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After the 2016 Olympics, Wong resigned from the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA), thus confirming his retirement from professional badminton. He later joined consulting firm Deloitte on 26 September 2016, to start his post-badminton career. Wong is also looking to groom the next generation of shuttlers by opening his own badminton academy ...
Weeks spent as top-ranked women's singles shuttler from 1990 to week 12 of 2020 (Note: There is a slight difference in total counts due to the nonsynchronous nature of unofficial unified ranking week count which began on 01/01/1990 and the official BWF World Ranking which began on 01/10/2009, hence the non-display of Ratchanok INTANON above.)
The 2021 BWF season was the overall badminton circuit organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for the 2021 badminton season to publish and promote the sport. The world badminton tournament in 2021 consisted of: 1. BWF tournaments (Grade 1; Major Events) BWF World Men and Women's Team Championships (Thomas & Uber Cup)
In 2017, the SBA launched the Singapore Badminton Academy in partnership with ActiveSG. [9] The academy, headed by former Olympian Jiang Yanmei, offers a series of badminton programmes across Singapore for aspiring shuttlers aged six to 17. [10] Many former national shuttlers are part of the academy's coaching team. [9]
In 2021, Unnati Hooda's first tournament played was the India International Challenge where she lost to Anupama Upadhyaya in the finals. [5] In January 2022, Unnati played in the 2022 Odisha Open where she won the tournament beating Smit Toshniwal in the finals, winning her first ever BWF World Tour tournament. [2]
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [11] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.
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Nikhil Kanetkar (born 13 May 1979) is an Indian former badminton player from Pune. [1]Born in a Maharashtrian family, Kanetkar played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's singles, defeating Sergio Llopis of Spain in the first round.