[배드민턴코리아] The venue for this year’s World Tour Finals will also be changed. On the 15th, the World Badminton Federation (BWF) announced that this year’s World Tour Finals will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, rather than Guangzhou, China. This is because China’s Corona 19 situation has not subsided. The duration of the tournament will also be moved up one week from December 7 to 11 at Nimibutr Arena in Bangkok for five days.
Last year, the tournament was held in Bali, Indonesia due to the issue of Corona 19. In the women’s singles of last year’s World Tour Final held in Bali, Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance) won the championship by defeating Pusala V. Sindhu (India). At that time, Ahn Se-young became the ‘Queen of Bali’ by winning the Indonesia Masters held in Bali in turn from mid-November, the Indonesia Open followed by the World Tour Finals.
The list of players eligible for this year’s World Tour Finals will be confirmed on November 22 after the current Australian Open concludes. In the World Tour Finals, only the top 8 players in the World Tour Rankings, which are counted separately from the world rankings, can participate. Among Korean players, Kim Hye-jeong (Samsung Life Insurance) and Jeong Na-eun (Hwasun-gun Office) are ranked first in the women’s doubles, and Ahn Se-young (6th) is in the rankings in the women’s singles. Kim Hye-jeong and Jung Na-eun are certain to participate because they have enough points, but Ahn Se-young’s participation may be different depending on her current Australian Open performance.
In the men’s doubles, Choi Sol-gyu (Army Sports Corps) and Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life Insurance) are in 10th place, but there is not a 3,000 point difference between Aaron Chia and Sou-Ik (Malaysia) in 8th place, so there is a possibility that the ranking will be raised depending on the Australian Open record. this exists
In the women’s doubles, Lee So-hee-Shin Seung-chan and Kim So-young (Incheon International Airport)-Gong Hee-yong (Jeonbuk Bank) are ranked 16th and 17th, respectively, and cannot advance any further as they did not participate in the Australian Open.
Reporter Lee Joon Jo
