1. Wang Shixian is a retired Chinese professional badminton player.
33 Facts About Wang Shixian
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Wang Shixian is a former World No 1 in women's singles.
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Wang Shixian was admitted into Chinese Junior National Team in 2005 and was promoted to the second-level adult team a year later, but she got the chance to compete in the international stages only in 2009, after being promoted to the first-level adult team.
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Wang Shixian lost to Bae Yeon-ju there in straight games.
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Wang Shixian won a bronze medal in 2008 BWF World Junior Championships losing the semifinal to eventual winner Saina Nehwal.
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Wang Shixian won 2 superseries titles this year, first one was 2010 Korea Open Super Series, where she beat Sung Ji-hyun in the final and another one was the 2010 Swiss Super Series event, by beating Jiang Yanjiao of China.
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In 2011, Wang Shixian took part in the 2010 BWF Super Series Finals.
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Wang Shixian then won the 2011 Malaysia Super Series after securing a stunning victory against Wang Yihan.
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Wang Shixian was seeded top in the 2011 BWF World Championships where she was upset by Taipei's shuttler Cheng Shao-chieh in quarter-final.
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Wang Shixian claimed Macau Open title in the year end by beating Han Li in the summit clash.
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Wang Shixian won the Korean Open title by beating Jiang Yanjiao in the final clash.
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Wang Shixian was the finalist in the 2012 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold, where she gone down against Saina Nehwal.
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Wang Shixian won her first Asian Championship medal when she reached the semifinal.
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Wang Shixian was the prime contender from China for the participation in the 2012 Olympics, other already confirmed players from China were Wang Yihan and Wang Xin.
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Li Xuerui on the other hand had beaten them multiple times so that's why Wang Shixian was omitted from the Olympic squad and Li was chosen.
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Wang Shixian ousted Ratchanok Intanon there and advanced to final round.
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Wang Shixian succeeded in taking the Swiss Open title by beating Ratchanok Intanon.
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Wang Shixian competed at the BWF world championship that took place in Guangzhou China as the 7th seed.
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Wang Shixian showed a great performance and overcame a tough challenge by Thailand's Porntip Buranaprasertsuk to win and grabbed her 1st Superseries title since the Victor Korea Open in 2012.
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Wang Shixian put up a good show at the 2013 BWF Super Series Finals where she won all her group stage matches against Tai Tzu-ying, Sung Ji-hyun and Porntip Buranaprasertsuk in 2 games.
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Wang Shixian was favourite to win the semifinal after her repeat clash with Tai again.
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Wang Shixian made her way to the final of the 2014 Malaysia Super Series Premier but lost against her compatriot Li Xuerui.
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Wang Shixian settled for the silver medal in 2014 Badminton Asia Championships where she lost to Sung Ji-hyun who was playing in front of her home crowd.
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Wang Shixian was second-seeded in the 2014 BWF World Championships and was one of the favourites to win the tournament.
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Sindhu, a player to whom Wang Shixian lost to in the previous year.
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Wang Shixian lost all three of her round-robin matches in straight sets and exited the tournament.
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Wang Shixian won that encounter and Okuhara was left cramping in that historic match.
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Wang Shixian did have final appearances at the 2015 Australian Super Series and 2015 French Super Series, both of them being lost to Carolina Marin.
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Wang Shixian was a quarterfinalist at the 2015 BWF World Championships, where she lost to Marin again.
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Wang Shixian subsequently decided to take retirement from the professional badminton.
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Wang Shixian graduated from the Nanjing University of Finance and Economics with a bachelor's degree.
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Wang Shixian married former teammate Chen Long in 2017, after over a decade together.
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Wang Shixian gave birth to a son Chen Shan Yang, nickname "Coffee", in June 2019.