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• INDONESIA OPEN Finals – A victory to remember

  18-06-2017 22:17 via badzine.net
  [See image gallery at www.badzine.net]A three-year home drought was ended as Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir won their first Indonesian Open together. History was also made by the unseeded Sayaka Sato, who became the first Japanese women’s singles player to take the title in Jakarta.
  By Naomi Indartiningrum, Badzine Correspondent live in Jakarta.  Photos: Badmintonphoto (live)
  Sudirman revenge
  [See image gallery at www.badzine.net]In the opening match of the final round of the 2017
  
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• AUSTRALIAN OPEN Preview Part 2 – Finding one’s voice

  18-06-2017 16:08 via badzine.net
  [See image gallery at www.badzine.net]In spite of the stellar cast for this year’s Australian Open, the missing Europeans in men’s doubles and the unheralded absentees in the other doubles categories do make a difference.  Our preview specialist, Aaron Wong, explains.
  By Aaron Wong.  Photos: Badmintonphoto
  Men’s doubles lets down the cast list of an otherwise stellar Australian Open, the second-richest country-specific Superseries…
  Since the Badminton Asia Cham
  
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• Walk for the Juniors

  18-06-2017 12:31 via northumberlandbadminton.org
  Our county juniors are holding a fund-raiser on Sunday 16th July with a sponsored walk from Newburn along the riverside path to Wylam and back.  The relatively modest target is to raise £500 to support the team squads for practices and travel to away matches.
  Courts, coaching, shuttles and travel are unavoidable costs of our sport of badminton and if we can bring extra funds into our county association, this will relieve pressure on our parents. Perhaps more importantly, it may enable
  
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• INDONESIA OPEN SF – Olympic champions looking for home title

  18-06-2017 09:08 via badzine.net
  [See image gallery at www.badzine.net]The 2016 Olympic gold medalists Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir are still hungry to win the Indonesia Open Superseries title. They played twice in the final round but couldn’t get gold. This year, the opportunity is back again and they don’t want to let it slip away…
  By Mathilde Liliana Perada, Badzine Correspondent live in Jakarta.  Photos: Badmintonphoto (live)
  The #6 seeded will meet the world #1 Zheng Siwei/Chen Qing
  
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• INDONESIA OPEN SF – Rough day for ‘giant’ and ‘giant-killer’ alike

  18-06-2017 01:03 via badzine.net
  [See image gallery at www.badzine.net]H. S. Prannoy’s giant-killing run came to a halt at the hands of qualifier Sakai, while Srikanth Kidambi toppled the world #1 and the women’s singles final will be minus upset queens Zhang Beiwen and Nitchaon Jindapol.By Naomi Indartiningrum, Badzine Correspondent live in Jakarta.  Photos: Badmintonphoto (live)[See image gallery at www.badzine.net]After defeating two big seeds in earlier rounds, H. S. Prannoy failed to make the final r
  
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