It was her first ever title above a Grand Prix Gold and China’s first in women’s singles at that level in over two years as Chen Yufei beat Nozomi Okuhara […]
The 2018 Denmark Open marked the first time in at least a decade that all five titles were won by the world #1 shuttlers. By Don Hearn. Photos: Mark Phelan […]
World #1s, World Champions, and Asian Games gold medallists are all in the top 8 as the Race to the Guangzhou World Tour Finals (WTF) enters the homestretch, with 10 […]
You had to be either a World Champion, or the world #1, or both, to title at the Japan Open in 2018. By Miyuki Komiya, Badzine Correspondent live in Tokyo. […]
Kento Momota wins the battle of current and former World Champions but he will meet Cinderella-story Khosit Phetpradab, who is playing his first final in a 6-figure tournament. By Miyuki […]
When Kento Momota was a boy, he dreamt of playing with his idol, Lin Dan, and on Friday at the Japan Open, he faced him as the reigning World Champion… […]
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. […]
If in-form Kento Momota wants to add Asian Games gold to him World title, he will have to fend off a combination of ageing masters, wily underdogs, and fellow contenders […]