense was very tenacious, and he got more points in the multi-shot hold. After a short break, Shi Yuqi began to exert his strength, and the backcourt jumped up to kill the ball, and scored frequently! Under the suppression of Shi Yuqi's powerful firepower, Kenta Nishimoto also began to make continuous mistakes, Shi Yuqi opened the score 19-14, and after a wonderful backcourt slash diagonal score, Shi Yuqi took the lead in getting the game point 20-15, Shi Yuqi caught the opportunity in front of the net to push the backcourt to score, 21-15, Shi Yuqi took the next city!
may be aware that he can't defeat Shi Yuqi with defense alone, at the beginning of the second game, Kenta Nishimoto obviously strengthened his active attack, and scored a surprise score to help him score 2 points in a row to start the game 2-0, Shi Yuqi insisted on his own style of play, but the kill ball was out of bounds, and Kenta Nishimoto extended the lead 3-0. After stabilizing his position, Shi Yuqi began to chase points, and with continuous scores in the middle game, Shi Yuqi overtook the score 11-9. In the second half of the game, Shi Yuqi became more and more courageous, using his strong attack to constantly put pressure, Nishimoto Kentai was too powerless to chase points, Shi Yuqi easily won another game, swept the Japanese star Nishimoto Kenta with a total score of 2-0, and advanced to the top 8 without losing a game, pointing to the championship + the world's first!