Axelsen Confesses On Social Media Hasn't Received IDR1.1 Billion Prize From Denmark Open, Netizen: What About Indonesia Open And WTF?

Viktor Axelsen (Instagram @viktoraxelsen)

JAKARTA - Viktor Axelsen was caught pouring out his heart through social media. The world number two men's singles badminton player seems to be questioning the prize money from the 2021 Denmark Open championship that he has not received.

The Denmark Open 2021 took place last October 19-24 at Odense Sport Park, Denmark. In that tournament, Axelsen won the first title after defeating Kento Momota through the game ruber in the final with a score of 20-22, 21-18, and 21-12.

For his success, Axelsen was actually entitled to receive a prize money of US$59,500 or equivalent to Rp1.1 billion.

However, after two months had passed, Axelsen still had not received the gift he was entitled to. He also expressed his protest and questioned this through his Twitter account while comparing his fate with the tennis players.

"Still haven't got prize money from Denmark Open. In tennis, they received after two weeks max from GS/WTA/ATP. Maybe something needs to be fixed," Axelsen tweeted in a post quoted by VOI on Thursday 16 December.

"The Danish Open takes place in October," continued Axelsen confirming when the tournament took place.

Axelsen's statement about the prize that had not been received immediately attracted the attention of netizens. Not a few Indonesian netizens finally questioned the prizes from the Indonesia Open and the World Tour Final which took place in Bali recently.

"What about the prizes from the Indonesia Open and WTF?" asked netizens in the comments column.

Responding to that, Axelsen gave an answer and admitted that he had not received any prize money from the success of winning two titles held in Bali.

"Oh no, that hasn't happened yet," Axelsen replied.

still haven't received prize money from Denmark Open yet. In tennis they receive after two weeks max in GS/WTA/ATP. Maybe something we could improve also 😊

— Viktor Axelsen (@ViktorAxelsen) December 15, 2021

Other netizens also asked about the regulations from the BWF and admitted that they did not know what the rules of the world badminton body were.

"Don't know, I just think it's too long for athletes to wait," wrote Axelsen in response to a question.

Apart from Axelsen's comments about the prizes that he has not yet received, if one examines the rules for accepting tournament cash prizes, it turns out that there is a BWF regulation which states that all prize money must be paid by a certain party at least three weeks after the tournament is over.