World badminton world: The racquet smashing is “rare and hard to find”

(Sports news, badminton news) Smashing the bridge through the racket, the situation is unbelievable, but the Hong Kong (China) player can do it.

Video of Lee Cheuk Yiu’s smash through the racket:

It is very rare in badminton to break the racket, but in the match between Lee Cheuk Yiu (Hong Kong, China) and Anders Antonsen (Denmark) at the Indonesia Masters 2020 this happened. Jumping high and unleashing a “thunderbolt” smash, the 25-year-old Hong Kong player caused a puncture in the racket.

Lee Cheuk Yiu smashed so hard he broke his racket

The net was securely arranged, however a rope broke and the ball passed through and fit within the net. This situation personally surprised Cheuk Yiu and rival Antonsen, and the spectators were surprised.

This match took place 2 years ago with the victory in favor of Anders Antonsen, the player then became the runner-up in the tournament. To warm up for the Indonesia Masters event (from June 7 to 12, 2022), the World Badminton Federation’s fanpage has re-posted this bridge phase for the audience to admire again.

The Indonesia Masters is at the BWF Super 500 level, with a total prize pool of up to 360,000 USD. The champion won 9,200 points and 27,000 USD, the runner-up got 6,420 points and 13,680 USD, the third place got 5,040 points and 5,220 USD.

This year’s Indonesia Masters brings together top men’s singles players such as Viktor Axelsen (Denmark), Anders Antonsen (Denmark), Chou Tien Chen (Taiwan, China), Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Indonesia), Lee Zii Jia ( Malaysia)…