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Women’s Singles: Women’s Singles: Women’s Singles: Carolina Marin (Spain) Carolina Marin (Spain) Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei) Men’s Singles: Men’s Singles: Women’s Doubles: Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) Women’s Doubles: Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) Women’s Doubles: Men’s Singles: Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu Kim So Yeong/ Lee So Hee/ Anders Antonsen (Denmark) (Indonesia) Mixed Doubles: Kong Hee Yong (Korea) Mixed Doubles: Shin Seung Chan (Korea) Dechapol Puavaranukroh/ Dechapol Puavaranukroh/ Mixed Doubles: Men’s Doubles: Sapsiree Taerattanachai Men’s Doubles: Sapsiree Taerattanachai Men’s Doubles: Dechapol Puavaranukroh/ Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin (Thailand) Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin (Thailand) Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Chinese Taipei) (Chinese Taipei) (Chinese Taipei) (Thailand) to
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BWF President “BAT and all the support staff have been “I’m really grateful to BWF and BAT “It’s amazing how BAT has been able to great. I stay in my room and only leave because it wouldn’t have been possible move people with the least amount of “I want to congratulate you the players and for training or playing. I always find to play badminton again without them. contact. ‘Staying in room’ was something the teams for making the three-tournament fun things to do like playing games or It’s really good we were all here a week we had to adjust to. We’ve done online Asian Leg in Bangkok a tremendous success. watching action films. I feel safe here.” before the tournament.” games to keep ourselves sane.” The conditions were not easy, and I thank you for your cooperation and patience. We showed to the world that badminton can deliver word-class events in the COVID-19 era. A big thank you must go to Badminton Association of Thailand and the Royal Thai Government for making it possible for you Oliver Leydon-Davis, Brice Leverdez, to play again. In the coming weeks and New Zealand France months, it will be important that you the players continue to enter and compete in “We’ve had to make changes, as it’s not “It’s great to be back tournaments to maintain the presence of your typical tournament preparation but it’s playing badminton.” badminton in 2021.” the same for everyone, just need to adapt.” to to
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Star Creation Programme
Five athletes have signed up for batch three of the Star Creation Programme
Marcus Ellis/Lauren Smith Goh Soon Huat/Lai Shevon Jemie Goh Soon Huat Li Yin Hui Lai Shevon Jemie They will be working with the experts at Seven League and Mailman to raise their social media game.
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Upcoming Tournaments
YONEX Swiss Open 2021 (2-7 March)
YONEX All England Open 2021 (17-21 March)
Orleans Masters 2021 (23-28 March) to
WEEKS DATES TOURNAMENT CITY
3rd Fazza–Dubai Para 13 29 Mar-4 Apr Dubai Para Badminton Badminton International
Spanish Para Badminton 19 10-16 May Cartagena Tournament Calendar International
Irish Para Badminton 25 21-27 Jun Dublin International
Tokyo 2020 Paralympic 35 1-5 Sept Tokyo Games
Peru Para Badminton TBC TBC Lima International
BWF Para Badminton 43 25-31 Oct Tokyo World Championships
Uganda Para Badminton 46 15-21 Nov Kampala International
49 5-9 Dec Asian Youth Para Games Manama
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