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Viktor
Axelsen and Zheng
Si Wei/Huang
Ya Qiong’s extraordinary dominance this season was honoured as
they won the BWF Player of the Year Awards in their respective
categories.
Axelsen
won BWF Male Player of the Year for sweeping nearly everything in his
path. During the eligibility period from 1 November 2021 to 31
October 2022, Axelsen won nine titles, including his second
TotalEnergies BWF World Championships crown, which was achieved on
the back of three consecutive HSBC BWF World Tour titles
The
Chinese enjoyed a glorious winning streak of seven titles in
succession, culminating with their third World Championships gold.
The
BWF Female Player of the Year was won by Japan’s Akane
Yamaguchi, who achieved the rare honour of winning back-to-back
World Championships titles within a nine-month period. She also won
two other titles – the YONEX All England Open 2022 and the DAIHATSU
YONEX Japan Open 2022. The other contenders were An Se Young and Tai
Tzu Ying.
Fajar
Alfian/Muhammad
Rian Ardianto’s superb consistency through 2022, when they made
eight finals and won four, saw them named the BWF Most Improved
Players of the Year. The Indonesians won the honour ahead of HS
Prannoy and Jeong Na Eun/Kim Hye Jeong.
Japanese
21-year-old Kodai
Naraoka, who had a meteoric rise in 2022, won the Eddy Choong
Most Promising Player of the Year. Naraoka made four finals and won
the Vietnam Open.
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