Victor Lai and Michelle Li score important wins in the round of 32 of the TotalEnergies BWF World Championship Paris 2025.
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Victor Lai achieved one of the tournament’s most surprising results after defeating the 11th seed, Lu Guang Zu (CHN) in a three-games match. After losing the first game (13-21), Victor imposed his rhythm and won the second game (21-12). He then won the final game (21-10), outscoring his opponent by 11 points and advancing to the next round. Tomorrow, he will face Korean Jeon Hyeok Jin to continue making history.
“I feel amazing. I mean, it’s a big upset. I’ll say I didn’t expect it, but I also want to say I did expect it. I was just doing my best, so I am very happy.”
Michelle Li also advanced to the next round after defeating Ozge Bayrak (TUR) in three intense games. Li showed solidity by winning the first game (21-14), but the conditions didn’t allow her to secure the result in the second game (17-21). She finally prevailed in the third game (21-10), consolidating her qualification for the round of 16, where she will face the top seed An Se Young from Korea.
“I’m glad I made it in the end. I had some difficulties with the drafting of the court, but I saved it for last when I needed to, so I’m excited to play again tomorrow and perform better.”
Other Pan Am players at Paris 2025
“It is always good to play against athletes who are more experienced, who already have a long career, so we feel very happy to be able to play against them. The match could be much better, but we believed that we did well. We take home a unique experience and motivated to train more to be back stronger.” Fabricio Farias & Jaqueline Lima who faced local duo Gicquel/Delrue.
“It was really a high level match, she is top 8 in this event, so it is an honour to play against these high level athletes. It was super intense pace, I am too tired, but I think I leave more happy than tired, happy to delivered a good match, a good badminton.” Juliana Vieira who faced seeded 9 Kutri Kusuma Wardani (INA).
“The score is very close and they have a lot of experience but we tried our best and we played as hard as we could but there is still a lot to work on.” Presley Smith and Chen Zhi Yi who faced seeded 3 MD duo Goh/Izzuddin (MAS).
