In the early morning of September 1, Beijing time, in the men's singles final of the 2025 World Badminton Championships, Shi Yuqi reversed Kunlavut 2-1 and won his first World Championships championship. The scores of three games were: 19-21, 21-10, 21-18. This game was heart-stirring and Shi Yuqi completed a super reversal.
After the game, Shi Yuqi knelt down and beat the ground and cried bitterly. Shi Yuqi finally did it. As the number one seed, he realized his dream. The national badminton men's singles won the World Championship again after 10 years, and Shi Yuqi also successfully topped the top for the first time.
Foreign fans: From the silver medal in 2018 – the gold medal in 2025, Shi Yuqi's persistence finally bears fruit in Paris. He became a world champion and ended the 10-year championship drought for the Chinese badminton team in men's singles. Congratulations to Shi Yuqi, who deserves it.
How difficult is this game? In the first game, Shi Yuqi took the lead 18-11, and then was beaten by Kunlavut and collapsed 10-0 directly; in the second game, Shi Yuqi burst out with infinite energy to equalize the big score 21-10.
In the third game, Shi Yuqi fell behind 3-8, and then Shi Yuqi made a 14-2 offensive and defensive wave and directly overtook 17-10. However, Kunlavut's 8-2 offensive and defensive wave narrowed to 18-19, and the game entered a white-hot. At the critical moment, Shi Yuqi withstood the pressure and won the decisive game 21-18.
After the game, BWF officially published an article “Shi Yuqi's glorious first championship”: Shi Yuqi dragged his tired body and spirit to win the third victory in four days, and it was also the sixth game in eight days. He completely topped the BWF World Championships for the first time.
He defeated Lakshya Sen, Julian, Popov, Weng Hongyang, Lai Haojun and Kunlavut in this World Championships. In fact, Shi Yuqi was exhausted in the semi-final against Lai Haojun. After the game, he kept gasping for breath, and his body and spirit reached a critical point.
When facing defending champion Kunlavut, he was reversed with the advantage of the first inning. Shi Yuqi's prospects seemed to be a little bleak, but the number one seed showed strong psychological resilience in the game. He broke Kunlavut's defense with precise spikes in the abyss. The series of mistakes at the beginning of the decisive game (lagging 3-8) failed to discourage him, although Kunlavut was still trying his best in the last moment, Shi Yuqi accelerated the offensive rhythm at the limit of physical fitness and won the first world championship title.