Kashyap’s Loss Ends India’s Challenge Marin Xuerui Also Lose on Friday at 2015 Japan Open
September 12, 2015 R K Gupta
Badminton, BWF, Indian Badminton, World Badminton, Yonex JapanParupalli Kashyap of India has bowed out of the 2015 Yonex Open Japan. He was the last Indian left in the tournament and with his tame loss against Taiwan’s Chou Tien Chen, India’s challenge has ended. The Japan Super-series tournament has literally become the graveyard of seeded players. After Chen Long, Saina Nehwal, Ratchanok Intanon […]
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Saina Srikanth Crash Out on a Day of Huge Upsets at 2015 Yonex Open Japan
September 10, 2015 R K Gupta
Badminton, BWF, Indian Badminton, Indian Sport News, P.V. Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, World Badminton, Yonex JapanSaina Nehwal lost her way in the second round of the ongoing Japan Open badminton tournament. The Indian ace was done in by PV Sindhu’s conqueror and unseeded Japanese Minatsu Mitani in less than 40 minutes. Also crashing out was Kidambi Srikanth, who lost to compatriot Parupalli Kashyap. With HS Prannoy also losing to Korea’s […]
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Mixed Fortunes for Indian Shuttlers at 2015 Yonex Open Japan After First-Round Matches
September 10, 2015 R K Gupta
Badminton, BWF, Indian Badminton, Indian Sport News, Kidambi Srikanth, Parupalli Kashyap, Saina Nehwal, World BadmintonThe Yonex Open Japan 2015 is the seventh Super-series event of the year in the BWF’s 2015 calendar. The tournament has attracted world’s best players, who are chasing ranking points for the year-ending Dubai World Super-series Finals as well as next year’s Rio Olympics. Every match is being keenly fought as evidenced by first day’s […]
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Amazing Strides by India’s Badminton Stars Saina Nehwal and K Srikanth in Last One Year
September 9, 2015 R K Gupta
Badminton, BWF, Indian Badminton, Indian Sport News, Kidambi Srikanth, Parupalli Kashyap, Saina NehwalAfter she won the bronze at 2012 London Olympics, India’s Saina Nehwal came close to quitting badminton. The reason was attributable to her form that took a nose dive in the next year-and-a half. Saina found it hard to see her slipping in BWF world rankings and decided to call it quits. There were factors […]
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Curious Case of Chong Wei Needing to Qualify for BWF Super-Series Yonex Japan Open
September 8, 2015 R K Gupta
Badminton, BWF, Lee Chong Wei, World Badminton, Yonex JapanFor someone, who has won the Yonex Japan Open tournament 5 times, it doesn’t sound fit when it is announced that the player would need to come through qualification matches. But Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei cannot help it. The long doping ban kept him away from competitive badminton for too long, resulting in the former […]
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Tommy Sugiarto Kawakami Win 2015 Vietnam Grand Prix at Ho Chi Minh City
August 31, 2015 R K Gupta
Badminton, BWF, Vietnam Grand Prix, World BadmintonThere was hardly any surprise in the title victory for Indonesia’s top seeded star Tommy Sugiarto in the 2015 Vietnam Open Badminton tournament on Sunday. In the men’s singles final played at Ho Chi Minh City, Sugiarto defeated the Korean veteran Lee Hyun Il in two games. The Indonesian thus completed his tournament run without […]
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2015 Vietnam Open Grand Prix Tournament On Verge of Grand Finale on Sunday
August 30, 2015 R K Gupta
Badminton, BWF, Vietnam Open, World BadmintonThe 2015 Vietnam Open Grand Prix tournament’s eleventh edition has reached the climax with finalists in all five categories decided on Saturday. On Friday, India’s campaign came to an end with the last remaining hope, Sameer Verma losing to the world no.24 and second seeded Korean Lee Hyun-Il in the quarterfinal. Lee has since reached […]
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Sameer Verma is Now the Lone Indian in 2015 Vietnam Open Badminton
August 28, 2015 R K Gupta
Badminton, BWF, Indian Badminton, Indian Sport News, Sameer Verma, Vietnam Open, World BadmintonSameer Verma had to fight in his third round match against compatriot Shreyansh Jaiswal like a hardened foe in the 2015 Vietnam Grand Prix badminton tournament. After losing the first game, Verma had to bring out his best to overcome the feisty 19-year old Jaiswal before he could force a decider. Then he took the […]
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At Least One Indian Slated to Reach Quarterfinals of 2015 Vietnam Open Badminton
August 27, 2015 R K Gupta
Ajay Jayaram, Badminton, BWF, Indian Badminton, Indian Sport News, Sameer Verma, Vietnam Open, World BadmintonThe highest ranked player in the 2015 Vietnam Open is Indonesia’s Tommy Sugiarto, who is expectedly through to the quarterfinals. The BWF tournament at Ho Chi Minh City falls under the second-tier Grand Prix category and that is the reason why top stars have given it a skip. India’s Ajay Jayaram was seeded fourth but […]
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Curtain Comes Down on Total BWF World Championships at Jakarta With Expected Results
August 17, 2015 R K Gupta
Badminton, BWF, Indian Badminton, World Badminton, World Badminton ChampionshipsOn the last day at Jakarta, world’s no.1 man and woman players, Chen Long and Carolina Marin proved their superiority in emphatic fashion and China’s mixed doubles team also retained their crowns won last year. Yet again, the Chinese women claimed the doubles crown to continue their tradition of excellence in this category. To add […]
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| # | Player | Point |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor AXELSEN | 72,500 |
| 2 | CHOU Tien Chen | 67,190 |
| 3 | PRANNOY H. S. | 66,730 |
| 4 | Jonatan CHRISTIE | 64,960 |
| 5 | Kodai NARAOKA | 63,020 |