Badminton News: List of nominees for 2022 BWF Player of the Year Awards revealed, five Indian shuttlers shortlisted

    The Badminton World Federation has revealed the nominees for the 2022 BWF Player of the Year Awards, and five Indian shuttlers, including HS Prannoy, have been included among the shortlisted nominees for the awards.

    HS Prannoy has been nominated for the 'Most Improved Player of the Year award'. HS Prannoy has been nominated for the 'Most Improved Player of the Year award'.

    The awards ceremony for the 2022 BWF Player of the Year Awards will be held on December 5, ahead of the BWF World Tour Finals and the gala dinner.

    BWF Player of the Year Awards recognized the achievement of the world's elite badminton and para-badminton players. The nominees are selected based on their performances during the 2021/22 season from November 1, 2021, to October 31, 2022.

    HS Prannoy has been nominated for the 'Most Improved Player of the Year award alongside Jeong Na Eun and Kim Hye Jeon of Korea and Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto of Indonesia.

    The other four nominees from India are all World Para-Badminton Champions, gold medallists Pramod Bhagat and Manisha Ramadass, alongside bronze medallists Manasi Joshi and Nithya Sre Sumathy.

    The world's best player, Viktor Axelsen of Denmark, 2021 World Champion Loh Kean Yew and Lee Zii Jia were nominated for the Male Player of the Year award.

    In the Women's Player of the Year category, The world number two An Se Young, world number four Tai Tzu Ying and world champion Akane Yamaguchi were nominated for the award.

    Let's take a list of nominees for the other categories at the 2022 BWF Player of the Year Awards:

    Pair of the Year

    Pair

    Country

    Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan

    China

    Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik

    Malaysia

    Zheng Si Wei and Huang Ya Qiong

    China

    Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Dechapol Puavaranukroh

    Thailand

     

    Most Promising Player of the Year

    Player

    Country

    Alex Lanier

    France

    Kodai Naraoka

    Japan

    Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto and Lisa Ayu Kusumawat

    Indonesia

     

    Para-Badminton Pair of the Year

    Player

    Country

    Fredy Setiawan and Khalimtus Sadiyah

    Indonesia

    Thomas Wandschneider and Rick Hellman

    Germany

    Lucas Mazur and Fausine Noel

    France

    Muhammad Ramli and Noor Noorlan

    Malaysia

    Subhan and Rina Marlina

    Indonesia

    Sarina Satomi and Yuma Yamzaki

    Japan

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