2017 BWF World Championships – Men's Singles
The men's singles tournament of the 2017 BWF World Championships ( World Badminton Championships) took place from 21 to 27 August. Seeds Son Wan-ho ''(semifinals)'' Lee Chong Wei ''(first round)'' Viktor Axelsen (champion) Shi Yuqi ''(third round)'' Chen Long ''(semifinals)'' Chou Tien-chen ''(quarterfinals)'' Lin Dan ''(final)'' Srikanth Kidambi ''(quarterfinals)'' Ng Ka Long Angus ''(third round)'' Tian Houwei ''(quarterfinals)'' Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk ''(third round)'' Wong Wing Ki ''(quarterfinals)'' Ajay Jayaram ''(third round)'' Anders Antonsen ''(third round)'' B. Sai Praneeth ''(third round)'' Rajiv Ouseph Theratil Rajiv Ouseph (born 30 August 1986) is a former international badminton player from England who has represented both England and Great Britain. A long-time English and British No.1, Ouseph's most significant international tournament achi ... ''(third round)'' Draw Finals Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Sec ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Emirates Arena
The Commonwealth Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, known for sponsorship reasons as the Emirates Arena, is an indoor arena and velodrome in Dalmarnock, Glasgow, Scotland. Built for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, these venues hosted the badminton and track cycling events. Situated opposite Celtic Park in the East End of Glasgow, the complex is also the headquarters of Scottish Cycling. History It was built on a site at a cost of £113 million. The construction work took place between 2009 and 2012. The venue opened in October 2012. In September 2017, neighbours Celtic F.C. had plans approved for the construction of a hotel complex within their land, situated directly across the road from the arena and velodrome. Indoor arena The Indoor Arena has a capacity of 6,500 and during the Commonwealth Games it had twelve badminton courts in three indoor sports halls. The arena has a hydraulically lifted 200m indoor running track that hosted the Aviva International Match, which ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wong Wing Ki
Vincent Wong Wing Ki (, born Wong Shu Ki (黃書棋); 18 March 1990) is a retired badminton player of Chinese-Indonesian descent who represented Hong Kong. Name change Wong Wing Ki was born Wong Shu Ki (黃書棋), but he changed his name when he was 17. "Shu" is homophonous to another word meaning "to lose" in Chinese, and he was told to change it.Hong Kong’s Wing Ki celebrates most famous victory The Star (Malaysia). 22 October 2011. Education Wong Wing Ki was a student at La Salle College. He quit school after Form 3 to concentrate on a badmi ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fabian Roth
Fabian Roth (born 29 November 1995) is a German badminton player. He started playing badminton at aged 6, and joined Germany national badminton team in 2013. He was the boys' singles gold medalist at the 2013 European Junior Championships. Achievements European Junior Championships ''Boys' singles'' BWF International Challenge/Series ''Men's singles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ... tournament References External links * 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Karlsruhe German male badminton players Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Germany 21st-century German sportsmen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lin Yu-hsien
Lin Yu-hsien (; born 27 September 1991) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Career He plays in the men's singles. He participated in the 2016 Vietnam Open Grand Prix, in the 2016 Chinese Taipei Masters and in the 2015 Chinese Taipei Masters Grand Prix. Achievements BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, 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. ''Men's singles'' BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Men's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lucas Corvée
Lucas Maurice Corvée (born 9 June 1993) is a French badminton player affiliated with Issy Les Moulineaux 92 club. Corvée started playing badminton at aged 6 in Alençon badminton club. His mother also a professional badminton player. He became a member of the France national badminton team in 2010, then in 2011, he won a bronze medal at the European Junior Championships in boys' doubles event. Corvée was the champion of the 2013 Puerto Rico International tournament in the men's doubles event partnered with Brice Leverdez. Corvée competed at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. He was the men's singles silver medalist at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain. Achievements Mediterranean Games ''Men's singles'' European Junior Championships ''Boys' doubles'' BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (B ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sergey Sirant
Sergey Yurevich Sirant (; born 12 April 1994) is a Russian badminton player. He won his first international title at the 2015 Riga International, and clinched the Grand Prix title in 2017 Russian Open. Sirant was the men's singles National Champions in 2017 and 2018. He competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Achievements BWF Grand Prix (1 title) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Men's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 5 runners-up) ''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Artem Pochtarev
Artem Sergiyovich Pochtaryov (; born 24 July 1993) is a Ukrainian badminton player. His current partner for men's doubles is Gennadiy Natarov. Pochtarev competed in 2015 BWF World Championships, where he was defeated by Sho Sasaki in the first round. Career achievements Men's singles Men's doubles with Gennadiy Natarov Mixed doubles with Elena Prus Olena Volodymyrivna Prus (; born 30 April 1986) is a Ukrainian badminton player. Prus works as a coach in Badminton Kharkiv. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series ''Women's singles'' ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : B ... Notes : International Challenge : International Series References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pochtarev, Artem 1993 births Living people People from Lysychansk Ukrainian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic badminton players for Ukraine Badminton players at the 2015 European Games Badminton players at the 2019 Eur ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zulfadli Zulkiffli
Zulfadli bin Zulkiffli (born 11 February 1993) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was the boys' singles gold medalist at the 2011 Asian and World Junior Championships, also at the Commonwealth Youth Games. In 2018, Zulkiffli was found guilty by the Badminton World Federation and barred from all badminton-related activities for 20 years over match fixing violations. Achievements World Junior Championships ''Boys' singles'' Commonwealth Youth Games ''Boys' singles'' Asian Junior Championships ''Boys' singles'' BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ''Men's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament BWF International Challenge/Series ''Men's singles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and leve ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nick Fransman
Nick Fransman (born 28 February 1992) is a Dutch badminton player. Plays for BC Smashing in Wijchen, he won the 2009 national junior titles in singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles. Fransman represented his country compete at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. He was runner-up at the National Championships in 2015, 2017 and 2018. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series ''Men's singles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ... tournament References External links * * 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Arnhem Dutch male badminton players Badminton players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics 21st-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherla ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vilson Vattanirappel
Vilson James-Lukas Vattanirappel (born 4 November 1992) is an Austrian badminton player. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series ''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ... tournament References External links * 1992 births Living people Austrian male badminton players 21st-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-badminton-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gergely Krausz
Gergely Krausz (born 25 December 1993) is a Hungarian badminton player affiliated with Multi Alarm SE. He competed at the 2015 and 2019 European Games. Krausz is the first ever Hungarian men's singles player to participate at the Olympics The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competit ... by competing at the 2020 Tokyo Games. He retired from the international badminton on 17 October 2021. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up) ''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series tournament References External links * Living people 1993 births People from Mór Hungarian male badminton players Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kalle Koljonen
Kalle Koljonen (born 26 February 1994) is a Finnish badminton player. In 2014, he won a bronze medal at the European Men's Team Championships in Basel. He won his first international title at the 2015 Hungarian International. Koljonen became first ever badminton player from his country to medal at the European Championships in 2021. Achievements European Championships ''Men's singles'' BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 8 runners-up) ''Men's singles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament : BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ... tournament References External links * * * * * 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Helsinki Finnish male badminton players Badminton ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |