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…
DetailsPictured: Wictoria Dabczynska (POL) The women’s singles draw at the TAKECARE Saipan International 2023 had a little stutter on day two with the number three seed Wen Yu Zeng being knocked out by Pen Yu Wei. Sung Shuo Yun had no trouble keeping her campaign alive with a convincing win over Misaki Kurashima. Peng Yu…
DetailsPictured: Son Wan Ho (KOR) Photo Credit: badmintonphoto A new week equals a new badminton tournament in the Northern Mariana Islands. The stage is set for the TAKECARE Saipan International 2023. Many of the players continue to stay in Saipan following the CROWNE PLAZA Northern Marianas Open 2023, choosing to play in the second Grade…
DetailsPictured: Winner Womens Doubles – Hsu Ya Ching/Lin Wan Ching (TPE) & Lee Yu Lim/Shin Seung Chan (KOR) Men’s Singles Twenty-year-old Liao Jhuo-Fu looked relaxed heading out for his men’s singles final at the CROWNE PLAZA Northern Marianas Open 2023. With a current world ranking of 99 and a World Tour ranking of 63, the…
DetailsPictured: Tomoka Miyazaki (JPN) Photo credit: BadmintonPhoto With Japan, Chinese Taipei and Korea filling the schedule for semifinals day at the CROWNE PLAZA Northern Marianas Open 2023, there was going to be nothing short of fireworks across many of the matches. Both number one and two seeds were bundled out of the women’s singles draw…
DetailsPictured: Lee Yu Lim/Shin Seung Chan (KOR) From the first match on day four of the CROWNE PLAZA Northern Marianas Open 2023, the atmosphere was electric as the men’s and women’s doubles began the show. It was predicted that Jin Yong and Na Sung Seung (KOR) would have a fight on their hands against the…
DetailsPictured: 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…
DetailsNumber one seed, Kevin Cordon from Guatemala made his first appearance on court today at the CROWNE PLAZA Northern Marianas Open 2023. Playing against Allan Zeng from Guam, Cordon eased through his first match to progress to the round of 16. A casualty of day one was Takuma Obayashi (5] who began strong against his…
DetailsDay one highlights of the CROWNE PLAZA Northern Marianas Open 2023 started with four qualifying matches before the main draws of the men’s singles and women’s singles began. There were some big matches in the first round of the men’s singles, most notably between the fifth seed, Takuma Obayashi (JPN) and Jia Heng Jason Teh…
DetailsThe Humans of Shuttle Time series from the Badminton World Federation shares the viewpoints of those who contribute to grassroots badminton development. Duncan Yeow Heng Choy, shuttle time teacher from New Zealand, shares his story 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 I’m from Malaysia where badminton is huge. I’ve been playing badminton with neighbours for fun since I was five;…
DetailsAt the Badminton Oceania Annual General Meeting on Thursday 25 May in Kuala Lumpur the winner of the Heather Robson Award for 2022 was announced. This award which is presented to an individual in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the promotion and development of badminton in the Oceania region, was awarded to a volunteer…
DetailsThe Serve-ing Pacific June winner is Barry Whiteside from Badminton Fiji. Barry is well known within the Oceania region through the work that he has done as the President of Badminton Fiji a role in which he was in for over 20 years. Barry has had a considerable amount of influence and impact on badminton…
DetailsWith the Northern Marianas Open preceding the Saipan International, there will be many players taking the opportunity to play in two BWF Grade 3 events in as many weeks. With a slight shuffle of seeds and positions from the Northern Marianas Open to the Saipan International, there will be a lot of global talent on…
DetailsWith the draws released for the Northern Marianas Open 2023, excitement is building as there are a number of profile players with some interesting badminton history competing at the tournament. Host city Saipan will be a buzz with the inclusion of former world number 1, Son Wan Ho from Korea in the men’s singles. As…
DetailsFollowing the release of the Northern Marianas Open seeding report, Kevin Cordon, a seasoned campaigner for his beloved Guatemala, is the number one seed in Saipan. Cordon, a four-time Olympic representative for his Central American country will lead the men’s singles lineup. Beginning his Olympic career in 2008 in Beijing, Cordon had the honour of…
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