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![No fewer than five Asian Games finalists were bounced out of the Japan Open Thursday, courtesy of China, youngsters and veterans alike. By Miyuki Komiya, Badzine Correspondent live in Tokyo. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180913_1019_JapanOpen2018_BP014752_rotator-115x115.jpg "JAPAN OPEN 2018 R16 – China takes upsets big and small")
![As Wednesday continued at the Japan Open with the opening rounds of men’s and women’s doubles – featuring Japan’s 4 World Championship medallists – the question becomes: who can beat […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180912_1012_JapanOpen2018_RAPL2153_rotator-115x115.jpg "JAPAN OPEN 2018 Day 2 – Adapt and win!")
![Most of the badminton world’s top 32 in 3 disciplines gathered to kick off the 2018 Japan Open, in a new hall “Musashi Forest Sports Plaza” in Chofu City, Tokyo. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180911_0800_JapanOpen2018_RAPL9643_rotator-115x115.jpg "JAPAN OPEN 2018 Day 1 – Momota begins Testing of Tokyo Olympic venue")
![Carolina Marin ended a 21-month dry spell in Superseries finals, beating defending champion He Bingjiao in the final of the Japan Open. By Emzi Regala, Badzine Correspondent live in Tokyo. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170924_1611_JapanOpen2017_BPYL1949_rotator-115x115.jpg "JAPAN OPEN 2017 Finals – Marin ends Superseries title drought")
![Takuro Hoki, Takuto Inoue, Yuki Kaneko became the third and fourth & fifth Japanese men to book appearances in final matches at the Japan Open as the home team added upsets […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170923_1406_JapanOpen2017_BPYL0206_rotator-115x115.jpg "JAPAN OPEN 2017 SF – Japanese Doubles Shine!")
![It was sweet revenge for Denmark’s Christinna Pedersen / Kamilla Rytter Juhl, as they dealt a home court defeat against the Japanese opponents they lost to at last month’s Rio […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160925_1414_JapanOpen2016_BPYL8293_rotator-115x115.jpg "JAPAN OPEN 2016 Finals – Post-Olympic payback for Danes")
![Ko Sung Hyun shone on semi-finals day at the Japan Open, first with Kim Ki Jung in a 3-game battle against Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda, then with a clinical […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160924_1230_JapanOpen2016_BPRS4284-115x115.jpg "JAPAN OPEN 2016 SF – Korea’s Ko powers through to two finals")
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![Chae Yu Jung / Seo Seung Jae became the only repeat mixed doubles Aussie champions during its Sydney era. Shi Yu Qi and Ou Xuan Yi / Liu Yu Chen […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/cr_20221120_1349_AustralianOpen2022_BPLV0036_rotator-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN Finals – Historic repeat the feat")
AUSTRALIAN OPEN Finals – Historic repeat the feat
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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")
AUSTRALIAN OPEN SF – Fancy seeing you on Sunday
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![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")
AUSTRALIAN OPEN QF – Finding that little bit extra
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![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?")
AUSTRALIAN OPEN R16 – What actually happened in the last match of the night?
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![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")
AUSTRALIAN OPEN R32 – Wish it were longer
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