World Badminton Championship 2015

2015 World Badminton Championship Draw Announced in a Glittering Ceremony at Jakarta

 August 1, 2015   R K Gupta

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Jakarta’s Museum Bank Indonesia was a beehive of activity from 11AM local time on July 28, 2015. It was the venue of the official draw for the Total BWF World Championships 2015. Other than the BWF President Poul-Erik Hoyer, draw ceremony was also graced by Achmad Budiharto, Deputy Secretary General of PBSI; Rita Subowo, Chairperson, […]

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Kristina Gavnholt

Tommy Sugiarto & Kristina Gavnholt Are Singles Champions of 2015 Russia Open Badminton

 July 27, 2015   R K Gupta

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Quite expectedly Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia justified his top seeding in men’s singles category at the 2015 Russian Open Grand Prix Badminton Tournament on Sunday. The Indonesian won the title by beating Estonia’s Raul Must in straight games. The women’s singles title was clinched by Czech Republic’s Kristina Gavnholt, who defeated Japan’s Mayu Matsumoto in the […]

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Tommy Sugiarto

Indian Challenge Comes to an End at Russian Open Badminton Tournament at Vladivostok

 July 25, 2015   R K Gupta

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In a dismal day for Indian badminton players, they lost their semifinal matches in the three categories against their opponents in the Russian Open Grand Prix badminton tournament at Vladivostok on Saturday. It all began with Ajay Jayaram in the men’s singles. Jayaram had made good progress in the tournament but Tommy Sugiarto was too […]

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Ajay Jayaram

Ajay Jayaram Enters Semifinals to face Top-Seed Tommy Sugiarto Tanvi Lad Crashes Out

 July 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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While India’s Ajay Jayaram entered the final-four of the 2015 Russian Grand Prix badminton by defeating Malaysian fifth seed Wei Feng Chong, India were not so lucky in the women singles draw. Tanvi Lad fought a fierce battle against Russian Evegeniya Kosetskaya before losing in three games. Jayaram now takes on Indonesia’s top-seed Tommy Sugiarto, […]

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Tanvi Lad Indian Shuttlers

Ajay Jayaram Tanvi Lad Other Indian Shuttlers Enter Quarterfinals of 2015 Russian Open

 July 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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In the 2015 Russian Open Grand Prix Badminton tournament at Vladivostok, many Indian shuttlers in different categories have advanced to the quarterfinals after the conclusions of Thursday’s second round matches. In men’s singles, no.3 seed Ajay Jayaram defeated Russia’s Anatoly Yartsev to enter the quarterfinals and among women, India’s Tanvi Lad caused a major upset […]

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China At Taipei GPG

Chen Long Wang Yihan Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan Win 3 Titles for China At Taipei GPG

 July 20, 2015   R K Gupta

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China’s World no.1 Chen Long justified his tournament seeding by defeating local favorite and world no.8 Chou Tien Chen in the men’s singles final of the Chinese-Taipei Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament on Sunday. Down one game, Chen Long demonstrated his superior class in the next two games to win his fourth title of the […]

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Taipei GPG Finals Xuerui Plays Wang -Yihan

Taipei GPG Finals: Chen Long Faces Chou Tien Chen and Xuerui Plays Wang Yihan

 July 19, 2015   R K Gupta

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In the men’s singles semifinal on Saturday, world no.1 Chen Long of China demolished the challenge of Hong Kong’s 11th seeded Wei Nan and on Sunday he will clash with another Chen from Taiwan. On his part, the Taiwanese Chou Tien Chen scored a grand three-game victory over no.4 seeded Chinese Lin Dan in a […]

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Lee Chong Wei Loses to Chen Long

Lee Chong Wei Loses to Chen Long After a Hard-Fought Quarterfinal Battle at Taipei

 July 17, 2015   R K Gupta

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The Malaysian badminton superstar Lee Chong Wei had a hard match on his hands in playing against world no.1 Chen Long at the Chinese-Taipei Grand Prix Gold Tournament on July 17, 2015. In an unusually long badminton duel, Chong Wei began well to take the first game but the Chinese came back to fight hard […]

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Chinese-Taipei 2015 Kidambi Srikanth

Poor Show by Indians at 2015 Chinese-Taipei Grand Prix Gold Badminton Tournament

 July 17, 2015   R K Gupta

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Indian badminton stars Kidambi Srikanth, Sameer Verma and PV Sindhu lost their second round matches at the $200,000 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold tournament at Taipei on Thursday. The Taiwanese GPG tournament has a rich field in men, women single’s and other categories with most top players participating. While India’s Saina Nehwal opted to […]

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Jwala Ashwini

Jwala, Ashwini Win Women Doubles’ Title at Canada GP, Lee Chong Wei Takes Men’s Crown

 June 29, 2015   R K Gupta

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Indian women’s doubles team of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnnappa culminated their successful run in the Canada Open Grand Prix Badminton tournament with a straight games victory in the title match against the Dutch duo of Eefge Muskens and Selena Piek on Sunday evening. Jwala/Ashwini had won the bronze medal in 2011 World Championship and […]

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