Indian shuttlers groups for the BWF World Tour Finals

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 After the Indonesia Open 2021 tournament, 7 Indian shuttlers will take part in the prestigious BWF World Tour finals starting from 1st December 2021. PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen progressed through with good performances.

In the women’s doubles category, Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy made it into the prestigious tournament after some decent performances. The young Indian pairing of Satwik and Chirag made it into the top 8 as one of the Japanese opponents lost in the semi-finals of Indonesia Open 2021.

Apart from the mixed doubles, the Indian shuttlers qualified for the rest of the categories. PV Sindhu is the only Indian to win the BWF World Tour Finals. The top two players in each group qualify for the semi-finals.

Here we look at the Groups of BWF World Tour finals

Men’s Singles

Group A

Victor Axselen

Rasmus Gemke

Kento Momota

Lakshya Sen

 

Group B

Lee Zii Jia

Kidambi Srikanth

Kunlavut Vitidsarn

Toma Junior Popov

 

Women’s Singles

Group A

Pornpawee Chocuwong

PV Sindhu

Yvonne Li

Line Christophen

 

Group B

Akane Yamaguchi

Busnan Ongbamrungphan

An Se Young

Yeo Ja Min

 

Men’s Doubles

Group A

Marcus Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya

Kim Astrup/ Anders Rasmussen

Lee Yang/Wang Chi

Satwik/Chirag

 

Group B

Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi

Ong Sew Sin/Teo Ee Yi

Pramudya Kusumawardna/ Rambitan

Christo Popov/Toma Junior Popov

 

Women’s Doubles

Group A

Jongkolphan Kitiharakul/ Prajongai

Kim So Yeong/Kong Hee Yong

Pearly Tan/Tinhah Muralitharan

Greysia Poli/Rahayu

 

Group B

Nami Matsuyama/ Chiharu Shida

Gabriela Stevoa/ Stefani Stevoa

Chole Birch/Lauren Smith

Ashwini Ponnappa/Sikki Reddy

 

Mixed Doubles

Group A

Yuta Watanabe/ Arisa Higansho

Mathais Christensen/ Alexandra Boje

Tan Kian Mang/Lai Pei Jang

Chang Pen Soon/Goh Liu Ying

 

Group B

Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanchai

Marcus Ellis/Lauren Smith

Tang Chun Man/Tsu Ying Suet

Praveen Jordan/ Melati Daeva Oktavanti

 

The Indian shuttlers would be looking to showcase their skills against the World's best players and hope that they can bring win the title. Lakshya Sen has a tough task ahead as he has been placed with Momota, Axselen, and Gemke.

The men’s doubles pairing of Reddy and Chirag Shetty have to play out of their skins to make it into the semi-finals.



 






7 Indian shuttlers qualify for the BWF World Tour finals 2021 

  

 

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