
Source:REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq
[Saba Sports News] Recently, the Chinese national team officially published a detailed article on Chen Yufei titled “Standing Tall in Adversity, Breaking Through in the Lows”. This lengthy article chronicles Chen Yufei’s ups and downs in detail. Her World Championships semifinal match against An Se-young is mentioned in the very second paragraph of the opening; Chen’s resilience resonates with every national team badminton fan. The official concluding remark: “Chen Yufei’s brilliance needs no announcement. She just swings her racket, writing her own answer between victory and defeat – not to conquer the world, but to never surrender to it.” It is reported that Chen Yufei’s earliest possible return will be on September 23rd. This suggests she will likely miss the Hong Kong Open, China Masters, and Korea Open consecutively. The Korean Open starts on September 23rd, and her team is unlikely to let her play the moment she feels slightly better. I predict her earliest return will be at the Denmark Open on October 14th. Chen Yufei has already won 24 international singles titles, an Olympic women’s singles gold medal, and boasts a career win rate close to 80%. She is already a badminton queen. What fans want is her fully healthy self; they do not wish for her to battle through injuries like An Se-young, never fully recovering to 100%.
