Lu Guangzu (; born on 19 October 1996) is a Chinese

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player. In

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, Lu made into his first final at the Lingshui China Masters. Since then, he both won

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and

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's titles.

Career

2022

Lu reached the final of the

, his first final in four years, defeating world No.2 Lee Zii Jia en route. Although he lost to compatriot

Shi Yuqi Shi Yuqi (; Mandarin pronunciation: ; born 28 February 1996) is a Chinese badminton player. Shi Yuqi won his first Superseries title in the 2016 French Open. At the 2017 All England Open, he defeated 6-time champion Lin Dan to reach the final, ...

in three games, he qualified for the

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for the first time in his career. In his group, he defeated

Prannoy H. S. Prannoy Haseena Sunil Kumar (born 17 July 1992), also known as H. S. Prannoy, is an Indian badminton player who currently trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad. Prannoy originally hails from Thiruvananthapuram and has a ca ...

in a tight three-game match, but failed to qualify for the semi-finals as he lost to world No.1 Viktor Axelsen and Kodai Naraoka, both in straight games.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

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(BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Men's singles''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lu, Guangzu Living people 1996 births Sportspeople from Xuzhou Badminton players from Jiangsu Chinese male badminton players 21st-century Chinese people