# Women's Singles · Badminton Level 7: Upper-Advanced

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The women's singles game, patience and deception, the Olympic champions, Carolina Marín, the rise of Japan, India's singles stars, Korea and An Se-young, Chinese Taipei and Thailand, and Europe in women's singles.

## Test 1: The women's singles game

- More rallies built over many shots. (Source: General badminton reference)
- High serves stay common. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 8)
- A deep serve is harder to punish. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 8)
- Placement and movement. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Long coverage. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 9)
- Deny the attack. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 8)
- All events use 15-point games from 2027. (Source: BWF Laws of Badminton 2027 (player's view))
- Build, then attack. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 8)
- Serve-only scoring until 2006, rally scoring to 21 from 2006 to 2026, games to 15 from 2027. (Source: BWF history (bwfbadminton.com) and the BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1)
- A deep serve is hard to attack. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 8)

## Test 2: Patience and deception

- Her deceptive wrist play is famous. (Source: General badminton reference)
- She lost the final to Chen Yufei. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- More shots, more chances. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Holding delays the stroke. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 7)
- Time allows choices. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 7)
- Patience counters feints. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 8)
- Building points. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 8)
- Early, hold, wait, change. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 7)
- Increasing disguise. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 7)
- Holding misleads the opponent. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 7)

## Test 3: Olympic champions from 1992 to 2008

- Indonesia's Susi Susanti. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- Both won gold in Barcelona. (Source: General badminton reference)
- South Korea's Bang Soo-hyun. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- China's Gong Zhichao. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- China's Zhang Ning won twice. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- For Indonesia in 1996 and the Netherlands in 2004. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- Camilla Martin. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- 1992, 1996, 2000. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- The first women's Olympic champion. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)

## Test 4: Olympic champions from 2012 to 2024

- China's Li Xuerui, London. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- Spain's Marín, Rio. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- India's Sindhu took silver. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- China's Chen Yufei. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- South Korea's An Se-young. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- China's He Bingjiao. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- Every earlier champion was Asian. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- 2016, 2020, 2024. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- An Se-young won Paris 2024. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)

## Test 5: Carolina Marín

- Spanish, from Huelva. (Source: General badminton reference)
- 2014, 2015 and 2018. (Source: General badminton reference)
- A left-hander. (Source: General badminton reference)
- An aggressive style. (Source: General badminton reference)
- A European at the very top. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Huelva, Marín's home city. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Mirrored angles. (Source: General badminton reference)
- 2014, 2015, 2018. (Source: General badminton reference)
- 2014, 2016, 2018. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Marín's record. (Source: General badminton reference)

## Test 6: The rise of Japan

- Okuhara in Glasgow. (Source: General badminton reference)
- A famous long final. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Japan's Yamaguchi. (Source: General badminton reference)
- A fast all-court retriever. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Systematic development. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Japan's first Olympic badminton gold. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- Retrievers punish impatience. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 8)
- 2017, 2021, 2022. (Source: General badminton reference)
- 2016, 2017, 2021. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Okuhara won in Glasgow. (Source: General badminton reference)

## Test 7: India's singles stars

- London 2012. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- She lost the final to Marín. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- Tokyo 2020 bronze. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- Basel 2019. (Source: General badminton reference)
- A pioneer. (Source: General badminton reference)
- The Gopichand academy is in Hyderabad. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Gopichand. (Source: General badminton reference)
- 2012, 2016, 2020. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- 2016, 2019, 2021. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Sindhu won silver in Rio. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)

## Test 8: Korea and An Se-young

- Korean. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Copenhagen 2023. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Bang Soo-hyun, Atlanta 1996. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- 1996 and 2024. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- A brilliant defender. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Everything returns. (Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 8)
- Barcelona 1992. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- 1996, 2023, 2024. (Source: General badminton reference)
- 1992, 1996, 2024. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- Great defence makes attackers work. (Source: General badminton reference)

## Test 9: Chinese Taipei and Thailand

- Guangzhou 2013. (Source: General badminton reference)
- She was 18. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Tokyo, beaten by Chen Yufei. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- Huelva 2021. (Source: General badminton reference)
- A graceful style. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Copenhagen 2023. (Source: General badminton reference)
- 2013, 2021, 2023. (Source: General badminton reference)
- 2021, 2024, 2028. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- Guangzhou 2013. (Source: General badminton reference)

## Test 10: Europe in women's singles

- Olympic and three-time world champion. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Copenhagen 1999. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Depth of participation. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Gilmour, a European medallist. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Smaller playing base. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Rio 2016. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- For the Netherlands, Athens 2004. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)
- 1999, 2004, 2016. (Source: General badminton reference)
- Marín leads. (Source: General badminton reference)
- The Spanish champion. (Source: Olympedia, Olympic badminton results)

Sources: BWF Coaches' Manual Level 1 (2017), BWF regulations and history, Olympedia; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered rules belong to the Rules category (Badminton - Laws of Badminton).

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