Copenhagen Chinese world setter Shi Yu Qi won the Badminton World Cup on Sunday with a three -set victory over the world rider Kunlavut Vitidarn from Thailand.
The Chinese showed large fluctuations during the match in Paris, but eventually drew the longest straw and won with the digits 19-21, 21-10, 21-18.
It already looked black for Vitidsarn when the Chinese in the first set led 14-7.
From here, however, the Thai, who at one point took seven points in a row, took a height.
The world setter finally came back on the scoring board before Vitidsarn closed the set.
Also in the second set, Shi Yu Qi played a big lead, and this time he didn’t stop.
On several occasions, the Chinese won at least four points in a row and were convincing in his game.
The Chinese had his back against the wall in the third set, where Vitidsarn led 8-3.
But again, the match offered a comeback, and then Shi Yu Qi led 17-10.
From here one would think that the Chinese would cruise the victory home in safe style, but it should not go that way.
Vitidsarn thus returned to 18-19 before the world setter after a dramatic and grueling final could cheer over the title.
Akane Yamaguchi did a short process when the Japanese earlier Sunday dried up with Chinese Chen Yu Fei in the single finals for women.
Yamaguchi won in two sets with the digits 21-9, 21-13.
On Saturday Anders Antonsen lost to Vitidarn in the semi -finals. The Dane therefore had to settle for bronze.
So did the countrymen Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup, who also lost Saturday. No Danes reached the finals at the World Cup.
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