LEE Cheuk Yiu beats Toma Junior POPOV to move on to the Quarter Finals in the men's singles this Li-Ning China Masters 2026
LEE Cheuk Yiu kept it clean at the Li-Ning China Masters 2026, seeing off Toma Junior POPOV 21-19 24-22 without dropping a game in the Men's Singles Round of 16.
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21-19 — game 1 was the tightest of the match, settled by just 2 points.
What's Next
LEE Cheuk Yiu advances to the quarter-finals of the Li-Ning China Masters 2026, while Toma Junior POPOV's run ends here. Up next for LEE Cheuk Yiu: the Quarter Finals against KIDAMBI Srikanth — a player winning 51% of 100 recorded matches. LEE Cheuk Yiu leads their head-to-head 1-0, so the ledger leans their way going in.
Pre-Match AI Scout Analysis
Prior to the encounter, the AI Scout model favored Toma Junior POPOV with a 55% confidence projection on the world-ranking gap between them. Defying the analytical model's 55% projection, LEE Cheuk Yiu produced a decisive tactical shift to secure the upset.
Match video
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