Meet the Men’s Singles Contenders
Three champions of previous years and two runners-up are among the eight men’s singles contenders at the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2023.
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The prolific Viktor Axelsen – winner of four season finales, including the last two – will be favourite to add a fifth to his collection, while the player who outplayed him in the 2020 final, Anders Antonsen, will be looking to sign off his remarkable comeback season from injury.
The other past winner is Shi Yu Qi, who blew past the then-unstoppable Kento Momota at the first HSBC BWF World Tour Finals in 2018.
Of the runners-up, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting fell at the final hurdle twice – in 2019 and 2022. Kunlavut Vitidsarn, beaten by Axelsen in the 2021 final, used the loss to spur him on, and he arrives as the reigning world champion.