By request - a thread to discuss Badminton and all other racket sports worth discussing (with the exception of tennis - tennis thread is here). Feel free to discuss any and all news/competitions related to the sports!

A quick look at the BWF Calendar - we've got the Badminton World Championships in August this year but there are events as early as the India Open starting on the 11th of this month!

Ah nice to have a thread for other racket sports. I don't ever watch any aside from by chance at the Olympics but badminton is currently the only sport I play regularly and I'm considering going to that annual championship in Birmingham some time.

India Open 2022 Final results:

 

Men's singles:

Loh Kean Yew (22-24, 17-21) Lakshya Sen

 

Women's singles:

Supanida Katethong (20-22, 21-19, 13-21) Busanan Ongbamrungphan

 

Men's doubles:

Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan (16-21, 24-26) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty

 

Women's doubles:

Benyapa Aimsaard / Nuntakarn Aimsaard (21-13, 21-5) Anastasiia Akchurina / Olga Morozova

 

Mixed doubles:

Chen Tang Jie / Peck Yen Wei (15-21, 18-21) Terry Hee / Tan Wei Han

Some good results for the hosts in the Men's singles and doubles there!

BWF Calendar:

 

https://corporate.bwfbadminton.com/events/calendar/

 

 

 

BWF Men's Singles Rankings:

 

1. Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)

2. Kento Momota (Japan)

3. Anders Antonsen (Denmark)

4. Chou Tien Chen (Chinese Taipei)

5. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Indonesia)

6. Chen Long (China)

7. Lee Zii Jia (Malaysia)

8. Jonatan Christie (Indonesia)

9. Ng Ka Long Angus (Hong Kong)

10. Sriknath Kidmabi (India)

11. Rasmus Gemke (Denmark)

12. Kean Yew Loh (Singapore)

13. Lakshya Sen (India)

14. Kanta Tsuneyama (Japan)

15. Tzu Wei Wang (Chinese Taipei)

16. Yu Qi Shi (China)

17. Cheuk Yiu Lee (Hong Kong)

18. B Sai Praneeth (India)

19. Kenta Nishimoto (Japan)

20. Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand)

 

BWF Women's Singles Rankings:

 

1. Tzu Ying Tai (Chinese Taipei)

2. Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)

3. Chen Ya Fei (China)

4. Seyoung An (South Korea)

5. Nozomi Okuhara (Japan)

6. Carolina Marin (Spain)

7. Sindhu V Pusarla (India)

8. Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand)

9. Bing Jiao He (China)

10. Pornpawee Chochuwong (Thailand)

11. Busanan Ongbamrungphan (Thailand)

12. Michelle Li (Canada)

13. Sayaka Takahashi (Japan)

14. Mia Blichfeldt (Denmark)

15. Beiwen Zhang (USA)

16. Jia Min Yeo (Singapore)

17. Zhi Yi Wang (China)

18. Jihyun Sung (South Korea)

19. Kirsty Gilmour (Scotland)

20. Gaeun Kim (South Korea)

The Syed Modi International and the Odisha Open have both gone on over the past few weeks - naturally a lot of Indian interest but with some winners from Malaysia and Sri Lanka as well.

BWF Men's Singles Rankings Update: (March)

 

 

1. Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)

2. Kento Momota (Japan)

3. Anders Antonsen (Denmark)

4. Chou Tien Chen (Chinese Taipei)

5. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Indonesia)

6. Chen Long (China)

7. Lee Zii Jia (Malaysia)

8. Jonatan Christie (Indonesia)

9. Kean Yew Loh (Singapore)

10. Ng Ka Long Angus (Hong Kong)

11. Sriknath Kidmabi (India)

12. Lakshya Sen (India)

13. Rasmus Gemke (Denmark)

14. Kanta Tsuneyama (Japan)

15. Tzu Wei Wang (Chinese Taipei)

16. Yu Qi Shi (China)

17. Cheuk Yiu Lee (Hong Kong)

18. B Sai Praneeth (India)

19. Kenta Nishimoto (Japan)

20. Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand)

BWF Women's Singles Rankings Update: (March)

 

1. Tzu Ying Tai (Chinese Taipei)

2. Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)

3. Chen Ya Fei (China)

4. Seyoung An (South Korea)

5. Nozomi Okuhara (Japan)

6. Carolina Marin (Spain)

7. Sindhu V Pusarla (India)

8. Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand)

9. Bing Jiao He (China)

10. Pornpawee Chochuwong (Thailand)

11. Busanan Ongbamrungphan (Thailand)

12. Michelle Li (Canada)

13. Sayaka Takahashi (Japan)

14. Mia Blichfeldt (Denmark)

15. Beiwen Zhang (USA)

16. Jia Min Yeo (Singapore)

17. Zhi Yi Wang (China)

18. Jihyun Sung (South Korea)

19. Kirsty Gilmour (Scotland)

20. Gaeun Kim (South Korea)

BWF Men's Singles Rankings Update:

 

9. Lakshya Sen (India)

10. Kean Yew Loh (Singapore)

11. Ng Ka Long Angus (Hong Kong)

BWF Men's Singles Rankings Update: (April)

 

12. Srikanth Kidambi (India)

18. Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand)

19. B Sai Praneeth (India)

20. Kenta Nishimoto (Japan)

Thomas & Uber Cup are underway now!

 

Just watched Indonesia's men winning 3-2 against Japan last night local time. We return to the Thomas Cup final and will face India to defend our title.

One of my favorite match:

 

Meanwhile, South Korea will face China in the Uber Cup final tomorrow at 1pm GMT+7!

 

India seem to have done well to reach the Final - seems like it's the first time they've managed to do that in the Thomas Cup! All the best to Indonesia though.

India seem to have done well to reach the Final - seems like it's the first time they've managed to do that in the Thomas Cup! All the best to Indonesia though.

Thanks!

 

Also, congratulations to South Korea for winning the Uber Cup 3-2 against the defending champion China!

Felt sorry to Wang Zhi Yi as she had an issue with her right finger during the last game / set of the last match. She didn't deserve to lose in this way. Either way, still a thrilling final.

 

An Seyoung (Korea) vs Chen Yu Fei (China),

21-17 15-21 20-22

Lee Sohee/Shin Seungchan (Korea) vs Chen Qing Chen/Jia Yi Fan (China),

12-21 21-18 21-18

Kim Gaeun (Korea) vs He Bing Jiao (China)

12-21 13-21

Kim Hye Jeong/Kong Heeyong (Korea) vs Huang Dong Ping/Li Wen Mei (China)

22-20 21-17

Sim Yujin (Korea) vs Wang Zhi Yi China (China)

28-26, 18-21, 21-8

Edited May 15, 20223 yr by MandaliCow

Feel gutted by Indonesia's loss on the Thomas Cup final today. We literally had a chance to win the first 2 matches, but India's mentality is just too high. Gotta say, what a comeback. Congratulations to the Indian men's badminton team for winning their first title on their first ever final. Definitely a well-deserved win.

 

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting vs Lakshya Sen

21-8, 17-21, 16-21

Mohammad Ahsan/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo vs Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty

21-18, 21-23, 19-21

Jonatan Christie vs Kidambi Srikanth

15-21, 21-23

Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto vs M.R. Arjun/Dhruv Kapila

Not playing

Shesar Hiren Rhustavito vs Pranny H. S.

Not playing

 

Quick highlight:

Edited May 15, 20223 yr by MandaliCow

BWF Men's Singles Rankings Update: (May)

 

6. Lee Zii Jia (Malaysia)

7. Chen Long (China)

9. Lakshya Sen (India)

10. Kean Yew Loh (Singapore)

11. Srikanth Kidambi (India)

12. Ng Ka Long Angus (Hong Kong)

13. Rasmus Gemke (Denmark)

 

BWF Women's Singles Rankings Update: (May)

 

1. Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)

2. Tzu Ying Tai (Chinese Taipei)

5. Carolina Marin (Spain)

6. Nozomi Okuhara (Japan)

11. Michelle Li (Canada)

12. Busanan Ongbamrungphan (Thailand)

15. Zhi Yi Wang (China)

16. Beiwen Zhang (USA)

17. Kirsty Gilmour (Scotland)

18. Jia Min Yeo (Singapore)

19. Gaeun Kim (South Korea)

20. Jihyun Sung (South Korea)

BWF Men's Singles Rankings Update: (May 24th)

 

5. Lee Zii Jia (Malaysia)

6. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Indonesia)