Top seed Shi Yu Qi goes for gold against defending champion Anders Antonsen

[@ngohuybach1024]

Beating Antonsen in straight sets in the finals of two consecutive super 1000-level tournaments is just insanity. Congrats to Shi♥♥♥

[@Hobiku_idn]

SHQ's playing style is very calm, and deserves to be champion at Super 1000 in 2025 🏆

[@boboboinoboi]

Shi Yu Qi is in his prime right now🔥

[@mistersamael9919]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@sashwinsash2607]

Then where is his Olympic medal😂😂

[@slowtyper95]

@@sashwinsash2607 olympic is every 4 years bro

[@JoshuaGoh-so4vj]

​@@sashwinsash2607 Bro doesn't realize that the olympics happened 6 months ago 😂😂

[@typingthis30]

@@sashwinsash2607 Where are India's medals?

[@thebestbees]

This is total domination

[@dam1en232]

What a way to start the year… congrats Shi!

[@SayNoToIdiots]

Shi yu chi was just toying with Antonsen by playing 4 corners to tire him out. No real effort needed by Shi to attack at all.

[@benj4840]

How to counter 4 corners?

[@typingthis30]

@@benj4840 Superior control of the shuttle. Playing tight net shots, capitalizing off of short lifts

[@surjitakoijam1]

Very happy to see SYQ winning back to back major titles specially against Antonsen.

[@Nandakumarweb]

The patience, the calmness, and the confidence... pure bliss to watch.

[@jyh2848]

Wow. Shi Yu Qi has crazy deception skill

[@AgentJ2007]

Shi Yu Qi continuing where he left off in 2024. A great start to the year, can’t wait to see what he can do in the rest of the tournaments in 2025.

[@TeeTa-m3i]

Shi played like Lin Dan. Accuracy and in control. If he maintained it, gold at Olympics for sure

[@MT-mo5eo]

I guess the line judge wasn't coughing enough, so antonsen got no chance.

[@dam1en232]

Shi’s game is so beautiful to watch…

[@IrfanCS2]

shi yu qi got dat dawg in him

[@mrbits2116]

Shi Yu Qi has been on fire man🔥

[@jaehaerys9194]

Shi yuqi getting yet another single digit set off a top player, ah classic syq

[@佳航李-v6d]

So talented, amazing techniques

[@佳航李-v6d]

well deserved no.1,he breaks doubts with actions🎉🎉🎉

[@voongcarlos]

Congratulations Shi Yu Qi

[@lauyeashea]

石慢慢有大將之風了

[@wanghost88]

SYQ now built different than LCW era... Much much better version 👍🔥

[@Yukihira_Ali]

One of the biggest reasons SYQ is dominating the game is his backhand shot, which is exceptionally good. His footwork for backhand shots is much smoother compared to Antonsen. Antonsen and other players tend to rely on overhand forehand shots, which require more energy and additional steps to position their body on the left side of the court. Players like LCW, Taufik Hidayat, and LD are among the most talented with backhand shots, which is why they dominate the game.

[@Zheheng82]

What are you talking about ? Lcw has the worst backhand among all the pros I would say

[@bradparmar4728]

Well Analysis!

[@없음-o3v]

SHI YU QI 헤어핀 너무 잘한다

[@chintzeyang2982]

Ppl who keep roasting syq for Olympics are probably the ones whose idol never won gold in Olympics MS final too. Such a pity

[@priyanthaperera1037]

Personally, I admire SYQ for coming back stronger after the Olympics. But I have to say, at least LCW made it to 3 consecutive finals in probably the golden age of men's singles.

[@edyhiun9468]

​@@priyanthaperera1037lin dan got 2 golds in olympic😅😅

[@chintzeyang2982]

@@priyanthaperera1037I’m a Malaysian and was a huge fan of lcw during Olympics too (didn’t watch anything else besides Olympic back then). But let’s be real, SYQ didn’t have it easy with injuries very early on in his career, and absolutely no one could stop prime Viktor from claiming gold given his form in the two Olympics won

[@priyanthaperera1037]

@chintzeyang2982 Bro I'm Malaysian too, but I admit my favourite player is Lin Dan, but I still support LCW. Let me be even more real, SYQ's best chance was 2024 to win gold, won 3 S750 and 1 S1000, the clear favourite to win as Viktor wasn't in his prime anymore. He choked, simple as that. Everyone has injuries bro, even LCW and Lin Dan.

[@priyanthaperera1037]

@@edyhiun9468 I know he's my favourite player, but we're talking about SYQ not him.

[@afiqfarhan6277]

Shi Yu Qi ni kalau dia rasa mood dia okay, rasa boleh menang, memang dia top notch. Kalau dia rasa susah, dia tak nak main, kalau tak injured atau senang kalah macam tu je 😅

[@christinechoong2264]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 SHI YU QI ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@TPTurkey-x2i]

SYQ was winning most of the net battles. You control the net, you control the game.

[@electfishingfun8017]

I love how he toying drama queen 😂😂😂 gratz SYQ🎉🎉🎉

[@vmtoanspk3]

Shi prime here

[@danielloveson5507]

Antonsen's bad karma finally catching up to him 😂

[@0xyousaf]

That was hell of a match.

[@nevergonnagiveupuntilibeco5690]

Dominant asf

[@kelvinng-b9b]

AA played like a clown...

[@StrawmanScarecrow]

5 finalists, only 1 champion

[@_WorldPeace]

. SYQ ..World Championship Hopeful

[@meowmeow5741]

usd100k???

[@bradparmar4728]

Antonsen; Too many Hairpin cross nets; Shiva Yu, very Good n aggressive at Net too. Plus Antonsen DEEP Clears are too loose.

[@ryanxue]

石🪨🎉

[@maleeshalakshitha-wp7mu]

Now do this for another 11 times. That's how good LCW was

[@matthewgoh6705]

Gill the commentator remarked that SYQ lost 14 finals to LCW, which shows the gap between the current no.1 and the legends. one may argue SYQ is in his prime now and wasn't then, but SYQ came back from a long injury lay-off to his current self, which means physically he would be a bit less than his former self. he was already experienced then compared to now so I don't think that made a huge diff. plus he was always playing second fiddle to Chen Long until CL retired. To me, the quality of play in men's singles now is not where it once was. but what do I know, I'm an armchair keyboard warrior.

[@typingthis30]

@@matthewgoh6705 dunno where you got this information from, but SYQ only played LCW 5 times

[@greybo4034]

​@@matthewgoh6705 shi yuqi just got better when he was out mind you he was the only player who was able to dominate some games vs prime momota not a single player came close to momota other than shiyuqi during 2018-19 times

[@jjking1322]

Antonsen sibeh pattern. haha

[@VietNguyen-by8hm]

hay

[@ChrisLoVeTaiwan]

So boring…rather watching CTC to play

[@OntopoftheRN]

To learn how to give people a middle finger behind their back? 😂😂😂

[@louong93]

What kind of title is this ? The Olympic season is over. Its a world tour event. I remember seeing looney tunes cartoon. Imagine Elmer Fudd is confused by Bugs bunny whether it is Rabbit or Duck season.

[@shai62385]

boring af match

[@Tiauhui]

SYQ : Its so boring without any competition

[@shai62385]

@@Tiauhui match started and ended within 30 mins . result was basically declared mid of set 1 . poof