Grand Prix Archive

MACAU OPEN – 8 seeds upset

Posted on December 2, 2011 | No Comments
Another day of upsets in Macau, as no fewer than 12 seeded players were sent packing on Thursday, amongst which 8 against lower ranked players. The most surprising losses were the ones of Jiang Yanjiao...
MACAU GPG – Ratchanok, Sung first casualties

Posted on November 30, 2011 | No Comments
Ratchanok Intanon and Sung Ji Hyun were the first seeds to fall in Macau this Wednesday. The three-time World Junior Champion didn’t survive a tricky first round against a new Chinese player, Han Li, who...
MACAU GPG – No Lin, No Chong Wei

Posted on November 29, 2011 | No Comments
The first day of the Kumpoo Macau Grand Prix Gold Badminton Championships saw all seeds advance to the next round in the men’s singles – the only category in which main draw matches were played...
Top players embark on five-week stretch

Posted on November 14, 2011 | No Comments
As the last leg of the ‘regular season’ of the OSIM Super Series gets set to kick off in Hong Kong, the entry lists have also just been published for the Victor Korea Grand Prix...
AUSTRALIAN OPEN – Hewitt to launch event

Posted on November 14, 2011 | No Comments
After Martina Hingis presented trophies at the 2010 Yonex World Championships in Paris last year, another famous figure from the tennis world will be involved in a badminton event. Badminton Australia just announced that former...
BITBURGER Final – Unseeded Thais and HK get symbolic successes

Posted on November 6, 2011 | No Comments
Hans Kristian Vitthingus and the Thai pair of Bodin Issara and Maneepong Jongjit were the surprise winners of the finals of the Bitburger Open on Sunday in Saarbrücken, Germany, each exacting payback from a Chinese...
BITBURGER OPEN – Surprise finalists go for gold

Posted on November 6, 2011 | No Comments
The 2011 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold heads into its final day with plenty of familiar faces but also a few very new faces and flags. In particular, unseeded Lennartsson/Wengberg produced the rare site of...
DUTCH OPEN – Kunchala clinches two for Thailand!

Posted on October 17, 2011 | No Comments
Thailand and Taiwan each started out with an internal battle, in mixed doubles and men’s singles, as new frontrunners emerged to take the titles at the 2011 Yonex Dutch Open Grand Prix. By Lee Anne...