Question: In which of the following new BWF tournament series Experimental Service law (Fixed Height) will be introduced?
(a) French Open Super Series, 2018
(b) All England Badminton Championships, 2018
(c) Korea Open Super Series, 2018
(d) Japan Open Super Series, 2018
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
- In November 2017, the World Badminton Federation (BWF) decided to introduce a new experimental service law.
- The new BWF tournament series Experimental Service law (Fixed Height) will be introduced first in the YONEX All England Open badminton championship 2018.
- This decision was taken by the BWF to deal with the suspicious decisions of the service judges.
- After criticizing the controversial decisions given by the service judges, the BWF will now launch this experiment in reputed tournaments.
- This includes the BWF Thomas Cup and Uber Cup finals to be held in Bangkok in 2018 and the BWF World Championships in Nanjing.
- According to this new law “the whole of the shuttle shall be below 1.15 metres from the surface of the court at the instant of being hit by the server’s racket”.
Reference:
http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/11/29/experimental-service-law-from-march-2018/