Chasing Milestone EP03: BWF World Tours Final 2024 Seedings And Match-Ups For Olympic Champions

Описание: In our third episode, we discuss the year-ending BWF, World Tour Finals 2024.

Olympic champions Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin, and Danish counterparts Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen, and are set for one last showdown, after the pairs were drawn in Group A, at the BWF World Tour Finals 2024, draw ceremony.

They faced each other twice, at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, once in the group stage, and again in the semifinals, with the Chinese Taipei duo, prevailing on both occasions.

Hangzhou is the last dance for Lee and Wang, but they have not played together, since the, Taipei Open 2024.

Also, drawn in men’s doubles Group A, are Chine Taipei teammates Lee Jhe-Huei/Yang Po-Hsuan, and Malaysia’s Goh Sze Fei/Nur Izzudin.

Fellow, Olympic gold medallists, Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong, will start their final tournament together, with a first-up match against compatriots, and mixed doubles top seeds, Jiang Zhen Bang/Wei Ya Xin.

The seedings, have been released, ahead of the all-important, group stage draw.

Each event, has four seeds. These were taken, from the Race To Finals Rankings, released on November 26, 2024.

A maximum of two players, or pairs per Member qualified. The reigning Olympic champions, gained automatic invitation.

Men’s Singles Seeds

Anders Antonsen (Denmark)
Shi Yu Qi (China)
Chou Tien Chen (Taipei)
Kodai Naraoka (Japan)

Women’s Singles

Wang Zhi Yi (China)
Han Yue (China)
Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (Indonesia)
An Se Young (South Korea)

Men’s Doubles Seeds

Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Denmark)
He Ji Ting/Ren Xiang Yu (China)
Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto (Indonesia)
Goh Sze Fei/Nur Izzudin (Malaysia)

Women’s Doubles Seeds

Liu Sheng Shu/Tan Ning (China)
Rin Iwanaga/Kie Nakanishi (Japan)
Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee (Korea)
Pearly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan (Malaysia)

Mixed Doubles Seeds

Jiang Zhen Bang/Wei Ya Xin (China)
Goh Soon Huat/Lai Shevon Jemie (Malaysia)
Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei (Malaysia)
Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet (Hong Kong)