Zheng Yu

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Zheng Yu
郑雨
Personal information
Country China
Born (1996-02-07) 7 February 1996 (age 28)
Shandong, China
Height 1.75 m
Handedness Right
Women's doubles
Highest ranking 2 (with Zhang Shuxian 23 May 2023)
Current ranking 5 (with Zhang Shuxian 13 August 2024)
BWF profile

Zheng Yu (Chinese: 郑雨; pinyin: Zhèng Yǔ; born 7 February 1996) is a Chinese badminton player from the Jiangsu province team.[1] She started playing badminton in 2003, claimed the Jiangsu province title in the singles and doubles category in 2006 and 2007, then was selected to join the national team for the first time in 2010.[2] She was part of the national junior team that won the mixed team gold medals at the 2011 Asian and 2012 World Junior Championships.[3] She won her first senior international title at the BWF Super 500 tournament 2020 Malaysia Masters partnered with Li Wenmei.[4]

Career

Starting from 2022, Zheng partnered with Zhang Shuxian and finished as the runners-up at the All England Open, Malaysia Open and Singapore Open, before finally winning the Australian Open.[5] As a result, the pair qualified for the year-end final. They reached the semi-finals before bowing out to compatriots Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan.[6]

In the first half of the 2023 season, Zheng did not win any title with Zhang Shuxian. The duo opened the year by reaching the semi-finals of the BWF Super 1000 tournament, the Malaysia Open, but was stunned by Korean pairing Baek Ha-na and Lee Yu-lim.[7] Other semi-finals finished were at the All England and the Singapore Opens.[8] Zheng and Zhang also reached the quarter-finals in the India, Swiss, and Indonesia Opens. Zheng was also part of the China winning squad in the Sudirman Cup. Their achievement was able to bring them up to the 2nd place in the BWF rankings. In August, Zheng and Zhang finished as semi-finalists in the BWF World Championships, losing to their compatriots and eventual champions Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan. The defeat exacerbated their head-to-head record over Chen and Jia to 0–6.[9]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark China Zhang Shuxian China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan
14–21, 16–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2024 Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China China Zhang Shuxian South Korea Baek Ha-na
South Korea Lee So-hee
21–23, 12–21 Med 2.png Silver

BWF World Tour (5 titles, 9 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[10] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[11]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 German Open Super 300 China Huang Dongping Japan Yuki Fukushima
Japan Sayaka Hirota
21–18, 14–21, 6–21 2nd Runner-up
2018 New Zealand Open Super 300 China Cao Tongwei Japan Ayako Sakuramoto
Japan Yukiko Takahata
9–21, 19–21 2nd Runner-up
2019 Thailand Masters Super 300 China Li Wenmei Thailand Puttita Supajirakul
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai
21–15, 15–21, 10–21 2nd Runner-up
2020 Malaysia Masters Super 500 China Li Wenmei China Du Yue
China Li Yinhui
21–19, 16–21, 21–12 1st Winner
2021 Denmark Open Super 1000 China Huang Dongping South Korea Lee So-hee
South Korea Shin Seung-chan
21–15, 21–17 1st Winner
2022 All England Open Super 1000 China Zhang Shuxian Japan Nami Matsuyama
Japan Chiharu Shida
13–21, 9–21 2nd Runner-up
2022 Malaysia Open Super 750 China Zhang Shuxian Indonesia Apriyani Rahayu
Indonesia Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti
18–21, 21–12, 19–21 2nd Runner-up
2022 Singapore Open Super 500 China Zhang Shuxian Indonesia Apriyani Rahayu
Indonesia Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti
14–21, 17–21 2nd Runner-up
2022 Australian Open Super 300 China Zhang Shuxian Thailand Benyapa Aimsaard
Thailand Nuntakarn Aimsaard
21–19, 21–13 1st Winner
2023 Hylo Open Super 300 China Zhang Shuxian Indonesia Apriyani Rahayu
Indonesia Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti
18–21, 1–1r 1st Winner
2023 Japan Masters Super 500 China Zhang Shuxian China Liu Shengshu
China Tan Ning
12–21, 21–12, 21-17 1st Winner
2024 Malaysia Open Super 1000 China Zhang Shuxian China Liu Shengshu
China Tan Ning
18–21, 18–21 2nd Runner-up
2024 India Open Super 750 China Zhang Shuxian Japan Mayu Matsumoto
Japan Wakana Nagahara
12–21, 13–21 2nd Runner-up
2024 Indonesia Masters Super 500 China Zhang Shuxian China Liu Shengshu
China Tan Ning
21–10, 19–21, 20–22 2nd Runner-up

References

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External links

  • Zheng Yu at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).