Olympic and world champion Viktor Axelsen feels that the current international schedule is “tough” and that the governing bodies of the games (BWF) need to plan the current international schedule with the health of the athletes in mind. I’m here.
The 29-year-old from Odense has won eight titles in 2022, including World Championships, All England and World Tour Finals. He started the year with another dominant show by winning the Malaysian Super 1000 in Kuala Lumpur.
World No. 1 Dane finished runner-up at Sunday’s Indian Open Super 750 after losing three times to Thailand’s Khunrabhut Bitizan in the final.
“I try to rest and prepare as much as possible to keep my body in top shape, but it’s not easy, especially traveling between tournaments, it’s really hard,” he told reporters.
“At the end of the day, you can’t expect your players to continue performing week after week. That’s the way it is.
“Nowadays there are so many tournaments on the World Tour that player health is obviously something that individual players have to take care of, because playing everything all year round and performing well is not an option. Because I can’t.” Asked if he needed to take a break between World Tour events, Axelsen said:
“I flew from Malaysia across time zones to India on a 5-6 hour flight and back in the same time zone. Of this year’s goals, Axelsen said: Last week he won one of those so I hope he can win again in England. Khunrabut on Sunday became his fourth player to beat Axelsen in the last 13 months, and the Dane said he failed to mount an attack against the 21-year-old Thai sensation in the final. rice field.
“The attack and presence on the court wasn’t the best. There were a few points over the net late in the first game and he took the game. If I could accept that, it could have been different.” No,” said the two-time champion.
“This is competitive badminton. I’ve had good results in the last few tournaments, but I can’t keep winning all the time. It wasn’t my time. I want to congratulate Kunlabut.”
