From December 13 to 17, 2023, the HSBC BWF Wolrd Tour Finals 2023 took place in Hangzhou, China.
Let's take a look back at this tournament, where we meet up with some of the players who have taken part in the Orléans Masters Badminton!
Semi-finals : Men’s singles : At home, China's Yu Qi SHI won 21-16/21-15 against Indonesia's Jonatan CHRISTIE.
In the final, he will meet world number 1 Viktor AXELSEN. The Dane defeated his compatriot Anders ANTONSEN 21-9/21-14. Anders ANTONSEN is coming to Orléans in 2023.
Women’s singles : Victory in 3 sets for Tzu Ying TAI, who won 19-21/21-15/22-20 against Korea's Se Young AN.
She will meet Carolina MARIN in the final. Winner of the Orléans Masters Badminton presented by Victor 2023, the Spaniard beat China's Yu Fei CHEN 21-17/19-21/21-13.
Men’s doubles : The Korean pair KANG / SEO continue their winning ways with a 21-13/21-12 victory over the Chinese pair LIU / OU.
The ALFIAN / ARDIANTO pair lost 22-20/12-21/21-16 to the Chinese pair LIANG / WANG.
Women’s doubles : The Chinese pair LIU / TAN, finalists at the Orléans Masters by Victor 2023, lost here 21-12/21-15 to the pair CHEN / JIA.
The Korean pair BAEK / LEE won their semi-final 21-17/18-21/21-18 against the pair MATSUYAMA / SHIDA.
Mixed doubles : The FENG / HUANG pair won 21-9/23-21 against the Japanese pair WATANABE / HIGASHINO.
ZHENG and HUANG easily beat SEO and CHAE 21-12/21-5 to reach the finals.
Finals : Men’s singles : World number 1 Viktor AXELSEN wins in 2 sets 21-11/21-12 against China's Yu Qi SHI.
Women’s singles : Title-holder at the OMB by VICTOR 2023, Carolina MARIN lost in 3 sets 21-17/19-21/21-13 to Chinese Taipei representative Tzu Ying TAI.
Men’s doubles : In a 2-set final, the Korean pair KANG / SEO came out on top. Victory 21-17/22-20 over China's LIANG and WANG.
Women’s doubles : A title for the Chinese pair CHEN / JIA who won in 2 sets 21-16/21-16 against the Korean pair BAEK and LEE.
Mixed doubles : A second Chinese title on home soil, as the ZHENG / HUANG pair easily beat the FENG / HUANG pair 21-11/21-18.
We meet again in 2024 to relive and follow the players who came to the Orleans Masters Badminton by VICTOR during the Petronas Malaysia Open 2024 (super1000) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.