Olympic and world champion Viktor Axelsen believes the current “tough” situation means the game’s governing bodies (BWF) need to plan the current international schedule with the health of the athletes in mind. increase. The 29-year-old from Odense has won his 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 when traveling between competitions,” he said. told the group.
“At the end of the day, you can’t expect your players to continue to perform week after week. Because you can’t play all year and perform well,” said Axelsen between World Tour events. “It’s a 5-6 hour flight, flying from Malaysia across time zones to India and back in the same time zone, which is not good considering my health and everything else. I hope I can.” Of his goals for this year, Axelsen said: Khunrabut on Sunday became his fourth player to beat Axelsen in the last 13 months, and the Danish 21-year-old Thai sensation in the final.
“Our attack and presence on the court wasn’t the best. We had a few points over the net late in the first game and he took the game. If I could have accepted that, it would be different.” Maybe,” 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.”
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