Sun Yu (; born 28 February 1994) is a Chinese badminton player. She was part of the Chinese winning team of the 2014 and the 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 Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2012 Chiba Port Arena, Chiba, Japan Nozomi Okuhara 10–21, 20–22 Bronze
Asian Junior Championships Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2011 Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow, India Shen Yaying 21–8, 21–13 Gold
BWF Superseries The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.
Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2015 Singapore Open Tai Tzu-ying 21–13, 19–21, 22–20 Winner 2016 Singapore Open Ratchanok Intanon 21–18, 11–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2016 Australian Open Saina Nehwal 21–11, 14–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2016 Japan Open He Bingjiao 14–21, 21–7, 18–21 Runner-up 2016 China Open P. V. Sindhu 11–21, 21–17, 11–21 Runner-up BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament
BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2012 Macau Open Busanan Ongbamrungphan 21–19, 21–8 Winner 2014 Swiss Open Wang Yihan 23–21, 9–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2014 Bitburger Open He Bingjiao 16–21, 21–15, 21–12 Winner 2015 Swiss Open Busanan Ongbamrungphan 21–16, 21–12 Winner 2015 Korea Masters Sayaka Sato 20–22, 19–21 Runner-up 2016 Thailand Masters Ratchanok Intanon 19–21, 21–18, 17–21 Runner-up 2016 China Masters Li Xuerui 16–21, 21–19, 6–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament
Record against selected opponents Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.
Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Chen Yufei 4 4 0 +4 He Bingjiao 5 3 2 +1 Li Xuerui 9 2 7 –5 Wang Lin 1 0 1 –1 Wang Shixian 4 1 3 –2 Wang Yihan 2 0 2 –2 Tai Tzu-ying 6 5 1 +4 Tine Baun 1 0 1 –1 Juliane Schenk 1 1 0 +1 Yip Pui Yin 4 4 0 +4 Saina Nehwal 8 2 6 –4
Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost P. V. Sindhu 8 4 4 0 Lindaweni Fanetri 1 1 0 +1 Minatsu Mitani 2 2 0 +2 Nozomi Okuhara 9 5 4 +1 Akane Yamaguchi 6 3 3 0 Bae Yeon-ju 2 2 0 +2 Sung Ji-hyun 6 2 4 –2 Carolina Marín 5 3 2 +1 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 2 2 0 +2 Ratchanok Intanon 7 2 5 –3
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