Chinese player's 'worst defeat in badminton history'

On the afternoon of September 21, the final matches of the China Masters Badminton Tournament took place. Chinese fans were embarrassed by the defeat of their favorite player.

Han Yue is one of the strongest tennis players in the world today - Photo: BWF

China Master is a Super 750 tournament, one of the most prestigious badminton tournaments in the BWF World Tour system, taking place in Shenzhen, China.

For this reason, Chinese badminton fans have high expectations for their players in this tournament. But in the women's singles, they have received consecutive shocks.

After second seed Wang Zhi Yi was eliminated early, Han Yue saved the host's face by reaching the final. Ranked third in the world, Han Yue is expected to cause a surprise against world number one An Se Young (Korea).

But then all of Han's efforts at the tournament were wiped out by a humiliating defeat that was unforgettable in her career.

Losing to the world number 1 is not a big deal. But Han lost with an unbelievable score of 11-21, 3-21.

This was the first time in the history of the China Masters that such a huge loss had occurred in a final. Han only scored 14 points in the entire match, and could not reach 5 points in the second game.

An Se Young proves her strength - Photo: BWF

It took An Se Young just 33 minutes to defeat Han - who is 2 years older than her, and just 2 months ago won when they faced each other in the semi-finals of the China Open.

In that match, Han Yue won 21-19 in the first set, before An Se Young retired in the middle of the second set due to injury. After 2 months, the 23-year-old Korean player had a sweet revenge.

Most Chinese fans could not accept the way Han Yue lost. She lost too badly, too quickly compared to the standards of a final match.

"She gave up from the beginning of game 2. Why didn't she just give up earlier?", a fan commented on Sohu.

An Se Young was surprised when Han Yue forgot to shake hands - Photo: TT

Not only that, Han Yue also made the home audience upset because of her absent-minded look after the defeat. When taking a photo together at the trophy ceremony later, Han Yue turned around and walked away when An Se Young reached out to shake her hand.

The Korean tennis player looked embarrassed when his colleague turned away and walked away without shaking hands. Although Han immediately turned back to apologize, the moment was still recorded, as a testament to the Chinese tennis player's shocking and humiliating defeat.

On badminton forums, fans rated this as the worst loss, with the biggest difference in the history of finals in top badminton.

HUY DANG

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tran-thua-te-nhat-lich-su-cau-long-cua-tay-vot-trung-quoc-20250921154142643.htm