Li Yijing (; born 12 January 2002) is a Chinese

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player. She is affiliated with the Guangzhou team. She was part of China's team that won the 2023 Asia Mixed Team Championships.

Career

Li entered the Guangzhou team in August 2016 and started training with the

national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...

in late 2017.

2022

After more than two years not competing internationally, Li and her partner Luo Xumin won their first senior international title at the Vietnam International Series in November. In the following week, they finished as the runners-up at the Malaysia International to their compatriots, Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning.

2024

After successfully breaking into the top 25 in the world rankings in 2023, Li and Luo advanced to the

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final in February. They lost to the home pair,

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and

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, in three tight games. A few weeks later, the pair won their first BWF World Tour title at the German Open. In September, they reached the final of the China Open. They emerged as champions, beating teammates Li Wenmei and

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. At the

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in November, Li and Luo finished as runners-up after falling to Kim Hye-jeong and Kong Hee-yong in the final. Two weeks later, the duo reached their fifth final of the season at the China Masters, where they finished second to Liu and Tan.

Personal life

She is a student at

South China University of Technology The South China University of Technology (SCUT) is a public university in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education and co-sponsored with the Guangdong Provincial People's Governme ...

Achievements

World Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

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(BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Women's doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 1 runner-up)

''Women's doubles'' :

BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

BWF Junior International (7 titles, 3 runners-up)

''Girls' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament : BWF Junior International Challenge tournament : BWF Junior International Series tournament : BWF Junior Future Series tournament

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