Source: China News Network
China News Service, Hangzhou, November 28 (Zhang Yuhuan and Guo Tianqi) On the 28th, the 2023 Badminton World Tour Finals press conference was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. It is reported that the competition will be held in Hangzhou from December 13th to 17th. 63 of the world’s top badminton players will participate. The Chinese Badminton National Team has successfully locked in 10 participating seats and achieved full participation.
Press conference scene.Photo provided by the organizer
It is understood that the Badminton World Tour Finals is the highest level event in the tour system. Only the top eight athletes in the total points of each individual event of the 39 stations of the tour and the individual champions of the World Championships that year are eligible to participate.
In this competition, Chen Yufei, who has just won the China Badminton Masters Championship, will participate in the women’s singles competition with Han Yue; in men’s doubles and women’s doubles, China has the world’s number one “Liangwang combination” Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang and The powerful “Liu Ou combination” Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi, and the world’s number one women’s doubles “Fanchen combination” Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan will compete with another “post-00s” women’s doubles combination Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning. “IELTS combination” Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong and “Phoenix combination” Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping will attack the mixed doubles championship.
In addition, Danish player Viktor Axelsen is currently ranked No. 1 in the world in men’s singles, South Korean player Ahn Se-young is ranked No. 1 in the world in women’s singles, Spanish women’s singles star Marin, Japanese men’s singles player Kodai Naraoka, and South Korean mixed doubles combination Seo Seung-jae. / Cai Yujing and other world famous players will also make an appearance.
At the press conference, Chen Yufei, the badminton women’s singles champion of the Tokyo Olympics, expressed her hope that she could enjoy the stadium and the enthusiastic atmosphere brought by the audience in this competition. “As an athlete, what I have to do is to be myself and present the most exciting game to the audience.” Chen Yufei said.
It is worth mentioning that from 2023 to 2026, the BWF World Tour Finals will be held in Hangzhou for four consecutive years. The total prize money of this year’s event is as high as 2.5 million US dollars, setting a record high in the total prize money of the Badminton World Federation’s year-end finals, becoming one of the highest prize money badminton events in recent years.
As the year-end pinnacle match of the world badminton, this match also attracted the attention of a large number of fans, and ticket information was also a hot topic. At the press conference, reporters learned that the group stage will be held from December 13th to 15th. There are four ticket categories: A/B/C/D. The semi-finals and finals ticket prices are in the group stage. On the basis of categories, the “Supreme” category will be added. Among them, the lowest ticket price for category D in the group stage is 80 yuan, and the highest ticket price for the “supreme” category in the finals is 2,280 yuan. (over)
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2023-11-29 04:30:26
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