5 Pebulu Tangkis Indonesia Masuk Nominasi Terbaik Dunia 2018

Sementara itu, pemain tunggal putra Anthony Sinisuka Ginting masuk dalam nominasi kategori Most Improved Player of The Year. Ginting yang kini duduk di peringkat sembilan dunia, merupakan peraih gelar Daihatsu Indonesia Masters 2018 dan China Open 2018. Ia juga meraih medali perunggu Asian Games 2018 di nomor perorangan dan beregu.

Di Para-badminton, Leani Ratri Oktila dari Indonesia, masuk dalam nominasi kategori Female Player of The Year. Leani merupakan peraih medali emas Asian Para Games 2018 untuk kategori ganda putri SL3-SU5 dan ganda campuran SL3-SU5.

Pengumuman pemenang BWF Player of The Year akan dilakukan dalam acara gala dinner BWF World Tour Finals 2018 di Guangzhou, Tiongkok, Senin (10/12).

BWF Player of The Year merupakan penghargaan tahunan dari federasi bulu tangkis dunia berdasarkan pada prestasi atlet sepanjang tahun. Pemenang penghargaan akan dipilih oleh BWF Awards Commission. (adk/jpnn)

Kandidat Pebulu tangkis Terbaik Dunia 2018:

Male Player of the Year
1. Kento Momota (Men’s Singles, Japan)
Highlight: Winner – Total BWF World Championships 2018 & Badminton Asia Championships 2018
2. Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuldo (Men’s Doubles, Indonesia)
Highlight: 8 x Winner – HSBC BWF World Tour 2018 & Asian Games 2018
3. Zheng Siwei (Mixed Doubles, China)
Highlight: Winner – Total BWF World Championships 2018 & Asian Games 2018

Female Player of the Year
1. Tai Tzu Ying (Women’s Singles, Taipei)
Highlight: 6 x Winner – HSBC BWF World Tour 2018 & Asian Games 2018
2. Huang Yaqiong (Mixed Doubles, China)
Highlight: Winner – Total BWF World Championships 2018 & Asian Games 2018
3. Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota (Women’s Doubles, Japan)
Highlight: 6 x Winner – HSBC BWF World Tour 2018

Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year
1. Apriyani Rahayu (Women’s Doubles, Indonesia)
Highlight: Winner – YONEX-SUNRISE DR. AKHILESH DAS GUPTA India Open 2018 & TOYOTA Thailand Open 2018
2. He Jiting (Men’s Doubles & Mixed Doubles, China)
Highlight: Winner – VICTOR Korea Open 2018 (Mixed Doubles)
3. Han Chengkai/Zhou Haodong (Men’s Doubles, China)
Highlight: Winner – YONEX French Open 2018
4. Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (Women’s Singles, Indonesia)
Highlight: Semifinal – TOYOTA Thailand Open 2018 & DANISA Denmark Open 2018
5. Goh Jin Wei (Women’s Singles, Malaysia)
Highlight: Winner – Youth Olympics Games 2018 & World Junior Championships 2018