![This week produced some bad news for the French fans who have become accustomed to seeing the very best players as part of the annual Yonex Internationaux de France. On […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/Newsflash-thumbnail.png "Lee Chong Wei to skip the French Open")
This week produced some bad news for the French fans who have become accustomed to seeing the very best players as part of the annual Yonex Internationaux de France. On October 5th, the French Federation received the withdrawal of top seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia. Taufik Hidayat, Lin Dan, Chen Jin and Chen Long will be amongst the other big names missing while Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei will be the sole Olympic gold medallists to enter the event, which will be held from October 23rd to 28th. There will be, however, plenty to cheer about for the home crowd, who will get to say goodbye to two of their favourite players: Pi Hongyan, who is officially retiring, and Peter Gade, who will make a very last appearance in the Pierre de Coubertin Stadium.
Here are the entry seedings for the event
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![Blink or leave your seat to buy fast food and it would turn out to have a different outcome from what you were initially led to believe in more than […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/cr_20221119_1522_AustralianOpen2022_BPLV0034_rotator-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN SF – Fancy seeing you on Sunday"){kind=small}
![In doubles, at a baseline level the pair needs to be reliable and then have something special on top of that to make it further. By Aaron Wong, Badzine Correspondent […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/2022-QF-WD1-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN QF – Finding that little bit extra"){kind=small}
![Drama mixed with entertainment fueled the marquee singles matches. By Aaron Wong, Badzine Correspondent live in Sydney. Photos: Badmintonphoto (archives) World #3 vs world #27 The ultra-popular and charismatic 2021 […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/cr_20220715_2118_SingaporeOpen2022_BPYL4448_rotator-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN R16 – What actually happened in the last match of the night?"){kind=small}
![It was like a final in the first round as Seo Seung Jae and Kang Min Hyuk took on recent Hylo Open winners Lu/Yang in Sydney. By Aaron Wong, Badzine […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/cr_20220705_1622_MalaysiaMasters2022_BPES3440_rotator-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN R32 – Wish it were longer"){kind=small}
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