The World Tour is back, this time in Europe, kicking off with the Arctic Open Super 500.

At this tournament we saw the return of some top stars for the first time since the Olympics, players such as Lakshya Sen, PV Sindhu, Aaron Chia, and Soh Wooi Yik.

We also saw the debut of a few new pairings, with one of those being a mixed nation mixed pair, Alexandra Boje and Robin Tabeling, and the other being the pairings that have come from the splitting of former world champions, Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapisree Taerattanachai.

On top of all of this we were treated to some fantastic matches, none more so than the 110 minute marathon between Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan and Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi.

And of course, sadly, the tournament ended on a sour note with an umpires decision that led to a rather sad ending to finals day. A decision that regardless of being right or wrong has stirred the question in the title of this video...

Does badminton need VAR?

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00:00 00:28 Introduction
00:28 05:34 Playing conditions
05:34 12:16 Top stars return
12:16 21:29 New pairs debut
21:29 24:15 I like Kunlavut vs Kodai matches
24:15 41:13 Champions & Finalists
41:13 45:04 Does badminton need VAR?
45:04 48:21 Final words