Di Zijian (; born 27 February 2001) is a Chinese badminton player. Born in Liaoyang, Liaoning, he started practicing badminton at the age of 10 and entered the Liaoning team when he was 14. Di was selected to join the national youth team in 2017, then became the national second team players at the beginning of 2018. He was two times boys' doubles gold medalists at the Asian Junior Championships in 2017 and 2018, also won the mixed team title with the national junior team in 2018. At the World Junior Championships, he helped the team clinch the gold medal in 2017 and 2018, and won the silver medals in the boys' doubles event in 2017 and 2019. He also showed his achievement in the senior tournament level by reaching the final at the 2018 Lingshui China Masters and finished as the runner-up in the men's doubles event. Di won his first BWF World Tour title in 2019 SaarLorLux Open.
Controversy In February 2022, Di was accused of match fixing in his match against Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana at the 2021 Denmark Open. According to chat screenshots posted on Weibo by Di's ex-girlfriend, Di purposely forfeited the first game of the match to get around RMB 100,000; they did end up losing against the Indonesian pair, 6-21, 19–21. The Weibo post also shared screenshots of Di sharing his dislike for a teammate from Zhejiang for being 'too lazy', which fans speculate to be his former partner Wang Chang, who comes from the province. As a result, he was expelled from the Chinese National Team.
Achievements
World Junior Championships Boys' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 GOR Among Rogo,Yogyakarta, Indonesia Wang Chang Mahiro Kaneko Yunosuke Kubota 14–21, 21–15, 13–21 Silver 2018 Markham Pan Am Centre,Markham, Canada Wang Chang Shin Tae-yang Wang Chan 21–19, 22–20 Gold 2019 Kazan Gymnastics Center,Kazan, Russia Wang Chang Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin 19–21, 18–21 Silver
Asian Junior Championships Boys' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center,Jakarta, Indonesia Wang Chang Lee Sang-min Na Sung-seung 21–19, 21–11 Gold 2018 Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center,Jakarta, Indonesia Wang Chang Liang Weikeng Shang Yichen 18–21, 24–22, 21–19 Gold 2019 Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre,Suzhou, China Wang Chang Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin 9–21, 21–15, 19–21 Silver
BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-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 Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Men's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Lingshui China Masters Super 100 Wang Chang Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong 21–19, 17–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2019 SaarLorLux Open Super 100 Wang Chang Mathias Bay-Smidt Lasse Mølhede 21–17, 21–15 Winner
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