[1][4] He also showed his achievement in the senior tournament level by reaching the final at the 2018 Lingshui China Masters and finished as the runner-up in the men's doubles event.

[2] Di won his first BWF World Tour title in 2019 SaarLorLux Open.

According to chat screenshots posted on Weibo by Di's ex-girlfriend, Di purposely forfeited the first game of the match to get around RMB 100,000;[6] they did end up losing against the Indonesian pair, 6-21, 19-21.

[7] The Weibo post also shared screenshots of Di sharing his dislike for a teammate from Zhejiang for being 'too lazy', which fans speculate to be his former partner Wang Chang, who comes from the province.

Boys' doubles Boys' doubles The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[8] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).