In recent years, badminton has changed how players can score a point. In 2006, the rules were changed to a rally point system and this now allows both players to score a point during a rally ...

A point will begin when a server hits the shuttlecock to the diagonally opposite side of the court. The point will end when a player fails to hit the birdie over the net or inside his opponent's side ...

Well, don’t bet against it ... especially if the Badminton World Federation (BWF) decide to change the best-of-three 21-point scoring format to the 11-point best-of-five system.