Badminton Speak

16/01/2025

See our predictions for India Open - will the Indian women's singles players do well on home turf?

Check out the draw for the Women's Singles at the India Open! Badminton Speak makes our predictions for the winner, who is your money on?

31/12/2024

7 interesting facts about stamina in badminton: number 2 is very often overlooked by badminton players

https://www.badmintonspeak.com/fresh-articles/7-facts-about-stamina-related-to-badminton

What you need to know about stamina related to badminton. 7 facts you need to consider to improve your badminton game and stamina

29/12/2024

Bedtime story for your badminton-loving children and for adults who appreciate a fantasy story

Once upon a time, in a bustling town where everyone was always in a hurry, there was a little boy named Leo. He was known for his big heart..

28/12/2024

From powerhouse to obscurity. The fall of Badminton England in men's singles

Badminton England men's singles catogory has gone from good to really bad in the past 3 decades. What will the future bring?

27/12/2024

Is it bye bye Brian Yang or can the top men's singles player from Canada turn things around in 2025?

Will Brian Yang retire from professional badminton or can he find a way to turn things around and get into the top 10 men's singles?

27/12/2024

The Mysterious Badminton Bird – a story for badminton lovers

Read it here >

.Ella didn’t know. The village had a legend, a story passed down through generations, about a mysterious badminton bird. This is the story

28/11/2024

See all qualified players for the HSBC BWF WORLD TOUR FINALS coming up

Interesting facts:

- India only qualified in the women's doubles category and non-Asian countries

- Denmark is the only non-Asian country to be represented at the tour finals.

- 8 players or pairs from China qualified across the 5 categories

- Prize money is at a record-breaking 2,5 million USD. Category winners take home between 200-210,000 USD and 14,000 ranking points.

25/11/2024

Anders Antonsen a.k.a. "your favorite badminton player" deservedly won the Li-Ning China Masters Super 750 tournament in Shenzhen. 🥇

Upsetting the likes of Viktor Axelsen (semi), and Jonatan Christie (final) on his way to victory, Anders Antonsen demonstrated his tactical prowess along the way.

With this win, AA will take the position as world number 2 on the BWF World Ranking relegating his compatriot Viktor Axelsen to the number 3 spot.

Congratulations to Anders. It shall be interesting to see how he will fare at the season finals coming up soon.

17/11/2024

BREAKING NEWS - PETER GADE WILL JOIN VIKTOR AXELSEN COACHING TEAM

Legendary Peter Gade will join the Viktor Axelsen coaching team alongside Viktor's father-in-law P.K. Rode. This will likely become a legendary coach-player coupling.

More to follow (the picture is from years ago when a young Viktor Axelsen played a match against Peter Gade).

07/11/2024

10 years ago the men's singles world ranking looked like this.

Really an amazing group of players including several GOAT's.

Two players are still ranked inside the top 10 today and that's quite an extraordinary achievement. We're of course referring to Axelsen and Chou.

VERDENSRANGLISTENS TOP 10 FOR 🔟 ÅR SIDEN
Kig engang på verdensranglistens top 10 i herresingle for 10 år siden.

Som i dag, havde Danmark to spillere repræsenteret i top 10. En ung Viktor Axelsen var nummer 10 og Jan 🏝️ Jørgensen nummer 3.

Legender som Lin Dan, Lee Chong Wei, Chen Long og Tommy Sugiarto var alle i top 10 for 10 år siden. Men også seje Chou Tien Chen var på top 10 listen dengang - i dag er han nummer 8 på listen. 🆒

Bliver spændende at se hvordan listen ser ud om 10 år....

01/11/2024

Which athletes inspired Lin Dan? His answer may surprise you.

31/10/2024

Lin Dan deceives Kenneth Jonassen of Denmark in this classic men's singles rally

30/10/2024

Oldies but goodies! Ponsano trick shots vs legendary Lee Chong Wei

27/10/2024

Chirag Sen is the brother of Lakshya Sen. 🏸

Ranked in the top 100 currently, he seems an unorthodox player, which is totally great.

Chirag Sen lost this match to Belgium's rising star / - but it was not for the lack of trying.

26/10/2024

Scandinavians rally it out, but the Dane did not see that last shot from the Swede.

Once upon a time, Sweden produced quite a few high-level badminton players.

Hopefully, we'll see many more great Swedish players on the various circuits in the coming years.

Anyhow, in this rally, Bjorkler of Sweden got the better of Ditlev Jaeger Holm of Denmark. The Dane went on to win the match at the Dutch Open.

26/10/2024

Crazy defensive decision, which somehow works out in the end.

What made Sam Parsons decide to turn his back?

24/10/2024

So sad - badminton has been removed from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow 2026. 😢

Interestingly, the organizers have found that NETBALL must be included whilst badminton, hockey, and shooting, for example, will not.

It is a travesty!

Badminton England is deeply disappointed to receive confirmation that badminton, one of the most popular, inclusive and accessible participation sports in this country, has not been selected to feature as part of a significantly reduced Commonwealth Games programme in Glasgow 2026. Our England playe...

23/10/2024

Anders Antonsen Crazy celebration