Shi Yuqi defeats Ayush Shetty to win Badminton Asia Championships 2026

Key facts

• Shi Yuqi won the men’s singles title at the Badminton Asia Championships 2026 by defeating Ayush Shetty in the final.
• The final score was 21-8, 21-10 in favour of Shi Yuqi.
• The final was held in Ningbo, the People’s Republic of China.
• Ayush Shetty’s silver is India’s first men’s singles medal at the Badminton Asia Championships in eight years.
• Dinesh Khanna remains the only Indian to have won gold in the men’s singles at the event, achieving it in 1965.
• India has secured six bronze medals in men’s singles at the championships, the latest by HS Prannoy in 2018.
• The country’s most recent medal across all events was the men’s doubles gold won by Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in 2023.
• Earlier in the tournament, Ayush Shetty defeated world No. 1 Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the semi‑finals.
• He also beat world No. 7 Li Shi Feng of China in the opening round and world No. 4 Jonatan Christie of Indonesia in the quarter‑finals.