On April 13, Beijing time, in the men's singles semifinals of the 2024 Badminton Asian Championships, the top seed and the first brother of the national feather Shi Yuqi played, and he played against the Indonesian Asian Games champion and No. 3 seed Jonatan. Shi Yuqi won one game first, and was dragged into the tiebreaker by Jonatan to play three games, and finally Shi Yuqi was reversed by Jonatan with a total score of 1-2 and missed the final, losing to Jonatan 8 times in 14 encounters in his career, and Jonatan advanced to the finals waiting for the winner between Li Shifeng and Kodai Naraoka.
Shi Yuqi is the first brother of the national feather and is the top seed in the men's singles at this Asian Championships, ranking second in the world. Jonatan is the champion of the Asian Games in Indonesia, the No. 3 seed in the men's singles at this Asian Championships, ranked fifth in the world, and won the All England title this year. The two sides have met 13 times in their past careers, and Shi Yuqi has a slight advantage with 6 wins and 7 losses.
In the first game of the men's singles semifinals, Shi Yuqi fell behind 0-3 at the beginning, Shi Yuqi scored 3 points in a row to tie, and the two sides then fought to a 5-5 draw, then a 7-7 draw and a 9-9 draw. Shi Yuqi once fell behind 12-14, and Shi Yuqi continued to chase to a 14-14 draw. Shi Yuqi fell behind 17-18 after that, and Shi Yuqi scored 4 points in a row at the end of the game and won the first game 21-17.
Entering the second game, Shi Yuqi led 2-0 at the beginning, but then Jonatan played a wave of 11-2 offensive, and Shi Yuqi fell behind 4-11 in the first half of the game. Shi Yuqi gradually fought back to chase down 8-13, but Jonatan then scored consecutive points again, Shi Yuqi gradually fell behind 10-18, and Shi Yuqi scored 5 points in a row to chase 15-18. Shi Yuqi then fell behind 16-20, Shi Yuqi saved 3 game points in a row, and was still pulled back 19-21.
Entering the third game, Shi Yuqi fell behind 3-8 at the beginning and fell behind 5-11 in the first half of the game. Shi Yuqi gradually fought back to chase down 10-13, and Jonatan scored another 2 points to extend the 5-point advantage. Shi Yuqi chased another point, Jonatan continued to score to expand the advantage, Shi Yuqi lost another game 12-21, and was finally reversed by Jonatan with a total score of 1-2 and missed the final.