The All England Open Badminton Championships, the oldest in the badminton world, is in full swing, and the famous British anchor "Ke Ma" Clark recently lamented that the "golden age" of women's singles is about to come to an end, and it is no longer possible to see Tai Tzu Ying and others performing on the same stage at the All England Championships.

An Xiying, Chen Yufei, Akane Yamaguchi

"It wasn't until we lost it that we really knew how to cherish it," the British famous anchor "Ke Ma" Clark posted that the past ten years have been the "golden age" of women's singles, with Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu Ying, Spain's Marin, Japan's Akane Yamaguchi and Okuhara Hope, Thailand's Intanon, India's Senna and Sindhu, China's Chen Yufei, and the current South Korean queen An Seying, the women's singles event is very fierce.

Clark pointed out that the achievements of the nine women's singles legends are impressive, with a combined total of eight Olympic medals, including three gold, as well as 27 World Championships medals and nine golds. In addition, they have accounted for 18 of the 20 players in the All England Championship in the past 10 years, and since 2015, six players have won a total of 10 titles in the history of the tournament.

Since its inception in 1899, the All England Championships is the oldest and most famous badminton tournament in the world, with Tai Tzu Ying competing in 13 All England Championships in her career, winning gold medals in 2017, 2018 and 2020, accumulating a total of 3 golds and 1 silver. In addition, Tai Tzu Ying won a silver medal at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, and then won one silver and one bronze at the World Championships.

Dai Tzu Ying

The stats are incredible, Clark wrote, with six of the nine players currently playing at the All England Open, Senna having not played in nearly two years, and Marin and Tai Tzu Ying both recovering from knee injuries.

Clark lamented that five of the nine women's singles legends have already crossed the threshold of 30 years old, and people can't help but wonder: "Does this mean that the golden age of women's singles is coming to an end?" Clarke admits that he sincerely hopes that this will not be the case, but the reality may be that there is no longer a picture of these women's singles legends competing on the same stage at the All England Championships.

"Over the past few years, we have had the privilege of witnessing the artistic beauty of the diversity, courage, perseverance and skill that these top women's singles players have shown, and we should cherish and be grateful while they are still there," Clark said emotionally. ”