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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 [...]

It was a Team GB clash in the men’s singles SH 6 as Krysten Coombs toppled Jack Shephard 21, 16, 22 to 18, 21, 20 in a marathon 53-minute match.   The Paris-bound para-athletes played with incredible intensity throughout, with Coombs eventually taking the deciding set in a match that [...]

Paralympic gold medalist Lucas Mazur safely advanced through to the men’s SL 4 semi-finals, overcoming Asian Games silver medalist Mohd Amin Burhanuddin in straight sets.   A strong start saw Mazur dominate the opening set 21 to 9, but Burhanuddin’s class made the Frenchman work hard to take the second [...]

Emotions were high as Scottish Para Badminton legend Colin Leslie booked his place in the quarter-finals of men’s singles SL 3 competition at the 4 Nations Para Badminton International.   Having fallen short in the morning against number two seed Kumar Nitesh in the morning, a dominant performance in the [...]

In the beginning of the second half of the day Malaysia’s Cheah Liek Hu took Indonesia’s Suryo Nugroho to sudden death in their first round. A competitive round which saw the lead change at multiple stages however Cheah managed to win the round 22-20. The start of round two saw [...]

Daniel Bethell is set to represent Team GB in Paris in just a few weeks time, but how has his Para Badminton Championship campaign been going? Playing for the first time this morning against Mathieu Thomas of France, Bethell had a confident game. Winning 21-6 in his first round and [...]

Thursday morning saw Scotsman Colin Leslie begin his men’s SL 3 campaign, losing out to 2024 World Championship bronze medalist Kumar Nitesh of India 10, 3 to 21, 21 in a valiant effort.   Elsewhere, double Olympic gold medalist Sarina Satomi was victorious in her WH 1 clash with Irish [...]

Scottish youngster Andrew Davies faced English Paralympian Krysten Coombs in his opening match at the 4 Nations Para Badminton Championships this afternoon. The match, in which Coombs emerged victorious, was a close battle between the two competitors. The opening rally lasted approximately a minute with neither player looking like they [...]