Yuka Kamiya
Birmingham, England – YONEX All England sported a retro look this year as Team Yonex modeled the 75
th Anniversary apparel throughout the tournament and into all 5 finals. The finals were held on March 21, and 4 Yonex athletes from Japan brought home titles. Men’s doubles
Hiroyuki Endo (JPN), women’s doubles
Mayu Matsumoto and
Wakana Nagahara (JPN), and mixed doubles
Arisa Higashino (JPN) captured a spot on the podium at the prestigious YONEX All England 2021.
Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe, the defending champions, continued their winning streak in an exhilarating 3 game match against
Takeshi Kamura and
Keigo Sonoda, a pair that debuted the new ASTROX 88 S PRO and ASTROX 88 D Pro. The final score: 21-15, 17-21, 21-11.
Start of All England Open delayed due to inconclusive COVID-19 tests
The start of the All England Open has been delayed by five hours following a significant number of inconclusive COVID-19 test results.
Press Association
The start of the Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships in Birmingham on Wednesday has been delayed by five hours following a significant number of inconclusive COVID-19 test results, the organisers announced.
A joint statement issued by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and Badminton England read, Can confirm that a significant number of COVID-19 tests conducted for participating teams at the YONEX All England Open Badminton Championships 2021 were deemed inconclusive and as a result, the samples will be rerun. BWF can also confirm that a small number of positive tests were recorded, and in agreement with Public Health England, these cases will be retested. These cases will continue to self-isolate while they are retested.
From Saurabh to Sindhu: Who s in, who s not (yet) for Tokyo, with six months to go
7d
From Saurabh to Sindhu: Who s in, who s not (yet) for Tokyo, with six months to go
Shooting
Who has qualified?
India have won a record 15 quota places in shooting. They were won by - Deepak Kumar, Divyansh Singh Panwar (10m air rifle men); Aishwary Tomar, Sanjeev Rajput (50m rifle 3 positions men); Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma (10m air pistol men); Angad Bajwa, Mairaj Khan (Skeet men); Anjum Moudgil, Apurvi Chandela (10m air rifle women); Tejaswini Sawant (50m rifle 3 positions women); Manu Bhaker, Yashaswini Deswal (10m air pistol women); Chinki Yadav, Rahi Sarnobat (25m pistol women). The national federation has the freedom to swap a few quota places around depending on form and other factors.
From Saurabh to Sindhu: Who s in, who s not (yet) for Tokyo, with six months to go
7d
From Saurabh to Sindhu: Who s in, who s not (yet) for Tokyo, with six months to go
Shooting
Who has qualified?
India have won a record 15 quota places in shooting. They were won by - Deepak Kumar, Divyansh Singh Panwar (10m air rifle men); Aishwary Tomar, Sanjeev Rajput (50m rifle 3 positions men); Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma (10m air pistol men); Angad Bajwa, Mairaj Khan (Skeet men); Anjum Moudgil, Apurvi Chandela (10m air rifle women); Tejaswini Sawant (50m rifle 3 positions women); Manu Bhaker, Yashaswini Deswal (10m air pistol women); Chinki Yadav, Rahi Sarnobat (25m pistol women). The national federation has the freedom to swap a few quota places around depending on form and other factors.