Shi Yu Qi from China will play his first world tour final in three years tomorrow at the Denmark Open in Odense.
The Chinese players barely participated in international tournaments since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. For Shi the Denmark Open are just his third tournament that he is playing in 2022.
Being back in a world tour final after such a long break is simply an amazing comeback story.
In tomorrow's men's singles final Shi will face Lee Zig Jia from Malaysia who defeated Loh Kean Yew (Singapore) 21-18 21-15 in the semifinals.
"Everyone is tired after this week. I think it depends who is mentally stronger", said the Malaysian All England winner from 2021.
Two Chinese & one Indonesian final
There will be no European players in this years final matches of the Denmark Open. Three of the five games could also be played at national championships. The men's doubles final will be Indonesia vs. Indonesia and in women's singles and mixed doubles we will only see Chinese players step on the court.
Denmark Open finals overview:
Mixed doubles: Feng Yan Zhe & Huang Dong Ping (China) vs. Zheng Si Wei & Huang Ya Qiong (China)
Women's doubles: Chen Qing Chen & Jia Yi Fan (China) vs. Baek Ha Na & Lee So Hee (Korea)
Men's doubles: Markus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia) vs. Fajar Alfian & Muhammad Rian Ardianto (Indonesia)
Women's singles: He Bing Jiao (China) vs. Chen Yu Fei (China)
Men's singles: Lee Zii Jia (Malaysia) vs. Shi Yu Qi (China)
Find all results from the semifinals
here.
The final matches at the Denmark Open will start Sunday at 12:00PM.