is it the body or the heart that is hurt? shi yuqi was eliminated at "light speed" and showed negative emotions again
2024-09-19
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facing his former defeated opponent, ginting, shi yuqi lost 11-21, 9-21, ending his journey in the china open badminton championships early. in the men's singles quarter-finals on september 19, the world number one shi yuqi still responded with a passive attitude.
once upon a time, shi yuqi was ginting's nemesis. the two sides had played against each other 13 times before, and shi yuqi had an absolute advantage with 11 wins and 2 losses. including this defeat, shi yuqi's three defeats against ginting all occurred after he was released from the ban and returned to the court in 2022. in 2022, shi yuqi returned to the world championships and lost to ginting in three games for the first time. in the group stage of the year-end finals last year, he was reversed by ginting again. compared with the previous two losses, shi yuqi only took 27 minutes this time to "go off work" hastily, and even coach sun jun, who raised "shitou" since he was a child, shook his head on the sidelines.
when shi yuqi was trailing 3-15 in the second game, he requested a medical timeout to treat his left foot and waist injuries.
after failing to perform well in the paris olympics and being eliminated in the quarterfinals, shi yuqi has repeatedly expressed negative emotions in his public statements. after defeating former world no. 1 son wan ho in the korea open, he joked: "i challenged him as the weakest world no. 1, and today i succeeded." when asked about his newly dyed hair, he replied: "i didn't dare to perm my hair before, but now as a member of the team, i'm almost off work, why don't i do it?" after passing the first round of the china open, he couldn't help complaining about "working overtime during the mid-autumn festival": "those who didn't play well (in the olympics) have to go to work, and those who played well went to the concert, i feel bitter." after being eliminated in the second round, shi yuqi, who likes to say the opposite of what he means, said: "the emotional and physical injuries caused today's result. i think i played well."
shi yuqi, who has participated in three tournaments since the olympics, expressed his confusion that "i don't know what i need to do to change the status quo." he also thanked the fans for their concern that he would take a break, "i am also thinking, should i continue playing, or just leave it at that." however, in the short term, shi yuqi finally has a goal: "to participate in the year-end finals, i have to play two more tournaments to score points. this is my short-term goal." the world badminton federation's year-end finals held in hangzhou at the end of the year is the last battle of the year. according to the rules, the points of the best 14 tournaments this season are added together, and the top eight in each event are selected. each association can only have two (pairs) of players in each event. shi yuqi, currently ranked first in the world, is striving for more points.
in this tournament, the top three chinese men's singles players (shi yuqi, li shifeng, and lu guangzu) all failed to advance, while weng hongyang and lei lanxi performed well. weng hongyang, who defeated lee cheuk yiu in the first round, reversed chou tien chen 20-22, 21-18, 21-15 in the second round, while lei lanxi, who eliminated olympic champion viktor axelsen in the last round, defeated kenta nishimoto 21-8, 21-17. in addition, the popular men's doubles pair liang weiheng/wang chang lost to fikri/martin 19-21, 21-18, 17-21 and failed to reach the quarterfinals.
author: wu shu
text: reporter wu shu photo: visual china editor: gu miao editor-in-chief: shen lei
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