Axelsen, Intanon Lead Race to Guangzhou
Jonatan Christie’s second title of the year has helped him climb up to second spot on the HSBC Race to Guangzhou Rankings, which will determine the qualifiers to the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals.
· Dev Sukumar
The top eight qualifiers at the end of the season will be invited to the finale in Guangzhou in December.
Christie, who beat Indonesian compatriot Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in the CROWN GROUP Australian Open 2019 final, trails top-ranked Viktor Axelsen by 7,400 points midway through the season. Axelsen has had a good year so far, having won the Spain Masters and the India Open as well as finishing runner-up at the All England, and being a semifinalist at three other events.
World champion Kento Momota, winner of the German Open, All England and Singapore Open, is in third place, ahead of Lin Dan, who picked up 11,000 points by winning the Malaysia Open.