Historical Japanese Victory in Thomas Cup but Chinese Women Defend Uber Cup
May 27, 2014 R K Gupta
Badminton, Japan, Thomas CupThomas Cup for men and Uber Cup for women are the world’s most prestigious team championship events in badminton. While Thomas Cup was first staged in 1948-49, the inaugural Uber Cup was held 1956-57. Since 1984, these events have been held at common venues biennially among member nations of the Badminton World Federation, the international […]
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Japan Break Chinese Hegemony in Thomas Cup and Beat India to Enter Uber Cup Final
May 24, 2014 R K Gupta
Badminton, Thomas Cup, Uber CupJapan ended China’s 10-year old stranglehold in Thomas Cup and also entered the Uber Cup Final after a fighting display against India. The winners of 9 Thomas Cup titles since 2004 succumbed to Japanese pressure in the semifinal at New-Delhi’s Siri Fort Complex. Chinese women, however, saved the day for the world’s no. 1 badminton […]
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Super Dan Returns to Badminton Courts With a Bang
April 29, 2014 R K Gupta
Badminton, China Masters, Grand Prix Gold, Lin Dan, World BadmintonReigning Olympic and World Champion Lin Dan of China came back to international circuit in great style after 8 months of self-imposed abstinence from badminton. He announced his arrival by winning 5 matches in row without dropping a game and finally emerging as the champion of the China Masters Grand Prix Gold 2014 on April […]
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Singapore Super-Series Ends With Brilliant Performance From Simon Santoso
April 13, 2014 R K Gupta
Badminton, Lee Chong Wei, Simon Santoso, Singapore Super Series 2014Despite a heavily depleted field in the men’s singles, caused by last-minute withdrawals of three of the top four seeds, a scintillating exhibition of superbly-controlled shuttle art from world’s no. 1 player kept the spectators enthralled until the final. The mere appearance of Lee Chong Wei on the court was enough for a true badminton […]
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Top Seeds on Course at Singapore Super Series 2014
April 11, 2014 R K Gupta
Badminton, P.V. Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Singapore Super Series 2014, World BadmintonLast week, the badminton scene shifted from Delhi to Singapore for the $ 300,000 OUE sponsored Singapore Super Series 2014. Just as in Delhi, Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei and China’s Li Xuerui are the top men and women seeds in this tournament. While Chong Wei and Li Xuerui are already in the semifinals, winning all […]
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Chinese Supremacy in Basel as Swiss Grand Prix Gold Tournament Ends
March 18, 2014 R K Gupta
Badminton, Swiss Grand Prix, Viktor AxelsenBadminton is one sport, which continues to have an Asian dominance and try as they may; Europeans and Americans have failed to match the shuttling skills of the Chinese, Koreans, Indonesians, Malaysians, Japanese and Indians. But among Asians too, it is difficult to match the over-zealous Chinese, who have an incredibly vast reserves of male […]
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Lee Chong Wei Displays His Superiority As All-England Badminton Championship Ends
March 10, 2014 R K Gupta
All-England Badminton, Badminton, Lee Chong WeiIt is not for nothing that Lee Chong Wei is ranked as World’s No. 1 badminton player. In his 5th appearance on Sunday in the Men’s Singles Final of the 104th edition of All-England Badminton Championship in 10 years, Chong Wei performed brilliantly to record a 21-13, 21-18 straight sets victory over Chen Long, the […]
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Recalling Modern Era’s Two Greatest Shuttlers as All-England Badminton Begins in Birmingham
March 6, 2014 R K Gupta
All-England Badminton, BadmintonAkin to Wimbledon Tennis, All-England Open Badminton Championship is the world’s most prestigious and the oldest badminton competition. It began in Guildford in 1898 and except for the years of two world wars; once during 1915-1919 and again during 1940-1946, All England tournament has been organized every year albeit at different venues. From 1957 to […]
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Vintage Arvind Bhat Registers Unexpected Victory at Yonex German Open 2014.
March 5, 2014 R K Gupta
Badminton, Indian Badminton, Yonex German Open 2014In one of the most stunning results in a BWF Grand Prix Gold event, concluded at the German city of Mulheim an der Ruhr on March 2, 2014, unseeded Arvind Bhat of India surprised the Badminton community in emerging as the most unlikely champion. The 34-year old Bhat, who was once India’s national champion, played […]
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Indian Players And The World Badminton Scene In 2014
January 28, 2014 R K Gupta
Badminton, Indian Badminton, Saina Nehwal, World BadmintonThe first major international badminton event of 2014 was the US $ 600,000 BWF Korea Open Super Series in Seoul, played during January 7-12, 2014. The Badminton Federation of India literally chose to ignore this event, with participation in only three fixtures. Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold winner Kidambi Srikanth and RMV Gurusaidutt played in […]
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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 |