Amazing Ajay Jayaram Finally Loses to Chen Long in 2015 Victor Korea Open
September 23, 2015 R K Gupta
Ajay Jayaram, Badminton, BWF, Indian Badminton, Indian Sport News, Victor Korea OpenIndia’s Ajay Jayaram hogged the limelight on every day of the Victor Korea Open until he was beaten in the final on the last day of the BWF super-series tournament. Though no player wants to lose any match, there was no shame in the loss, as Jayaram’s conqueror was none other than the great Chen […]
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China’s Lin Dan Aiming at Third Consecutive Men’s Singles Gold at Rio 2016 Olympic Games
September 16, 2015 R K Gupta
Badminton, BWF, Lin DanEleven years ago, Lin Dan participated in the Olympics for the first time as a 21 year old. It was in Athens 2014 and Lin Dan got eliminated in the first round, losing to Singapore’s Ronald Susilo. Four years later in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Lin Dan emerged as a dominant force. He didn’t lose […]
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Lin Dan & Nozomi Okuhara Win Singles Championships As 2015 Japan Open Comes to an End
September 13, 2015 R K Gupta
Badminton, BWF, Lin Dan, Nozomi Okuhara, World Badminton, Yonex JapanChinese superstar Lin Dan and Japanese Nozomi Okuhara emerged as singles champions as curtain came down on the BWF world Super-Series tournament, the 2015 Yonex Open Japan on Sunday. The two men and women’s singles champions were joined by Korea’s Lee Yong Dae/Yoo Yeon Seong, China’s Zhao Yunlei/Zhong Qianxin and Denmark’s Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen, […]
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In 2015 Japan Open Final China’s Lin Dan Plays Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen with Women’s Singles To Be an All-Japanese Affair Between Okuhara and Yamaguchi
September 13, 2015 R K Gupta
Badminton, BWF, Lin Dan, Viktor Axelsen, World Badminton, Yonex JapanIt is Lin Dan versus Viktor Axelsen in men’s singles final in Tokyo on Sunday. In Saturday’s first men’s singles semifinal, China’s no.5 seed Lin Dan fended off Indonesia’s Tommy Sugiarto in two games to prove his long-held superiority. In the other semifinal, Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen also took two sets in beating Taiwan’s Chou Tien […]
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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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| # | Player | Point |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRANNOY H. S. | 62,410 |
| 2 | Viktor AXELSEN | 61,500 |
| 3 | CHOU Tien Chen | 58,580 |
| 4 | Jonatan CHRISTIE | 55,060 |
| 5 | Anthony Sinisuka GINTING | 52,440 |