The “show” of Kolot Vitidzarn, world champion in badminton in men’s singles, is not heavy, but the women’s doubles and mixed doubles face a difficult task. Get your badminton bracket for the World Tour Finals.
Badminton’s biggest year-end competition, the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2023, will witness the competition for the highest prize pool in history reaching $2.5 million, or approximately 87 million baht, in Hangzhou. The People’s Republic of China, which will compete from December 13-17, 2023
Recently, on the evening of Monday 11 December 2023, the Badminton World Federation held a gala dinner at the Dragon Hotel in Hangzhou. People’s republic of China
Alongside the announcement of the 2023 BWF Player of the Year Awards, nominees have been selected based on their performances in 2022-2023 between 1 November 2022 and 31 October 2023. Including, there will be a draw to divide the competition lines. At the 2023 World Tour Finals, all five categories as well.
There are 5 Thai badminton players who have applied to play in this event, made up of the mixed doubles category, the favorite pair of Thais like “Pass” Dechavon Puvaranokroh and “Porpo” Sapsiri Tairatanachai, the world’s No. 5 mentor, the men’s singles category “Show” Kolot Vitidsarn , ranked sixth in the world, has automatic rights as world champion, and in women’s doubles, the “gift” of Jungkolvan Ketitarakul and the “show” of Rowenda Brajungai, ranked ninth in the world.
Results of the mixed doubles draw: “Bass” Dechavon Puvaranokroh and “Purpo” Sapsiri Tairatanchai, ranked fifth in the world, were placed in the first group along with Feng Yanzi and Huang Dongping, the world’s No. 4 mentors from China, and Yuta Watanabe and World No. 2 Arisa Higashino from Japan. , Chen Tangji and Zhang Yiwei, the world’s No. 9 guide from Malaysia. The second group: consists of Cheng Xiu, Huang Yaqiang, the world’s No. 1 guide from China, Su Sunjai and Zhai Yujong. , the No. 3 guide in the world from South Korea. And the latest pair of world champions, Kim Wonho and Jung Na-eun, the world’s No. 7 guide from South Korea, and Tang Chun-man and Su Yingsad, the world’s No. 11 guide from Hong Kong.
In the women’s doubles category, Jungkolphan Kittitarakul’s “gift” and world’s ninth-ranked coach Rawinda Prajunjay’s “presentation” were placed in the second group with Baek Hana and Lee So-hee, the world’s second-ranked coach, from South Korea. Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida, the world’s No. 4 guides, are from Japan, and Kim Soo-young and Kong Hee-young, the world’s No. 3 guides, are from South Korea, while the first group consists of: Chen Ying and Chen and Jia Yifan, the world’s guides. The No. 1 guide from China, Apirani Rahayu and Siti Vadya Ramahanti, the world’s No. 7 guides from Indonesia, Mayo Matsumoto and Wakana Na Gahara, the world’s No. 8 guides from Japan, and Liu Zhengshu and Tan Ning, the world’s 10th-ranked guides. The world from China.
Men’s Singles Category: “Preview” of Collot Vitidzarn, No. 6 in the world, who received automatic rights as world champion. World No. 4 Jonathan Christie from Indonesia, World No. 5 Li Feng from China, and World No. 11 Anders Antonsen from Denmark were drawn in the second group, while the first group consists of World No. 11 Kodai Naraoka. World No. 3 from Japan, and World No. 3 Chi Yuki from Japan. World No. 7 from China, World No. 2 Anthony Sinizuka Ginting from Indonesia, and World No. 1 Viktor Asselsen from Denmark.
Men’s Doubles Group 1: Liang Weijing and Wang Zhang, world No. 1 mentors from China, Aaron Xia and Su Weik, world No. 3 mentors from Malaysia, Liu Yuchen and Wu Xuan Yi, world No. 8 mentors from China, and Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi, seventh-ranked mentors. Worldwide from Japan.
The second group consists of: Fajr Alfian and Muhammad Ryan Adrianto, the world’s No. 5 guide from Indonesia, Kim Astrup and Anders Rasmussen, the world’s No. 4 guide from Denmark, and Muhammad Fikri and Pacos Malana, the world’s No. 12 guide. from Indonesia, and world doubles champion Kang Min-yuk and So Sangjae, the world’s No. 6 guide from South Korea.
Women’s Singles The first group consists of: Ahn Se-young, ranked first in the world from South Korea. The most recent world champions are World No. 4 Tai Ziying from Taiwan, World No. 13 Kim Ja-eun from South Korea, and World No. 7 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung from Indonesia.
Group 2: World No. 2 Chen Yufei from China, World No. 5 Carolina Marin from Spain, World No. 8 Han Yi from China and World No. 9 Zhang Baiwen from the USA.
During the ceremony, the Best Athlete Award for 2023 was announced, which consists of:
Most Improved Player of the Year (Badminton Player of the Year Development Award) featuring Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin from China.
A couple of years (Badminton Player of the Year) includes Chen Yingchen and Jia Yifan, the world No. 1 female coach from China, who won her 4th World Championship and has won 5 more World Tour Championships.
Best player of the year (Badminton Player of the Year) includes Ahn Se-young, the world number one from South Korea. Which could win the World Championship including winning eight more World Tour titles and being able to win the 2022 Asian Games gold medal in the women’s singles category.
Male Player of the Year (Badminton Player of the Year Award) goes to So Sangjae from South Korea, who managed to win the World Championship this year. Men’s doubles and mixed doubles
Best dressed – female (Best Female Athlete Award) goes to Hadiya Jongkolphan Kititharakul
Best dressed – male (Best Male Athlete) is Chen Tangji from Malaysia.
Eddie Chung is the most promising player of the year (Top emerging badminton players): Liu Chengshu and Tan Ning from China.
“For the great competition in badminton at the end of the 2023 competition season,” said Khunying Patama Liosodtrakul, Director of the International Olympic Committee, Vice-President of the Badminton World Federation, Vice-President of the Thai Olympic Committee and President of the Thai Badminton Association, said: “For the great competition in badminton at the end of the 2023 competition season,” HSBC said the BW Tour Finals will compete. F World 2023” has the highest prize pool in history, reaching US$2.5 million, or nearly 87 million baht, in Hangzhou. People’s Republic of China, from December 13 to 17, there will be Thai badminton athletes who have earned the right to compete in the finals, 5 people from 3 categories, mixed doubles, “Pass” Dechaphon Puvaranokroh and “Porpo” Sapsiri Tairatanachai, women’s doubles ” Gift” Jongkolphan Kititharakul and “View” Rawinda Prajongong, men’s single “View” Kulwut Vititsarn
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