Shi outlasts Christie in BWF World Tour Finals 2024 opener
Shi Yu Qi outlasts Jonatan Christie in three sets on Wednesday in a BWF World Tour Finals 2024 opener in Hangzhou, China.
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SHI OUTLASTS CHRISTIE BEFORE HOME CROWD IN 64 MINUTES
Shi outlasts Christie, 21-16, 17-21, 21-8, before his home crowd in a 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.
ANTONSEN, ZII JIA, KUNLAVUT CLAIM OPENING DAY VICTORIES
Moreover, Anders Antonsen of Denmark, 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 Chinese Li Shifeng.
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 Naraoka Kodai of Japan, 24-22, 21-18, in another Group B matchup.
AN DOMINATES SUPANIDA IN WOMEN’S ACTION; AKANE IN EARLY LOSS
Furthermore, An Se-young dominated Thailand’s Supanida Katethong of Thailand, 21-14, 21-16, tp start women’s singles play.
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.
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