Chong Wei and Yu/Wang win BWF players of the year award

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Raphaël Sachetat
– December 13, 2011Posted in: news
Lee Chong Wei and the duo of Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang respectively won the men and women’s BWF Player of the Year award. They were given the award during […]

Lee Chong Wei and the duo of Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang respectively won the men and women’s Player of the Year . They were given the during the presentation of the ongoing Li-Ning Super Series Finals in Liuzhou, China, after the voting had been completed earlier during the council meeting in New Zealand.

For the first time, badminton fans had a say on who should be nominated with 24 hours to vote for their favourite on Facebook and Twitter. If Lee Chong Wei had been slightly ahead of Lin Dan in this fan vote – and confirmed by the world’s governing body’s vote later – it wasn’t the case of Lilyana Natsir, who was clearly ahead in the public’s vote (more than 75 %) but saw China’s Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli take the prestigious award instead. The Chinese won 7 out of the 12 Super Series played in 2011 on top of the Victor Super Series Finals last year.

More information on the winners of the BWF award here

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About Raphaël Sachetat

Raphael is the Chief Editor of Badzine International. He is the founder of the website together with Jean François Chauveau. After many years writing for the BWF and many publications around the world about badminton, he now leads a team of young and dynamic writers for Badzine.