PETALING JAYA: Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen is the red-hot favourite to win the men’s singles crown at the World Championships but it wil be foolhardy to underestimate China’s dangerman Shi Yuqi (pic).
National singles coaching director Wong Choong Hann said that Yuqi, who has returned early from the China Badminton Association’s (CBA) suspension, will pose the biggest threat to the favourites as little is known of his condition for the last 10 months.
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