SATHIO GROUP Australian Open – Day 1

After a raft of promotions into the qualifying draw, the opening session was dominated by Australian players looking to progress further,  with many of them successful. Two Oceania mixed doubles pairs started the qualifying session with positive results, winning their prospective matches to advance to the main draw.  Adrian Reynardi and Victoria Tjonadi together with…

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Finals Set To Light Up Courts

Pictured: Fang-Chih Lee/Fang-Jen Lee (TPE) Out of the four mixed doubles pair that made it to the semifinals, only one was seeded, and not one featured in last weeks CROWNE PLAZA Northern Marianas Open 2023 semifinals.  The top seeds, who did not make it past round two last week, struggled against team USA, ending their…

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Two Tournaments, Two Weeks, Two Friends

Over the last two weeks there has been international badminton in the Northern Mariana Islands with many players from numerous nations enjoying the tournaments and the beautiful location they are in. Two of these are players from Europe with this being their first visit to Saipan. Max Weisskirchen and Elias Bracke are good friends on…

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Seeds Tumble During Day 3 in Saipan

Pictured: Cho Geonyeop (KOR) Credit: BadmintonPhoto Day three had the 2022 junior world number 1 men’s doubles pair, Nge Joo Jie and Johann Prajogo from Singapore hit the court running today as the men’s doubles made it debut at the CROWNE PLAZA Northern Marianas Open 2023.  Relishing the chance to get onto court the pair…

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