The group draw for the 2024 BWF World Tour Finals (WTF) annual peak event was officially announced by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Saturday.
From the men's singles sector, Jonatan Christie will live in Group B with second seed Shi Yu Qi (China), fourth seed Kodai Naraoka (Japan), and Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand).
Meanwhile, Group A for the men's singles number is filled by Anders Antonsen (Denmark) first seed, Chou Tien Chen (Taiwan), Lee Zii Jia (Malaysia), and Li Shi Feng (China) who replaced two-time gold medalist Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) who previously decided to withdraw due to injury.
Turning to the women's singles sector, bronze medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics as well as third seed Gregoria Mariska Tunjung was in Group A along with first seed Wang Zhi Yi (China), Aya Ohori (Japan, and Busanan Ongbamrungphan (Thailand).
In Group B is filled by second seed Han Yue (China), gold medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympics An Se Young (South Korea), Supanida Katethong (Thailand), and Akane Yamaguchi (Japan).
In the men's doubles sector, two Indonesian representatives, namely the third seed Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto and Sabar Karyaman Gutama/Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani, inhabit Group B, along with the host representatives He Ji Ting/Ren Xiang Yu and Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik (Malaysia).
Group A in the men's doubles is filled by the first seed Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Denmark), Goh Sze Fei/Nur Izzuddin (Malaysia), and two Taiwanese pair Lee Jhe-Huei/Yang Po-Hsuan and defending champion of the Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin Olympics.
Continuing to the women's doubles sector, Febriana Dwi Puji Kusuma/Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi are in Group B along with second seed Rin Iwanaga/Kie Nakanishi (Japan), third seed Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee (South Korea), and 2024 Paris Olympic gold medalist Chen Qing Chen/Jia Yi Fan (China).
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Meanwhile, Group A has the first seed Liu Sheng Shu/Tan Ning (China), Pearly Tan/Thainah M (Malaysia), Namibia Matsuyama/Chiharu Shida (Japan), and Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopitand (India).
In the last sector, namely mixed doubles, Dejan Ferdinansyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja are in Group B with two Malaysian pair Goh Soon Huat/Lai Shevon Jemie and Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei, as well as the Japanese pair Hiroki Midorikawa/Natsu Saito.
Next in Group A there are the first seeds Jiang Zhen Bang/Wei Ya Xin (China), Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet (Hong Kong), Yang Po-Hsuan/Hu Ling Fang (Taiwan), and the gold medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong (China).
Meanwhile, the 2024 BWF World Tour Finals will be held in Hangzhou, China, on December 11-15.
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