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Badminton world number one Shi Yuqi crashes out of Korea Open

Badminton world number one Shi Yuqi crashes out of Korea Open
Shi Yuqi
NEW DELHI: China's badminton world number one, Shi Yuqi, suffered a quarter-final loss to Hong Kong's Lee Cheuk-yiu at the Korea Open on Friday. Shi has been struggling to maintain his top-ranking form recently, following his June triumph over double Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen.Shi's recent performances have included a quarter-final exit at the Paris Games and a semi-final defeat by French teenager Alex Lanier at the Japan Open last week. On Friday, he went down 21-13, 21-15 to world number 17 Lee in South Korea.The 28-year-old Shi has won four tournaments on badminton's world tour this year. Denmark's Viktor Axelsen is not competing at the Korea Open.


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