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Viktor Axelsen awarded, Badminton World Federation male player of the year 2021
Viktor Axelsen recognized for Badminton World Federation male player of the year 2021
On Friday 3rd December 2021 , the Badminton World Federation (BWF) recognised Viktor Axelsen of Denmark and Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei as male and female players of the year, respectively.
The timeframe of consideration for the prizes was November 2019 to October 31, 2021, due to the interruption created by COVID-19 over the previous two years.
Starting in February 2020 at the Barcelona Spain Masters, world number one Axelsen has reached ten of eleven finals, winning seven of them, including the Olympic gold in Tokyo this summer.
In 2020, Tai Tzu Ying won the All England Open, and in January 2021, he reached all three finals of the Asian Leg, which consisted of three tournaments. She also took silver at the Tokyo Olympics and won the BWF World Tour Finals in 2020.
Guatemalan Kevin Cordon was singled out by the BWF Awards Commission for his amazing run to the semifinals in Tokyo, where he was defeated by Axelsen.
