![Anthony Ginting beat next week’s world #1 Kento Momota, while Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen made the China Open their first title at a $200,000-plus event. By Don Hearn. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180923_1801_ChinaOpen2018_YVES3597_rotator.jpg "CHINA OPEN Finals – Ginting beats the best, Danes take a first")
![20-year-olds Han Chengkai and Zhou Haodong upset the world #1s to duel with the Danish 8th seeds for the biggest title of either pair’s career so far. By Don Hearn. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180922_1534_ChinaOpen2018_YVES0442_rotator.jpg "CHINA OPEN SF – Han and Zhou topple the top pair")
![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. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180916_1347_JapanOpen2018_RAPL2473_rotator.jpg "JAPAN OPEN Finals – Only World Champions and #1s need apply")
![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 […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180915_1630_JapanOpen2018_BP013920_rotator.jpg "JAPAN OPEN SF – Thai’s dream run sets up final with Momota")
![Early on Saturday, the Badminton Association of Malaysia confirmed that Lee Chong Wei had been diagnosed with an early stage of nose cancer and that he was getting treatment in […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180707_2044_IndonesiaOpen2018_YVES2352-195x110.jpg "Chong Wei’s condition confirmed by BAM")
![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… […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180914_1307_JapanOpen2018_BP019412_rotator-195x110.jpg "JAPAN OPEN QF – Momota beats his idol")
![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-195x110.jpg "JAPAN OPEN R16 – China takes upsets big and small")
![The BWF World Tour is back up over 500 from next week with the Japan Open and most of the badminton world’s top 10 will make their first appearances since […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180722_1653_SingaporeOpen2018_MIK_3150_rotator-115x115.jpg "Top shuttlers back to work from next week")
![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 […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180818_0953_ASianGames2018_RAPL8961_rotator-115x115.jpg "ASIAN GAMES Men’s Singles Preview – Can China conquer Mt. Momota?")
![As Tai Tzu Ying vies again for the most prestigious title of her career, the illustrious cast of the women’s singles world will again line up to stop her. By […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180318_1409_AllEngland2018_BP028171_rotator-115x115.jpg "ASIAN GAMES Women’s Singles Preview – The field plays catch-up with tantalizing Tai")
![Japan is the new power in women’s doubles but with the Asian Games propensity for not following script, let’s look the various pairs who might get a look in at […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180708_1617_IndonesiaOpen2018_YVES4700-1_rotator-115x115.jpg "ASIAN GAMES Women’s Doubles Preview – Japanese empresses to reign supreme?")
![Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo & Marcus Fernaldi Gideon look like the strongest contenders as they lead the world’s ranking and will be playing at home. But some other pairs may just […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180803_1429_WorldChampionships2018_MIK_3536-rotator_1236-115x115.jpg "ASIAN GAMES Men’s Doubles Preview – Minions on the cusp of an Indonesian hat-trick")
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![Anthony Ginting beat next week’s world #1 Kento Momota, while Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen made the China Open their first title at a $200,000-plus event. By Don Hearn. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180923_1801_ChinaOpen2018_YVES3597_rotator-36x36.jpg "CHINA OPEN Finals – Ginting beats the best, Danes take a first")
CHINA OPEN Finals – Ginting beats the best, Danes take a first
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![20-year-olds Han Chengkai and Zhou Haodong upset the world #1s to duel with the Danish 8th seeds for the biggest title of either pair’s career so far. By Don Hearn. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180922_1534_ChinaOpen2018_YVES0442_rotator-36x36.jpg "CHINA OPEN SF – Han and Zhou topple the top pair")
CHINA OPEN SF – Han and Zhou topple the top pair
23 September 2018 3:01 AM | No Comments -
![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. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180916_1347_JapanOpen2018_RAPL2473_rotator-36x36.jpg "JAPAN OPEN Finals – Only World Champions and #1s need apply")
JAPAN OPEN Finals – Only World Champions and #1s need apply
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![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 […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180915_1630_JapanOpen2018_BP013920_rotator-36x36.jpg "JAPAN OPEN SF – Thai’s dream run sets up final with Momota")
JAPAN OPEN SF – Thai’s dream run sets up final with Momota
15 September 2018 3:28 PM | No Comments
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![Early on Saturday, the Badminton Association of Malaysia confirmed that Lee Chong Wei had been diagnosed with an early stage of nose cancer and that he was getting treatment in […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180707_2044_IndonesiaOpen2018_YVES2352-36x36.jpg "Chong Wei’s condition confirmed by BAM")
Chong Wei’s condition confirmed by BAM
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