Star excluded after Aarhus ballad – Chinese badminton player Shi Yuqi, who is number 16 in the world, will not play international tournaments next year.

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The Badminton Association in China has thus decided to exclude him due to an incident during the Thomas Cup in Aarhus last year. It writes TV 2 Sport with reference to the international media Badminton Planet. Shi Yuqi withdrew from a match against Japanese Kento Momota in the semifinals of last year’s Thomas Cup, which is the World Cup for men’s teams. He did so at the very end when Kento Momota had match ball. That action has not gone down well with the Chinese federation, which justifies its exclusion by saying that Shi Yuqi made ‘irresponsible and immature’ comments...