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Creating a lasting legacy and inspiring the next generation to take up the sport is just as important to the Scottish Open as putting on a world class show of badminton at the Emirates Arena. Badminton Scotland’s Development Team have been hard at work throughout the tournament delivering activities for [...]

Home favourite and defending champion Kirsty Gilmour produced a stunning comeback to defeat top seed Cai Yanyan and reach the final of the Scottish Open Badminton Championships. The Glasgow-based 25-year-old’s title defence appeared to be in danger of being derailed after she narrowly lost the opening game to the Chinese [...]

Dutch maestro Mark Caljouw surged into the Scottish Open Badminton Championships semi-finals with a dominant performance against Frenchman Thomas Rouxel in Glasgow. The 23-year-old is the highest ranked player left in the competition after second seed Brice Leverdez was knocked out in the third round by French compatriot Lucas Claerbout. [...]

Kirsty Gilmour remains on course to defend her Scottish Open Badminton Championship women’s singles title after overcoming Danish rival Mette Poulsen in the second round. The Glasgow-based 25-year-old was given a tough examination in the second set by Poulsen before claiming a 21-6 21-18 victory in front of her home [...]

Badminton fans will be able to enjoy the best of the action at this year’s Scottish Open Badminton Championships live on the BBC. Building on the success of last year’s partnership, coverage will once again be available to watch on the BBC Sport website, app and connected TVs, with all [...]

Reigning women’s singles champion Kirsty Gilmour got her title defence off to the perfect start with a comfortable victory in the first round of the Scottish Open Badminton Championships. The 25-year-old Scottish star, who is based in Glasgow, overcame England’s Georgina Bland at the Emirates Arena as she began her [...]

An impressive comeback from Scotland’s Adam Hall and Julie MacPherson in the mixed doubles sealed their place in the second round of the Scottish Open Badminton Championships. The homegrown pair lost the opening game against Canadian duo Nyl Yakura and Kristen Tsai, before fighting back to triumph 15-21 21-16 21-16 [...]

There was an action-packed evening session at the opening day of the Scottish Open Badminton Championships as the main draw of the men’s singles got underway at Emirates Arena. Scotland’s sole representative Matthew Carder was unable to progress into the second round as the 25-year-old lost out to Austria’s Luka [...]

Qualifying proved no obstacle for Lauren Middleton and Sarah Sidebottom as they sealed their place in the women’s doubles main draw at the Scottish Open Badminton Championships. The Scottish duo came from behind in their opening match to beat the all-English partnership of Grace King and Ella Soderstrom 16-21 21-11 [...]

With the courts laid, the volunteers in place and the players ready and raring go, the countdown to the start of the 2018 Scottish Open Badminton Championships is almost over. A world class field of more than 300 hundred athletes from 37 nations have descended on Glasgow for the third [...]

With the Scottish Open Badminton Championships about to get underway at the Emirates Arena, a world class field of more than 300 athletes from all over the planet have been arriving in Scotland. A host of Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European medallists will compete in Glasgow from 21-25 November with [...]

Fourth seed Rajiv Ouseph is expecting a tough run if he is going to make the latter stages of the Scottish Open. The Englishman begins the tournament in Glasgow against a qualifier or Bulgarian Ivan Rusev in round two due to a bye. Ouseph, the world number 35, is the [...]