Badminton News

At $150K YONEX Swiss Open 2018, Basel, Switzerland (BWF World Tour Super 300)

[R1] (2) Sameer Verma (IND,46) bt Thomas Rouxel (FRA,74) 22-20 21-10
[R2] (2) Sameer Verma (IND,46) bt Yu Igarashi (JPN,58) 11-21 21-18 21-16
[QF] (2) Sameer Verma (IND,46) bt Kento Momota (JPN,42)
[SF] (2) Sameer Verma (IND,46) bt Kantaphon Wangcharoen (THA,49) 21-14 11-21 21-12

Men's Singles Final
(2) Sameer Verma (IND,46) bt Jan O Jorgensen (DEN,112) 21-15 21-13

Sameer Verma lifted his big title after beating Danish Jan O Jorgensen in straight games ... Before that, he scored a couple of good win against Japanese and Thai opponents ... Guru also played qualifying and reached into the quarters.

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At $25K YONEX Austrian Open 2018, Vienna, Austria (International Challenge)

[R1] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,44) bt Gergely Krausz (HUN,91) 21-14 21-16
[R2] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,44) bt Jia Wei Tan (MAS,119) 21-15 22-20
[QF] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,44) bt (7) Victor Svendsen (SUI,77) 21-17 21-19
[SF] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,44) bt (5) Raul Must (EST,66) 21-18 21-4

Men's Singles Final
Parupalli Kashyap (IND,44) bt June Wei Cheam (MAS,126) 23-21 21-14

Kashyap lifted International challenge title in Austria beating Malaysian in straight sets ... In this tournament, Kashyap didn't lose a single game in this match ... Subhankar Dey also reached in the semis in this tournament.