Scottish athletes Alexander Dunn and Julie MacPherson faced Christian Faust Kjaer and Maiken Fruergaard of Denmark in the mixed doubles semi-final on Saturday. The teams have already played each other at the Hylo Open earlier this year in Germany. Dunn and MacPherson went on to win silver there - and [...]
The Grimley brothers are through to the semi-finals of the Scottish Open Badminton 2024. They took on Canadian’s Jonathan Bing Tsan Lai and Nyl Yakura in the intense two set quarter-final match. The brothers fought it out in a tough first set to win 21-17. They continued to maintain their [...]
Over on Court 1 another exciting match took place between Julie Dawall Jakobsen from Denmark, who is top seed in the qualifications, and Kaloyona Nalbantova from Bulgaria, who is the 5th seed. The players battled it out in an intense three set game. Jakobsen claimed the first set 21-16. However, [...]
Scotland’s Alexander Dunn and Julie Macpherson have kickstarted the third day of the Scottish Badminton Open 2024 with a win. For the first Scotland match of the day, over on Court 1, the pair took on fellow Scot Mathew Grimley who was partnered with Sara Thygesen from Denmark. This win [...]
It’s another full day of action at the Emirates Arena with day three of the Scottish Badminton Open 2024 off to a strong start.Saturday at the Emirates Arena has seen a jam-packed day of badminton. Here’s everything you need to know about the quarter finals if you missed out on [...]
Top seeds Christopher and Matthew Grimley take victory over Sweden’s Ludwig Axelsson and Jakob Ekman to make it to the quarter-finals of the mens doubles at the Scottish Open. In the opening round the twins took an early lead, confidently staying ahead throughout winning 21-11 despite strong responses from the [...]
The Emirates Arena saw a high energy match between two Team Scotland men’s doubles at the Scottish Badminton Open 2024. Adam Pringle and Alexander Dunn beat Callum Crangle and Josh Taylor in two straight sets in the round of 32 on Friday afternoon. Service was constantly switching back and forth [...]
Mixed doubles pair Alexander Dunn and Julie MacPherson are the first Scots through to the quarter finals at the Scottish Badminton Open 2024. It was a very closely matched game against Jonathan Bing Tsan Lai and Crystal Lai of Canada at the Emirates Arena on Friday afternoon. The pairs kept [...]
Callum Smith has made his return to the Scottish Badminton Open 2024 as a wildcard pick. The three-time Scottish Singles champion played against English international star, Ethan Rose in a tough battle. Stepping onto the court Rose instantly made an impression by taking the set 11-21 with longshots that left [...]
Joshua Apiliga has put on another impressive performance at this year’s Scottish Badminton Open. Yesterday the young Scot fought through three qualifying matches to secure his place in the main draw for a second year in a row. For his first qualifying game, Apiliga beat Joel Köinig of Switzerland 21-13 [...]
