VOL. 10 • FEBRUARY 2021 READY toPLAY to CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CHAMPIONS! 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 CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CHAMPIONS! Your Feedback Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Sourabh Verma, Josephine Wu, Poul-Erik Høyer, Indonesia India Canada 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 Player Clothing Advertising Guidelines Please check out our visual guide to advertising regulations on player clothing. to Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith 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. Li Yin Hui to 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 BWF Contacts Please contact the BWF Events Projects team of Koh Wa Cheng and Jessy Sung if you have any questions. Koh Wa Cheng - [email protected] Jessy Sung - [email protected] © BWF. All Right Reserved 2021.