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Hong Kong’s Chu Man Kai avenged his gold medal loss in the Tokyo Paralympics to take the gold in the men’s singles SH 6 final against Krishna Nagar. In another three-game epic between the two, Kai got the better of his Indian counterpart this time winning 21, 17, 19 to [...]

Indonesia’s Ikhtiar Syakuroh proved too strong for Manasi Joshi, winning both games to take gold in the women’s singles SL 3 final. Syakuroh, a World Championship silver medalist this year, looked comfortable throughout as she took the first game 21 to 6, then saw out the victory 21 to 12 [...]

Thulasimathi Murugesan produced a standout performance to take home the women’s singles SU 5 gold in an all-Indian clash with Manisha Ramadass. Winning both games, Murugesan was electric throughout as she dismantled the 19-year-old Ramadass in impressive fashion 21, 21 to 8, 14. Murugesan’s form was apparent from the offset [...]

Indonesia’s Leani Ratri Oktila overcame the odds to beat top seed Helle Sofie Sagøy in straight games to win gold in the women’s singles SL 4 final. The Paralympic silver medalist never lost control of the match, taking the first game 21-18 and then closing out the match with a [...]

Top seed Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan clinched gold in the women’s singles SH 6 final, overcoming Giuliana Poveda Flores 21, 15, 21 to 16, 21, 17. A bright start for the Indian player saw her take the opening set, but four-time Pan-American champion Flores fired back with an impressive second [...]

It’s been a busy and competitive few days in Glasgow as the 4 Nations Para Badminton Championships slowly come to a close. Let’s take a look at what we have in store for tomorrow’s all important final games. In the men’s singles wheelchair categories, number one seeded Choi Jungman of [...]

It’s semi finals day in Glasgow! Time to take a look at the highlights from Saturday at the 4 Nations Para Badminton Championships. It was a tough battle between first and second in the women’s SL 4 singles as Norwegian Helle Sofie Sagoy dominated her match against Haruka Fujino of [...]

Paralympic pedigree graced the Glasgow courts as Tokyo bronze medalist Daniel Chan Ho Yuen and gold medalist Daiki Kajiwara booked their place in the WH 2 final.   Chan dispatched his long-term rival Kim Jong-Jun 21, 21 to 10, 15, whilst Kajiwara survived an intense first set to beat Sooyoung [...]

Thai Paralympic silver medalist Sujirat Pookkham will meet Sarina Satomi, the woman who pipped her to the gold medal in Tokyo, in tomorrow’s WH 2 final in Glasgow. Both overcame their opponents in two sets, with Satomi beating Hu Guang-Chiou of Chinese Taipei 21, 21 to 9, 6 and Pookkham [...]

It’s been a busy day in Glasgow as the quarter finals begin. The morning started off with the women’s singles in WH 2 quarter finals. Australia’s Mischa Ginns took on Yang I-Chen of Chinese Taipei which ended 21, 21 to 12, 16 in favour of Yang. The other match taking [...]

Korea’s Jeong Jaegun and Yu Sooyoung have advanced to the men’s WH 1 – WH 2 semi-finals, beating World Champions Rick Hellmann and Thomas Wandschneider 21, 21 to 16, 16.   In a repeat of the 2022 semi-finals in Tokyo, the Koreans avenged their loss to their German counterparts, in [...]

It’s been an eventful three days in Glasgow, as three Scots have taken to the courts to represent their home soil in the Para Badminton Championships.   Gregor Anderson 18-year-old Gregor Craig Anderson was the first up competing in WH 2, making his international debut as a wildcard on home [...]