The 2025 Badminton World Championships is looking forward to a good performance at home, and France is gradually getting rid of the label of "non-strong team".

In recent years, the French badminton team has gradually shed the label of "non-badminton powerhouse" and has shown its edge in the European and even world badminton arena, whether it is Men's Singles star Lanier, Men's Doubles Popov Brothers or mixed doubles Giquell and Drew, all of which have continued to prove themselves on the international stage.

Tomapopov bluntly said that the rise of badminton in France is not only the efforts of players, but also the deep reform of the system.

World No. 18 men's singles Toma Popov bluntly said that the rise of French badminton is not only the efforts of players, but also thanks to the deep reform of the structure. The 26-year-old Tomapopov explains: "The biggest change is that the units are more co-ordinated in terms of structure. The cooperation between clubs, national teams, private academies and associations in France has never been stronger. "There are two different paths to high levels now, you can choose to go through the national system or you can go through a private academy, but now those two paths are starting to merge and produce more and more top players." "So I think the more collaboration, the more better coaches and more and more new generation players."

It is hoped that France will become a leading country in badminton in the future. "I think it's just a good start, and I just hope that France can be more active and become a leading badminton team in the coming years." Tomapopov added that the French team performed better in the men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles, and that the women's players had some difficulties, and he just hoped that the French women's team could keep up in the next few years.

At just 20 years old, Lanier is now ranked 9th in the world and is France's No. 1 men's singles player.

The outstanding results will inspire a new generation of badminton players. "If we get more involved in the sport, if we achieve more, if we win more medals, I think it will inspire a new generation of French badminton players, because badminton is also broadcast on French TV, not only team sports such as football, handball and rugby," said Tomapopov. ”

Following the Paris Olympics, the 2025 Badminton World Championships will be held in Paris from 25 to 31 August, and Tomapopov is aiming to win a medal, regardless of colour, and if he can do well, it will also give a huge boost to the promotion of badminton in France.

The 2025 Badminton World Championships will be held in Paris from 25 to 31 August this year, and Tomapopov is aiming to win a medal on home soil.

Absent from the Su Cup due to exhaustion. On the other hand, with the overall level of the French badminton team taking a big leap forward, the 2025 Xiamen Sudirman Cup World Badminton Mixed Team Tournament last month was expected to cause great difficulties for Malaysia in the group stage, but the main players including Lanier, the Popov brothers and Giquell and Drew were ultimately absent.

Commenting on not playing in the Cup, Tomapopov explained: "We were all tired and my brother Christo and I might need to train a little more. I don't know about Giqueill vs. Drew, but it was a shared decision. More than one player said no, and it wasn't without players. It's more like a decision with all the coaches.