"The fastest recorded tennis stroke is Ivo Karlovic's 156 mph (251 km/h) serve, whereas the fastest badminton stroke during gameplay was Fu Haifeng's 206 mph (332 km/h) recorded smash." - WIKIPEDIA

"The average rally in badminton is over 10 hits, compared to tennis, which is usually just over three. So badminton, is really fast and continuous."

"A recent survey by the Sport Industry Research Centre (SIRC) at Sheffield Hallam University suggested that badminton is, in actual fact, the most popular racket sport in England."

"In 1985, a comparison was created between the 1985 Wimbledon title match vs. the 1985 badminton world championship match. The average distance traveled by a badminton player in a singles game is 3.7 miles and the average distance traveled by a tennis player is 1.8 miles."

"So in half the time, badminton players travel twice the distance than tennis players."

"It's also the only Olympic sport that features women and men playing against each other on the same court at the same time, unlike tennis."