The country has fared considerably better in the other badminton events.

Its women retained the team title gold, while the men took silver after losing 3-2 to Indonesia in the final.

Chen Yufei and Wang Zhiyi both took bronze after losing their respective women’s singles semi-finals. There are no bronze-medal playoffs in Asian Games badminton.

China has also reached Tuesday’s finals in all three doubles events – men’s, women’s and mixed – guaranteeing at least silver in each on the last day of badminton competition.

FORM AND FITNESS

Li has attributed his early exit from the Games partly to the toll of Thursday’s team event final, where he lost…

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