Category: Badminton
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2025 Swiss Open: Goh Jin Wei, Leong Jun Hao Overcome First Round Drought
Malaysia’s Goh Jin Wei and Leong Jun Hao broke their first round drought in the 2025 Swiss Open at the St Jakobshalle Arena in Basel on Wednesday. The World No.47 beat Taiwan’s world No. 35 Pai Yu Po 21-18, 21-12 in 34 minutes in the first round. This was the first time Jin Wei advanced to…
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2025 Swiss Open: Srikanth Kidambi, Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand Advance; Malvika Bansod Knocked Out
India began the 2025 Swiss Open on a mixed note as men’s singles player Srikanth Kidambi and women’s double players Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand advanced while Sankar Subramanian and Ayush Shetty were knocked out on the opening day. Kidambi clinched a hard-fough 23-21, 23-21 victory over his Indian compatriot H.S Prannoy while the World No. 9…
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Swiss Open 2025 Badminton: Justin Hoh Misses Shot At European Redemption
World No.50 Justin Hoh missed a shot at European redemption as he was beaten 21-7, 21-13 by Japan’s Yushi Takana in the Swiss Open 2025 on Wednesday. The Malaysian struggled to get a grip on the Round of 32 clash as he lost without threatening his opponent. He had earlier lost to Tanaka in the semi-finals…
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Swiss Open 2025 Badminton: Malaysia Men’s Doubles Suffer Mass Exodus
Malaysia’s men’s doubles pair suffered a mass exodus on the opening on Tuesday as all three professional contesting duos were knocked out. Top seeded Malaysian men’s doubles pair Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani lost 23-25, 21-15, 11-21 to Japan’s world No. 76 Hiroki Midorikawa-Kyohei Yamashita at St Jakobshalle in Basel. It was the second consecutive…
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BWF Badminton World Rankings: PV Sindhu Drops To 19th; Lakshya Sen, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Rise
In the lastest BWF World Rankings released on Tuesday, double Olympic medalist PV Sindhu dropped three places to the 19th spot while India’s top-ranked men’s and men’s doubles shuttlers Lakshya Sen and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty made gains. Sindhu exited the All England Open 2025 in the first round. Meanwhile, Lakshya Sen who reached the quarter-finals…