jpnn.com, JAKARTA - Empat pebulu tangkis Indonesia masuk nominasi Badminton World Federation’s Player of the Year atau pemain terbaik dunia 2017. Mereka adalah Marcus Fernaldi (ganda putra), Kevin Sanjaya (ganda putra), Apriyani Rahayu (ganda putri) dan Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (tunggal putri).
BWF akan mengumumkan secara resmi daftar nominasi para pemain terbaik saat gala dinner pembuka Dubai World Superseries Finals di Dubai, Senin (11/12) depan.
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Komisi penghargaan BWF membuat empat kategori dalam penghargaan pemain terbaik ini, yakni pemain pria terbaik, pemain wanita terbaik, pemain yang paling menjanjikan (paling berkembang) dan pemain terbaik (best of the best).
Untuk kategori best of the best itu nominasinya berasal tiga pemenang masing-masing kategori. Pengumuman pemenang digelar di malam final Dubai World Superseries Finals. (badmintoneurope/ibtimes/adk/jpnn)
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Kandidat Terbaik BWF 2017:
Male player of the year
1. Zheng Siwei (Tiongkok): Men's Doubles (MD), Mixed Doubles (XD)
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Silver Medal: World Championships 2017 (XD); Silver Medal: Sudirman Cup 2017; Winner - 4 Superseries: Malaysia Open (XD); Australian Open (XD); China Open (XD); Hong Kong Open (XD); Runner-up - 5 Superseries: India Open (XD); Malaysia Open (MD); Indonesia Open (XD); Danisa Denmark Open (XD), French Open (XD)
2. Viktor Axelsen (Denmark): Men's Singles (MS)
Gold Medal: World Championships 2017; Winner - 2 Superseries: India Open; Japan Open; Runner-up – 1 Superseries: China Open; Bronze Medal: European Championships 2017
3. Srikanth Kidambi (India): Men's Singles (MS)
Quarter-Finals: World Championships 2017; Winner - 4 Superseries: Indonesia Open; Australian Open; Denmark Open; French Open; Runner-up – 1 Superseries: Singapore Open
4. Marcus Fernaldi/Kevin Sanjaya (Indonesia): Men's Doubles (MD)
Quarter-Finals: World Championships 2017; Winners – 6 Superseries: All England; India Open; Malaysia Open; Japan Open; China Open; Hong Kong Open; Runners-up - 2 Superseries: Korea Open; Denmark Open
Female player of the year:
1. Chen Qingchen (Tiongkok): Women's Doubles (WD), Mixed Doubles (XD)
Gold Medal: World Championships 2017 (WD); Silver Medal: World Championships 2017 (XD); Silver Medal: Sudirman Cup 2017; Winner – 5 Superseries: Malaysia Open (XD); Indonesia Open (WD); Australian Open (XD); China Open (WD); Hong Kong Open (WD); Runner-up – 4 Superseries: India Open (XD); Indonesia Open (XD); Denmark Open (XD), French Open (XD)
2. Huang Yaqiong (Tiongkok): Women's Doubles (WD), Mixed Doubles (XD)
Silver Medal: Sudirman Cup 2017; Winner – 6 Superseries: All England (XD), India Open (XD), Singapore Open (XD); Korea Open (WD); China Open (XD); Hong Kong Open (XD); Runner-up – 2 Superseries: Malaysia Open (WD & XD); Gold Medal: Badminton Asia Championships 2017 (XD)
3. Tai Tzu Ying (Taiwan) Women's Singles
Winner – 5 Superseries: All England; Axiata Malaysia Open; Singapore Open; French Open; Hong Kong Open; Gold Medal: Badminton Asia Championships 2017
4. Pusarla V Sindhu (India): Women's Singles
Silver Medal: World Championships 2017; Winner – 2 Superseries: India Open; Korea Open; Runner-up – 1 Superseries: Hong Kong Open
5. Akane Yamaguchi (Jepang): Women's Singles
Bronze Medal: Sudirman Cup 2017; Winner – 1 Superseries: China Open; Runner-up – 3 Superseries: Australian Open; Denmark Open; French Open; Silver Medal: Badminton Asia Championships 2017
6. Lee So Hee (Korea): Women's Doubles
Gold Medal: Sudirman Cup 2017; Quarter-Finals: World Championships 2017; Winner – 2 Superseries: All England; Denmark Open; Runner-up – 4 Superseries: Indonesia Open; Korea Open; French Open; China Open; Bronze Medal: Badminton Asia Championships 2017
Most promising player of the year (Eddy Choong Award)
1. Chen Yufei (Tiongkok): Women's Singles
Silver Medal: Sudirman Cup 2017; Bronze Medal: World Championships 2017; Semi-Finals – 2 Superseries: Japan Open, Denmark Open; Quarter-Finals – 4 Superseries: Malaysia Open, Australian Open; French Open; Hong Kong Open; Quarter-Finals: Badminton Asia Championships 2017
2. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (India): Men's Doubles (MD), Mixed Doubles (XD)
Quarter-Finals – 2 Superseries: French Open (MD); Korea Open (MD); Semi-Finals – 1 Grand Prix Gold: Dutch Open (XD)
3. Apriyani Rahayu (Indonesia): Women's Doubles
Winner – 1 Superseries: French Open; Runner-up – 1 Superseries: Hong Kong Open; Quarter-Finals – 1 Superseries: Korea Open; Winner – 1 Grand Prix Gold: Thailand Open; Semi-Finals – 1 Grand Prix Gold: New Zealand Open
4. Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (Indonesia): Women's Singles
Gold Medal: World Junior Championships 2017; Runner-up – 1 Grand Prix Gold: Syed Modi International
5. Lee Zii Jia (Malaysia): Men's Singles
Semi-Finals – 3 Grand Prix Golds: Thailand Masters; Yonex Open Chinese Taipei; Badminton Open; Winner: Polish International
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