Sun Yu

Sun Yu

Sun Yu, born in Dalian, Liaoning Province on February 28, 1994, is an athlete of Chinese women's badminton team.

He entered Zhuhai sports school in February 2003, Guangdong provincial team in February 2005, and national badminton team No.2 in October 2010. In the women's singles final of Asian U19 Youth Badminton Championship held in India on July 9, 2009, he won the championship with 21-8 and 21-13 straight sets in 27 minutes.

On February 12, 2019, Sun Yu delivered his retirement speech on his personal social platform.

Sports career

Sun Yu started playing badminton at the age of 8.5 and received informal training in Dalian. Later, her parents found out that southern school had better technical training, so they sent her to Zhuhai sports school. During her stay in the sports school, she took part in the Guangdong Youth Badminton Competition and won the second place in singles, so she was able to participate in training in Guangzhou. After two months of training, she passed the team trials and officially entered the Guangdong badminton team in February 2005. In December 2012, Sun Yu took part in the Golden Grand Prix of badminton in Macao. In the final of women's singles, he beat Thailand's busanlan nbrupan 2-0 (21-19, 21-8) and won his first adult championship. On May 17th 2014, Thomas and Uber cups were held in New Delhi, India, 2014. Sun Yu is not only the youngest player in China's women's singles, but also regarded as the key training figure of the reserve force of women's singles by head coach Li Yongbo. The 20-year-old Sun Yu is about 1.85 meters tall and is the first "high man" in the history of Chinese women's singles. In April 2015, at the 2015 World Badminton Federation Super Series Singapore open, Sun Yu met Dai Ziying from Chinese Taipei in the final. Although the latter was Sun Yu's loser in the past three matches and lost the first game 13-21 this time, she not only successfully overtook the second game 4-9, but also led the decisive game 20-17, holding three match points. Seeing that China's first super women's singles champion in 2015 is about to miss out, Sun Yu suddenly broke out in a desperate situation and won 22-20 after scoring five points in a row. on August 25, 2017, in the women's singles quarter final of the 2017 World Badminton Championships, Sun Yu, No.5 seed and Chinese player, lost 14-21 and 9-21 to Rio Olympic runner up and Indian player sindhu, and was not qualified for the final four. on February 12, 2019, Sun Yu delivered his retirement speech on his personal social platform. At the age of 25, injury forced Sun Yu to retire at the golden age of sports.

Career data

Women's singles final eight in 2017 World Badminton Championships, women's singles runner up in 2016 China open, women's singles runner up in 2016 Australia super Badminton Championships, women's team champion in 2016 Uber Cup, women's singles runner up in 2016 China Badminton Masters, women's singles runner up in 2016 Singapore super Badminton Championships, women's singles final four in 2016 Swiss Golden Grand Prix, Asian badminton team championship in 2016 Women's team champion, 2016 Thailand Badminton Masters women's singles runner up, 2015 Korea Badminton Masters women's singles runner up, 2015 Thailand badminton Gold Grand Prix women's singles top four, 2015 Singapore badminton super Championship Women's singles champion, 2015 Switzerland badminton Gold Grand Prix women's singles champion, 2015 all Britain badminton women's singles top four, 2014 Macau China Badminton Gold Grand Prix women's singles top four, 2 2014 biterberg Gold Grand Prix women's singles champion, 2014 Uber Cup women's team champion, 2014 Swiss Gold Grand Prix women's singles runner up, 2013 East Asian Games women's team champion, 2013 Singapore super badminton women's singles top four, 2012 Macau Gold Grand Prix women's singles champion, 2012 World Youth Badminton Championships women's singles top four, 2012 Mixed team champion of World Youth Badminton Championships, runner up of mixed team of 2012 Asian Youth Badminton Championships, women's singles champion of 2011 Asian Youth Badminton Championships, mixed team champion of 2011 Asian Youth Badminton Championships, group champion of 2011 Asian Youth Championships, women's singles champion of 2011 Asian Youth Championships, badminton events of the 7th National City Games in 2011 Women's team champion