![The best badminton players in the world are gearing up for the 2020 season – or, for some, the homestretch of the Tokyo Olympic qualification period – but we take […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190705_2050_CanadaOpen2019_BPYL7797_rotator-115x115.jpg "2019 by the numbers: Badminton’s bests, mosts, and firsts of last season")
![An Se Young finally got the better of veteran team-mate Sung Ji Hyun to win the Korea Masters, followed by Japan’s Matsuyama/Shida taking down their Rio gold medallist team-mates. Story […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Gwangju-Masters-2019-3721-115x115.jpg "KOREA MASTERS Finals – Veteran ladies suffer upsets")
![It will be an all-Korean women’s singles final at the Korea Masters, as An Se Young looks for her 5th title this year, while Sung Ji Hyun is hoping to […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Gwangju-Masters-2019-2535_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA MASTERS SF – An goes for a 5th, Sung for a second 4th")
![2017 Korea Masters champion Kim Won Ho is in his first semi-final with new partner Park Kyung Hoon after they saw off Olympic and World Champion Zhang Nan in his […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Gwangju-Masters-2019-2189_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA MASTERS QF – Korea finishes strong")
![Zhang Yiman won her first major title at the Vietnam Open and Zhang Shuxian did too, but missed out on the doubles double. Photos: Badmintonphoto (archives) 19-year-old Zhang Shuxian took […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190707_1802_CanadaOpen2019_BPYL8088-115x115.jpg "VIETNAM OPEN – Two Zhangs win first major titles")
![Seo Seung Jae was beaten twice on finals day at the Chinese Taipei Open, as he and Choi Sol Gyu squandered a 9-point lead and 5 match points before Goh […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190908_1801_Chinese_Taipei_Open_2019_BPJP1336_rotator-115x115.jpg "CHINESE TAIPEI OPEN Finals – Goh/Tan win with epic comeback")
![Heo Kwang Hee reached his first ever international senior final and Seo Seung Jae won twice as Korean shuttlers kept alive their hopes to sweep the titles in Taipei as […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190907_1513_Chinese_Taipei_Open_2019_BPJP0676_rotator-115x115.jpg "CHINESE TAIPEI OPEN SF – Korea dreams of another sweep")
![Former World Champions Ko Sung Hyun and Zhang Nan were on the other side of the Eurasian continent winning Super 100 titles in Akita a day before the Worlds kicks […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190730_1759_ThailandOpen2019_BPYL8576_rotator-115x115.jpg "JAPAN MASTERS – On eve of Worlds, past champs busy winning elsewhere")
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![The second half of the Indonesia Masters 2020 was not a good day for the top players. Appearing under pressure, the top seeds fell while Carolina Marin kept her hopes […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Caro-rotator-36x36.jpg "INDONESIA OPEN R16 – Not a good day for the seeded")
INDONESIA OPEN R16 – Not a good day for the seeded
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![If the year 2018 was about Kento Momota’s comeback then 2019 was the period where he asserted his dominance on the circuit, in an emphatic manner at that. The Tokyo […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20191110_1743_FuzhouChinaOpen2019_BPYL8019_rotator-36x36.jpg "An inspiring ‘sophomore’…and a shot at redemption")
An inspiring ‘sophomore’…and a shot at redemption
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![The Malaysia Masters was not just the first Super 500, not just the first World Tour, but the first international title, period, for Li Wenmei and Zheng Yu, while 3 […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20200112_1623_MalaysiaMasters2020_BPMP_0186_rotator-36x36.jpg "MALAYSIA MASTERS Finals – First ever title for Li/Zheng")
MALAYSIA MASTERS Finals – First ever title for Li/Zheng
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![Kim Gi Jung and Lee Yong Dae delighted the crowd at the Malaysia Masters, stunning world #4 Li/Liu to win their first Super 500 title. By Don Hearn, Badzine correspondent […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20200112_1718_MalaysiaMasters2020_BPMP_0466_rotator-36x36.jpg "MALAYSIA MASTERS Finals – Kim/Lee give the love right back!")
MALAYSIA MASTERS Finals – Kim/Lee give the love right back!
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![Kim Gi Jung and Lee Yong Dae again beat the odds, beating 2018 Malaysia Masters champions Alfian/Ardianto in the semi-finals to reach the first Super 500 final of their partnership. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20200111_1917_MalaysiaMasters2020_BPMP_9720_rotator-36x36.jpg "MALAYSIA MASTERS SF – Kim & Lee into first Super 500 final!")
MALAYSIA MASTERS SF – Kim & Lee into first Super 500 final!
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![Indonesian women’s doubles, Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu qualified for the second round of the Indonesia Masters 2020. Meanwhile Korean men’s doubles pair, Kim Gi Jung / Lee Yong Dae […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20200115_1854_IndonesiaMasters2020_BPJS5247-36x36.jpg "INDONESIA MASTER R32 – Polii/Rahayu find a way through in a tight battle")
INDONESIA MASTER R32 – Polii/Rahayu find a way through in a tight battle
16 January 2020 5:28 AM | No Comments -
![The Badminton World Federation (BWF) released a statement earlier this afternoon confirming that newly-crowned Malaysia Masters champion Kento Momota was in stable condition after he and 3 others survived a […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20200112_1922_MalaysiaMasters2020_BPMP0957-36x36.jpg "BWF confirms Momota in stable condition after driver killed in auto crash")
BWF confirms Momota in stable condition after driver killed in auto crash
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Seo Seung Jae team contract controversy casts pall over 2020 debut
2019 by the numbers: Badminton’s bests, mosts, and firsts of last season
2019 by the numbers: Badminton’s bests, mosts, and firsts of last season
2019 by the numbers: Badminton’s bests, mosts, and firsts of last season
Matsutomo/Takahashi are Players of the Year!
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