Shi edges Christie before home fans in BWF World Tour Finals
Shi Yu Qi edges Jonatan Christie before his home fans on Wednesday in a BWF World Tour Finals 2024 opening match in Hangzhou, China.
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SHI EDGES CHRISTIE IN THREE SETS IN 64 MINUTES
Shi edges Christie, 21-16, 17-21, 21-8, before a full Chinese crowd in a three-set match that lasted 64 minutes.
Furthermore, China’s world No.1 men’s singles shuttler was dragged into a decider after his Indonesian opponent took the middle set.
Moreover, Shi was aggressive in the third set by winning the first six points.
Christie closed in at 8-4 before Shi scored eight points in a row to seal his Group B opening day match.
“I won because I played with better patience. My opponent (Christie) is great on both offense and defense,” Shi said.
“I have spent my lesson from our previous battle. I tried to do better in transition,” he added.
ANTONEN TOPPLES LI; ZII JIA, KUNLAVUT CLAIM OPENING DAY WINS
Moreover, Anders Antonsen of Denmark beat Li Shifeng, while Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia, and Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand posted opening-day victories.
Furthermore, Antonsen opened his campaign with a 21-14, 21-19 win over Li.
Zii Jia needed only 39 minutes to beat Chou Tien-Chen of Chinese Taipei, 21-13, 21-15.
The Malaysian shuttler needed to come back from an early deficit in the second set to sweep Chou.
Kunlavut also swept Kodai Naraoka of Japan, 24-22, 21-18, in another Group B matchup.
AN OPENS WOMEN’S SINGLES CAMPAIGN BY BEATING SUPANIDA; AKANE LOSES
Furthermore, An Se-young opened the women’s singles campaign by beating Thailand’s Supanida Katethong of Thailand, 21-14, 21-16.
Moreover, South Korea’s world No.1 was never threatened in her 44-minute match.
That was when she took a 9-0 lead in the second set en route to the win.
However, former world No.1 Yamaguchi Akane was not so lucky, losing to Han Yue, 21-19, 21-17.
Women’s top seed Wang Zhiyi dropped Thai Busanan Ongbamrungpan, 21-19, 21-14, in Group A action.
