Chou Tien Chen, Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan win Singapore Open

Singapore: In an all-Taiwanese affair at the final of the Singapore Open, the No. 1 seed Chou Tien Chen eased past teammate Hsu Jen-hao comfortably to take home USD $26,625.00 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Sunday. Continue reading Chou Tien Chen, Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan win Singapore Open

Chou Tien Chen advances to Singapore Open final

Singapore: The Singapore Open men’s singles No. 1 seed, Chou Tien Chen of Taiwan defeated China’s Qiao Bin in a thrilling three-setter 21-12, 18-21, 21-16 on Saturday to book himself a spot in the final. Continue reading Chou Tien Chen advances to Singapore Open final

Nitchaon Jindapol & Rasmus Gemke win Bitburger Open

Saarbrucken: Women’s singles No. 2 seed Nitchaon Jindapol of Thailand became the fifth player to ever reach the final of a same Grand Prix Gold tournament for 3 or more times and walked away with her second Bitburger Open title on Sunday. The 2017 Bitburger was also her first final since she was defeated by He Bingjiao of China 11-21, 18-21 in the same final last year. Continue reading Nitchaon Jindapol & Rasmus Gemke win Bitburger Open

Lee Hyun Il advances, Jan Jorgensen exits French Open

Paris: Former World No. 1 and unseeded men’s singles player Lee Hyun-il of Korea has turned back the clock with an outrageously sublime display to reach the French Open semifinals.Jan Jorgensen needs to work harder in order to get to the top of the badminton world. (photo: AFP)

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New Zealand Badminton Open finals takeaways: Upsets, joys and disappointments

Auckland: The New Zealand Badminton Open tournament had several upsets and thrilling games that made for a nail-biting last day of action.

The first upset was created by Taiwan’s sixth seed, Wang Tzu Wei who defeated his top-seeded compatriot Hsu Jen Hao to take the men’s singles title 21-9 21-13.Renuga Veeran/Rosie Tang (AUS) claim doubles crown in Auckland by defeating Mami Naito/Shizuka Matsuo (JPN) 21-13, 10-21, 21-18

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Arvind Bhat loses in New Zealand Badminton Open Semifinals

India’s Arvind Bhat became one of the casualties in the New Zealand Badminton Open semi-final due to the unreasonable playing arrangements, where players played quarter-finals and semi-finals all in one day.Arvind Bhat loses in semi-finals of New Zealand Open badminton

The German Open champion lost to top-seeded Hsu Jen Hao of Chinese Taipei in the semifinals 21-14, 21-9 to Hsu in a 33-minute match.

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