Grand Prix Archive

INDIA GPG SF – Another Indian teen goes for gold

Posted on January 25, 2015 | No Comments
Kukkapalli Maneesha became the only teen to reach the finals at the Syed Modi International Badminton Championships Grand Prix Gold as she and Manu Attri reached the mixed doubles final. India has locked up the...
INDIA GPG QF – Attri and Reddi in first Grand Prix semi-final

Posted on January 24, 2015 | No Comments
India added two men’s doubles semi-finalists to its gallery of badminton high performers as Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy squeaked by the second seeds at the Syed Modi International Badminton Championships. By Don Hearn. ...
MALAYSIA MASTERS Finals – Pedersen starts with 2 golds

Posted on January 18, 2015 | No Comments
Denmark’s Christinna Pedersen began 2015 with two titles at the Yonex-Sunrise Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold. By Don Hearn. Photos: Badmintonphoto and Don Hearn (archives) She may not have finished off 2014 with two Superseries...
MALAYSIAN MASTERS SF – Birthday final for Wang

Posted on January 18, 2015 | No Comments
Wang Chi-Lin of Chinese Taipei will play for a Grand Prix Gold for the first time on his 20th birthday after beating the Commonwealth Games champions on home soil. By Don Hearn. Photos: Badmintonphoto (archives)...
MALAYSIA MASTERS QF – More teen triumphs

Posted on January 17, 2015 | No Comments
19-year-olds from Korea, India, and Japan continue their runs of form by reaching the semi-finals of the Yonex Sunrise Malaysia Masters in Kuching, where some familiar faces will be looking to hold down the fort...
Did you know? Bests, firsts, and mosts in 2014

Posted on January 7, 2015 | 5 Comments
Unable to simply leave those 2014 numbers alone, we took a closer look at the winners of all the main tournaments in 2014 – Superseries, Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. Some facts are quite...
U.S. GRAND PRIX Finals – Four take 1st Grand Prix titles

Posted on December 14, 2014 | No Comments
A quartet of new Grand Prix champions, along with world no. 12 Zhang Beiwen took home titles at the first running of the U.S. Grand Prix. By Brandon Redekop. Photos: Badmintonphoto (archives) It was a...
U.S. GRAND PRIX SF – Close shave for Hsu Jen Hao

Posted on December 13, 2014 | No Comments
A first-time Grand Prix winner will be crowned in men’s singles in Orange County after Hsu Jen Hao won a 90-minute semi-final to face Czech Petr Koukal in the final. By Brandon Redekop. Photos: Badmintonphoto...