PV Sindhu wins Silver in BWF World Tour 2021
Highlights:
- The BWF world Tour 2021 finals was held between PV Sindhu of India and Seyoung of Korea.
- Seyoung won the cup and Sindhu settled in for a silver medal.
- In Men’s Singles of the BWF World Tour 2021,Viktor Axelsen won the cup.
- The BWF World Tour is a Grade 2 Badminton tournament series.
- It is held by the BWF, Badminton World Federation.
- It is held among the top world ranked players in singles (men and women) and doubles (men, women and mixed).
- The tournament is held among top 15 single players and top 10 double pairs.
- The BWF imposes a fine of 5000 USD per event, if a player fails to play.
- However, a valid medical certification will exempt the fine.
- These regulations do not apply to retired and suspended players.
- The title sponsor is HSBC Holdings.
- It is a British Multinational investment Bank. It is the second largest in Europe.
- It has offices in more than 64 countries including India.
- This ranking is created by the BWF.
- It uses the BWF tournaments, Summer Olympic games and World Championships to rank the players. Currently, Viktor Axelsen of Denmark holds the top rank in Men’s singles.
- Srikanth of India holds 14th rank. Tai Tzu - ying holds the top rank in women’s singles.
- PV Sindhu holds seventh rank. In doubles, Satwiksairaj and Chirag Shetty of India hold the ninth rank.
- In world ranking of countries, India is holding ninth place.
- China is on the top, followed by Japan, Indonesia, Thailand.
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