Shi Yuqi vs Popov: Badminton Masters Prediction

Analysis you match Shi Yuqi Christo Popov

The Stakes of the match Shi Yuqi Christo Popov

Christo Popov can win the biggest title of his career. Shi Yuqi will have a whole crowd pushing behind him on the courts of Hangzhou. No advantage to level of motivation

State of form

World No. 1 Shi Yuqi is clearly the best player on the international circuit and the man to take down in 2025. In better shape than ever, the Chinese displays an impressive figure of more than 100,000 points accumulated in the race where world No. 2 Vitidsarn has around 10,000 less. At 29 years old, Shi Yuqi is at the highest peak of his art after his coronation last August during the last World Championships where he dominated the best players on the circuit such as Christo Popov, his compatriot Weng Hong Huang and the Thai Kunlavut Vitidsarn, notably winning his last 4 matches in 3 extremely close sets. Since his coronation in Paris, the world No. 1 took a long break of several months before returning to the courts of Denmark where he won two close matches against Christo Popov and Victor Axelsen before failing in the final in 3 sets against Jonatan Christie. This year, the Chinese won 5 big titles on the circuit, in Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Japan and during the last World Championships. The players who beat him can be counted on the fingers of one hand: Loh Kean Yew, Christie, Vitidsarn, Antonsen and Guangzu Lu. Indeed, the best player of this year won 45 matches in all competitions for only 5 defeats. On the occasion of the BWF World Tour Finals, he dominated Chou Tien Chen in 3 sets but defeated his compatriot Li Shi Feng in two sets despite losing several sets in the second set (21-13 23-21) before defeating Naraoka in his last group match (21-9 21-11). In the semi-final, he ousted world No. 2 Kunlavut Vitidsarn in 2 sets (21-16 21-13).

Physically affected after a poorly controlled slip during his first group match (at 17-12 in the 3rd set), Christo Popov managed to conclude his match against Anders Antonsen by winning at the end of the suspense (21-13 12-21 21-19). The Frenchman finally managed to continue in his second group match by dominating world No. 2 Kunlavut Vitidsarn in 3 sets to his advantage (21-11 18-21 21-10). He still had to work hard to win his last group match last Friday by beating world No. 5 Jonatan Christie after losing the first set (18-21 21-16 21-13). With these 3 victories, Christo Popov qualified at the top of his tough group and avoided direct confrontation with the Chinese Shi Yuqi during his semi-final. There he faced Kodai Naraoka and won the match in 2 sets with the help of the net on crucial points at the end of the first set before unfolding in the second set (21-18 21-9). The Frenchman can take a breather after an intense week and 3 matches in 3 sets during the group stage. It is a historic final phase for French badminton which had never seen a player reach the semi-finals and even less the final during the BWF World Tour Finals. The player from Fos-sur-Mer can make his mark this 2025 season by winning the biggest title of his career after a particularly successful year and numerous quarter-finals and semi-finals on the circuit. Recently, he notably lost in the final in Rennes against the Dane Anders Antonsen. A victory today would bring him very close to a ranking within the top 5 in the world. Shi Yuqi slight advantage on form

The history of confrontations Shi Yuqi Christo Popov

Shi Yuqi leads 4-1. Christo Popov won the first duel in 2023. Since then, the two men have clashed a lot, notably this year on 3 occasions. Shi Yuqi has always won through pain (21-12 28-26 in Japan, 20-22 21-13 21-18 during the last World Championships and 21-19 19-21 21-19 during the last tournament in Denmark). Slight advantage Shi Yuqi on confrontations

Other parameters to take into account

The World Tour Finals take place in Hangzhou, China. Christo Popov is participating for the first time in his career and can win the biggest title of his career. Shi Yuqi defends his title which he won last year against Anders Antonsen while he also reached the final in 2023 against Axelsen.

What are the probabilities of the Shi Yuqi Christo Popov prediction?

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Pronostics 1-2 du match Shi Yuqi Christo Popov

The two men fight blow for blow during their final clashes, which each time last more than an hour. The Frenchman is once again a logical outsider in the hills like every player on the circuit against Shi Yuqi. However, he is one of the most complete players of the moment and who has all the qualities to be able to bring victory to his side for the first time this year against this man and thus win the biggest title of his young career. Victory Popov

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