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BWF World Tour Finals: World champion Akane Yamaguchi defeats Tai Tzu-ying to claim women's title
Defending champion Viktor Axelsen defeated Anthony Ginting 21-13, 21-14 to reclaim the BWF World Tour Finals title; Akane Yamaguchi beat Tai Tzu Ying 21-18, 22-20.

BWF World Tour Finals: HS Prannoy shocks world No 1 Viktor Axelsen to end campaign on a high
Prannoy lost the opening game 14-21 but came back stronger to take the next two 21-17 and 21-18 to end his campaign on a high.

BWF World Tour Finals: HS Prannoy loses to Lu Guang Zu
HS Prannoy who had lost to the same opponent in his only meeting at French Open this year, put up a brave effort but couldn't go the distance, losing 21-23 21-17 19-21 in a gruelling 84-minute contest.

BWF World Tour Finals: HS Prannoy loses to Kodai Naraoka in opening group game
HS Prannoy lost 11-21 21-9 17-21 to Naraoka in an hour-long contest.

BWF World Tour Finals 2022 relocated from Guangzhou to Bangkok due to COVID-19
The tournament, which was slated to start on December 14, was preponed due to stadium availability issues.

PV Sindhu pulls out of BWF World Tour Finals
PV Sindhu had sustained the injury on way to her title-winning run at the Commonwealth Games in August.

China to host first badminton event since pandemic start; BWF World Tour Finals to take place in Guangzhou
BWF is yet to confirm if the World Tour Finals will take place in a 'bubble'.

BWF World Tour Finals: PV Sindhu claims silver after defeat to South Korea's An Seyoung in final
The reigning world champion Indian ace had no answer to the in-form world number six Korean, who dictated terms from the word go.

BWF World Tour Finals: Sindhu beats Yamaguchi in thriller to enter final; Axelsen knocks Sen out in semis
It will be Sindhu's third final appearance in the season-ending tournament. She had won the title in 2018 to become the only Indian to achieve the feat.

Tai Tzu Ying, Viktor Axelsen named BWF Female and Male players of the year
It was the first season-ending award in this category for both Axelsen and Tai Tzu Ying — the All England champions of 2020

BWF World Tour Finals: Already qualified for semis, PV Sindhu loses final group match, Srikanth bows out
Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, couldn't apply enough pressure on the world No 10 Chochuwong to go down fighting 12-21 21-19 14-21 in a match that lasted an hour and 11 minutes.

BWF World Tour Finals: Kidambi Srikanth loses to Lee Zii Jia, bows out of tournament
The former world no. 1 Indian was no match for Lee, the reigning All England champion, going down 19-21 14-21 in 37 minutes to end his campaign

BWF World Tour Finals: Viktor Axelsen deafeats Lakshya Sen to advance to next stage
The reigning Olympic champion outplayed the unseeded Sen 21-15, 21-14 in the season-ending tournament held on the holiday island of Bali

BWF World Tour Finals: Satwik-Chirag pair pulls out of tournament due to injury
Satwik and Chirag, ranked 11th in the World, had become the first Indian men's doubles pair to qualify for the prestigious season-ending tournament after finishing at the semifinal stage of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 tournament last week.

BWF World Tour Finals: PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen qualify for knockouts
World number 14 Srikanth, who had reached the knockout stage in the 2014 edition of the year-ending event, went down 18-21 7-21 to three-time junior world champion Vitidsarn in a 46-minute men's singles match.

BWF World Tour Finals: Sindhu, Srikanth make winning start; Ponnappa-Sikki Reddy lose in women's doubles
Former world No 1 Kidambi Srikanth beat France's Toma Junior Popov 21-14 21-16 in 42 minutes in his opening match of group B.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty pair qualifies for BWF World Tour Finals
Satwik and Chirag had finished at the semi-finals of the Indonesia Open last week but made the cut after Japanese pairing of Akira Koga and Taichi Saito also lost in the last four at the Super 1000 tournament.

BWF World Tour Finals: Viktor Axelsen, Kento Momota lead badminton's return to Asia for season finale
Olympic silver medallist Chen Long will be missing, along with all players from China, for the first of three back-to-back events on the resort island of Bali beginning Tuesday.

BWF World Tour Finals: Tai Tzu Ying, Anders Antonsen crack aura of invincibility around Carolina Marin, Viktor Axelsen
Long-reigning World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying matched Carolina Marin’s scorching pace, pinned her repeatedly on her slightly vulnerable backhand baseline to come from 17-19 down in the decider to win 14-21, 21-8, 21-19

BWF World Tour Finals: Tai Tzu-ying beats Carolina Marin in women's final; Anders Antonsen stuns Viktor Axelsen
Marin beat the 26-year-old Tai two weeks in a row during the previous Thailand Open tournament finals