Sun Yu (badminton)


Sun Yu is a badminton player from China. She was a part of the Chinese winning team for the 2014 and 2016 Uber Cup.
After a long struggle from serious injury problems, she officially announced her retirement from the national team on 16 August 2018, and from the international badminton circuit in 2019, at a very young age of 25. The last tournament she played was the 2017 World Championships where she ended her campaign as quarter-finalist.

Achievements

World Junior Championships

Girls' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2012Chiba Port Arena, Chiba, Japan Nozomi Okuhara10–21, 20–22 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2011Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow, India Shen Yaying21–8, 21–13 Gold

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016China Open P. V. Sindhu11–21, 21–17, 11–21 Runner-up
2016Japan Open He Bingjiao14–21, 21–7, 18–21 Runner-up
2016Australian Open Saina Nehwal21–11, 14–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2016Singapore Open Ratchanok Intanon21–18, 11–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2015Singapore Open Tai Tzu-ying21–13, 19–21, 22–20 Winner

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016China Masters Li Xuerui16–21, 21–19, 6–21 Runner-up
2016Thailand Masters Ratchanok Intanon19–21, 21–18, 17–21 Runner-up
2015Korea Masters Sayaka Sato20–22, 19–21 Runner-up
2015Swiss Open Busanan Ongbumrungpan21–16, 21–12 Winner
2014Bitburger Open He Bingjiao16–21, 21–15, 21–12 Winner
2014Swiss Open Wang Yihan23–21, 9–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2012Macau Open Busanan Ongbumrungpan21–19, 21–8 Winner

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.