Two-time reigning champion Kento Momota will not defend his men s singles crown at the upcoming world championships in Spain after withdrawing from the tournament due to back pain, the Nippon Badminton Association said on Dec. 8.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 National men’s singles ace, Lee Zii Jia, concluded his final Group B match with another win, this time over K Srikanth in the BWF (Badminton World Federation) World Tour Finals 2021 in Bali, Indonesia. The world number eight maintained his 100 per cent winning record in.
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Spain’s Carolina Marin and Viktor Axelsen from Denmark on Sunday claimed their second Thailand Open badminton singles titles in a fortnight.
Axelsen was a commanding force against his compatriot Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus in the men’s final in Bangkok.
Marin, the reigning Olympic champion, smashed top seed Tai Tzu-ying for the second time in a fortnight.
Thailand is hosting three consecutive badminton tournaments in a bio-secure coronavirus bubble, without spectators to guard against the coronavirus outbreak.
Marin, 27, went into Sunday’s final without losing a single game across the two tournaments.
In a much tighter contest than the first final last week, the Spaniard claimed the first game 21-19.