— Published on May 23, 2014

Players don't want change

Badminton

Should badminton change its rules? His International Federation believes so. She took advantage of the Thomas and Uber Cup, the men's and women's world team championships, which are currently taking place in New Delhi, to submit for debate the possibility of modifying the points system, in order to make the matches shorter, more exciting and more telegenic. In particular, three formulas were suggested: two sets of 21 winning points followed by a set of 11 points, three sets of 15 points or even five sets of 9 points. Currently, matches are played in three sets of 21 winning points. But the reaction of the players, almost unanimous, is hostile to change. Like this comment from Chinese Lin Dan, double Olympic gold medalist: “I don’t see the point in changing the current formula. It works very well. »