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By Jack Lacey-Hatton Matthew and Christopher Grimley topped off a first-class week of badminton by becoming Scottish Open men’s doubles champions. Roared on by a passionate crowd inside the Emirates Arena, the Glaswegian twins produced a wonderful display to beat the talented Malaysian pair of Junaidi Arif and Muhammad Haikal. [...]

Asian stars Wen Chi Hsu and Tze Yong Ng were crowned singles champions on the final day of action at the 2021 Scottish Open. The women’s singles kicked off finals day in Glasgow, with Hsu meeting Line Kjaersfeldt in a rematch of last week’s Irish Open final. Hsu, made a [...]

Scottish hopes are still alive in Glasgow after Matthew and Christopher Grimley pulled off a sensational late win to reach the men’s doubles final at the 2021 Scottish Open. The last remaining home players in the tournament beat former world number two’s Kim Sa Rang and Kim Gi Jung 21-19, [...]

It will be an all-Malaysian contest in the men’s singles final at the 2021 Scottish Open. This was after the two highest-seeded players had already both exited the competition at the quarter-final stage on a Saturday of surprises in Glasgow. Tze Yong Ng will be going for his third title [...]

Badminton Scotland is pleased to announce the appointment of three new directors; two Independent Board Directors and a new Chair of the Engagement Committee. Bill Blacoe and Paul Morgan took up their roles as Independent Board Directors following the Half Yearly Meeting on the 21st November 2021, during which John [...]

Friday evening at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow brought more Scottish success in the men’s doubles. Defending champions from 2019, Adam Hall and Alex Dunn are safely in the last eight of the draw once again. They saw off the Indian pair of Ravikrishna PS and Sankar Udayakumar, 21-13, 23-21. [...]

Danish second seed Line Kjærsfeldt made an excellent start to her quest for women’s singles glory at the 2021 Scottish Open. With home favourite Kirsty Gilmour later retiring in her first round match, Kjærsfeldt is now the highest seed left in the tournament and started with a 21-9, 21-9 win [...]

Day Two at the 2021 Scottish Open brought further home success in front of a lively Glasgow crowd at the Emirates Arena. 2019 champions Alex Dunn and Adam Hall made the perfect start to their title defence with a 21-13, 21-12 win over Koon Fung Kelvin Ho and Pak Yu [...]

International stars Kim Gi Sung and Kim Sa Rang made it safely through men’s doubles qualifying on day one of the 2021 Scottish Open. The former world number two pair and double World Championships’ bronze medallists were given a walkover in the first round after their opponents withdrew. But they [...]

Top Class badminton finally returned to the Emirates Arena on Thursday as the 2021 Scottish Open got underway with qualifying. And there was plenty of home interest for fans to get behind on day one in Glasgow. Toni Woods made the perfect start in the opening round of qualifying against [...]

Danish badminton legend Peter Gade was back at the scene of some of his previous triumphs in Glasgow on day one of the 2021 Scottish Open. Gade, 44, won five men’s singles European Championships, the 1999 All England Open and topped the men’s singles world rankings during an illustrious playing [...]

After last year’s cancellation, the third oldest tournament in world badminton makes a long-awaited return to Glasgow with 415 total entries from 35 different countries. This year’s entry boasts a strong Scottish contingent with players seeded in four out of five events and includes sizable teams from Scotland, England, France, [...]