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While Kashyap dropped four places, Mumbai's Ajay Jayaram climbed two places to 22nd in the men's singles rankings.
New Delhi: India's top men's shuttler Parupalli Kashyap dropped four places to 20th in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released Thursday.
While Kashyap dropped to 20th, Mumbai's Ajay Jayaram climbed two places to 22nd in the men's singles rankings.
Continue reading Parupalli Kashyap drops to 20th in badminton world rankings (pic)
PUTRAJAYA: National singles shuttler Chong Wei Feng won his opening group match in the Maybank National Grand Prix Finals at Precinct 11 Sports Complex here on Friday but he was not jumping in joy.
He felt that the new venue was not an ideal place to host the tournament.
“I can’t help but feel disappointed. The venue is not conducive for a big event like this. Can you imagine that the cool air from the air-conditioners was aimed directly at us from above. It affected the flow of the shuttle,” said Wei Feng after beating R. Satheishtharan 25-27, 21-12, 21-8 in his first Group A match.
“The quality of the match is affected. I hope that the hosts will, at least, switch off the air conditioner for the next few days.
“The hall can hardly fit three courts. My team-mate Iskandar (Zulkarnain Zainuddin)’s court was so close to the wall that it affected his play. This is the national championships and I wished it would have been held at a bigger place. Continue reading Venue not fit to hold badminton tournament (pic)
KUALA LUMPUR: Indonesian Simon Santoso showed that he has not lost his touch, strolling to the men’s singles title at the Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold in Jogyakarta on Sunday.
The 28-year-old Simon, struggling for form for the past one year, defeated compatriot Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka 21-17, 21-11 in the final.
Hosts Indonesia also picked up two other crowns.
Praveen Jordan teamed up with seasoned campaigner Vita Ma- rissa to edge world champions Ahmad Tontowi-Lilyana Natsir 22-20, 9-21, 21-14 in the mixed doubles final.
Indonesia showed that they have depth in the men’s doubles when Angga Pratama-Ryan Agung Saputra defeated Ronald Alexander-Selvanus Geh 17-21, 21-15, 21-16 in a final between two young and rising pairs.
In the absence of Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap due to an ankle injury, young P.V. Sindhu will spearhead the Indian challenge at the $200,000 Super Series tournament, starting here on Tuesday.
Tired after the hectic Indian Badminton League (IBL), Saina decided to take rest but Kashyap was forced to pull out at the last moment as he could not recover from his ankle injury, which he suffered during the IBL.
“I’m not playing the Japan Open as I could not recover from the ankle injury I had suffered during the IBL,” Kashyap told PTI.
With the senior shuttlers missing in action, all eyes will be on World No. 10 Sindhu, who will be playing in her first international tournament after winning the prestigious bronze medal at the World Championship in China. Continue reading Sindhu to lead Indian badminton in Japan (pic)
BEIJING – China’s badminton stars Sunday celebrated victory on home soil, claiming all but one of the five titles up for grabs on the final day of the China Masters tournament.
Seventh seed Wang Zhengming took the men’s singles title after a marathon one-hour-and-15-minute game against South Korea’s Son Wan-Ho, which he eventually won 11-21, 21-14, 24-22.
In the women’s final Thailand’s Porntip Buranaprasertsuk failed to clinch a fairytale title after she was overcome by China’s Liu Xin 21-4, 13-21, 21-12.
Buranaprasertsuk staged the upset of the tournament when the unseeded 21-year-old defeated world number one Li Xuerui in their semi-final on Saturday.
Top seeds Ko Sung-Hyun and Lee Yong-Dae of South Korea beat second seeds Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa of Japan 25-23, 21-19 in the men’s doubles, the only final to witness a non-Chinese winner. Continue reading Badminton News: China clinch four of five titles at Masters (pic)
KUALA LUMPUR: China have their own badminton league. Indonesia have also revived theirs last year. India just successfully completed their first on Saturday.
Malaysia, however, are not even thinking of having one.
It seems the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) are quite satisfied with their Maybank National Open Circuit, which only consists of two legs a year and is confined to the local players.
The BAM have already hosted the Kedah Open from May 28-June 1 and it will be followed by the Kuala Lumpur Open from Oct 2-6. The circuit’s Grand Prix Finals will be held in Putrajaya from Dec 27-30.
How is the BAM planning to reach out to the masses when their local Open tournaments are a drab affair and offer only peanuts? Continue reading BAM could use a quality league to raise players’ standard
KUALA LUMPUR: Finally, Malaysia too will have our own multi-million badminton league but it will be run by a club – the Looi Badminton Academy.
On Monday, the club’s managing director Jack Koh said that they will introduce a RM5mil Malaysia Purple League next year to provide a platform for both local and foreign players to strut their stuff to make it one of the most lucrative badminton leagues in the world.
With the endorsement and approval from Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin and the blessings of the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM), the league is good to proceed as planned.
China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Germany and Denmark have their own leagues with India offering the biggest prize money – a total of US$1mil (RM3.2mil). These leagues are heavily supported and run by their respective national associations.
When asked about the name Purple League, Jack explained: “We wanted to name it Premier but it would be associated with football. Purple has the distinction of being highly rated among all the colours. Besides, it is also a royal colour and it will be apt with our aim of making this league a highly-rated competition.” Continue reading Malaysia to have RM3m badminton league
