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2023 French Open (badminton)
The 2023 French Open (officially known as the Yonex Internationaux de France de Badminton 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at the Glaz Arena in Cesson-Sévigné, France, from 24 to 29 October 2023 and had a total prize of US$850,000. Tournament The 2023 French Open was the twenty-seventh tournament according to the 2023 BWF World Tour. It was a part of the French Open, which had been held since 1908. This tournament was organized by French Badminton Federation with sanction from the BWF. Venue This tournament was held at the Glaz Arena in Cesson-Sévigné, France. Point distribution Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 750 event. Prize money The total prize money for this tournament was US$750,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations. Men's singles Seeds # Viktor Axelsen ''(First round)'' # Anthon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesson-Sévigné
Cesson-Sévigné (; in Gallo: ''Séson'' or ''Seczon-Sevinyaé'', Breton: ''Saozon-Sevigneg'') is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. It is a suburb directly to the east of Rennes, bordered on its west side by the University of Rennes and the Technopole Atalante. It is primarily a residential area for the middle class. The south side is a mix of commercial and industrial areas, the largest to the east of Rennes. One of the French famous grande école Telecom Bretagne also known as ENST Bretagne has one of its campus here. . Retrieved 16 Octobre 2010. This campus is renowned and reputed for its work in networking domain. Population A small rural town in the early 1960s, the town grew quickly during the fo ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Axelsen
Viktor Axelsen (born 4 January 1994) is a Danish badminton player. He is a two-time Badminton at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Champion, two-time BWF World Championships, World Champion, and four-time European Badminton Championships, European Champion. He has held the No. 1 BWF World Ranking in men's singles for a total of 183 weeks (as of August 2024), and he is the current world No. 4. Throughout his career, Axelsen has won every single major title in both team and individual events at least once (World Tour Badminton World Federation#Tournaments, Super 1000 level or higher), except for Sudirman Cup (where his team won Bronze in 2013 Sudirman Cup, 2013). Axelsen won the World Championships in 2017 BWF World Championships – Men's singles, 2017 and 2022 BWF World Championships – Men's singles, 2022, becoming the only non-Asian male player besides Thomas Lund to win the title twice. He is also the back-to-back reigning Olympic Champion, winning the gold medals in men's singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Antonsen
Anders Antonsen (born 27 April 1997) is a Danish badminton player. He is a three-time World Championships medalist, two-time European Champion, and he has been ranked as high as No. 2 in the men’s singles discipline of BWF World Ranking. He won the gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the boys singles event, and at the same year was awarded the European Young Player of the Year. Together with the national team, he won the European Men's Team Championships in 2016 and 2018; also European Mixed Team Championships in 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023. Antonsen was the champion at the 2019 Minsk European Games, 2021 European Championships, the silver medalist at the 2017 European Championships, and the 2019 World Championships, and the bronze medalist at the 2021 and the 2023 World Championships. Career Antonsen started his career in badminton at six years of age in Kastanievej, Viby. Together with his brother Kasper Antonsen, they learned from his father wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien Carraggi
Julien Carraggi (born 2 July 2000) is a Belgian badminton player. Carraggi participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, helping the team Theta to win the bronze medal in the mixed team event. Career 2021 Carraggi became Belgian Badminton Champion in 2021, in which he won against Frédéric Gaspard 21–7 and 21–4. 2022 In January, he lost in the quarter-finals of Syed Modi International from Irish player Nhat Nguyen. Carraggi became Belgian Champion for the 2nd time, where he won against Yaro van Delsen 21–15, 20–22 and 21–9. 2023 In April, he competed in the Dutch International tournament and won his first international title in the final by defeating Dutch player Joran Kwekeel. He then proceeded to win his second senior title in the next month at Austrian Open, after defeating Huang Yu-kai from Chinese Taipei. 2024 In July, he represented his country at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles) ''Men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nhat Nguyen
Nhat Nguyen (, ; born 16 June 2000) is a Vietnamese-born Irish badminton player. Biography Nguyen was born in the suburbs of Hanoi, Vietnam and moved to Cavan, Ireland with his parents and older sister, when he was six years old. He began representing Ireland internationally when he received his Irish passport and citizenship in 2017; before that he was unable to travel outside Ireland to compete overseas. He was the gold medalist at the 2016 European U17 Championships in the boys' singles event, and also won bronze in the doubles event partnered with Paul Reynolds. In the same year, he clinched the men's singles title at the Irish National Championships. Nguyen won his first senior international title at the Polish International in the men's doubles event with Reynolds, and the men's singles title at the Welsh International after that. He is the younger brother of Ireland's first European Weightlifting Championships medalist, Tham Nguyen Gough. Achievements European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christo Popov
Christo Popov (born 8 March 2002) is a French badminton player who affiliate with Fos club. He won the men's doubles gold at the 2025 European Championships with his brother Toma Junior Popov. He also won a silver in the men's singles and a bronze in the men's doubles at the 2023 European Games. He became the first Frenchman to reach the semi-finals of the All England Open. Christo Popov was the boys' doubles European U15 and U17 Junior Champions, also won the boys' singles silver medals at the 2018 European and 2019 World Junior Championships. He reached a career high as boys' singles World Junior number 1 in January 2020. He then clinched the boys' singles title at the 2020 European Junior Championships. Early life Christo Popov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. He comes from a family featuring other professional badminton players. His father, Thomas, played for and coached the Bulgarian national team; his mother, Tzvetomira, was a national badminton referee; and his older ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ng Ka Long
Angus Ng Ka Long (born 24 June 1994) is a Hong Kong badminton player. He has a career-high ranking of 6th in the men's singles discipline. He won the 2016 Hong Kong Super Series, the 2020 Thailand Masters and the 2023 German Open. Early life and education Ng trained at the Hong Kong Sports Institute. He credits his father as the main influence on his career. His grandmother from his mother's side is Chinese-Indonesian. Career At the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships, Guadalajara, he won a bronze medal in the men's doubles category. He won gold in the men's doubles in 2012 in Chiba Prefecture. He won bronze in the 2012 Asian Junior Championships in men's doubles. In 2013, Ng participated in the 2013 BWF World Championships in Guangzhou, China, was the runner-up at the Vietnam International Challenge in men's singles, and competed in the 2013 East Asian Games in Tianjin for Hong Kong, winning a silver medal in the men's team and bronze in the men's doubles. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ng Tze Yong
Ng Tze Yong ( zh, t=黃智勇, p=Huáng Zhìyǒng; born 16 May 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player. Ng won a bronze medal at the 2021 Sudirman Cup. He also helped Malaysian team to win gold at the 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games. Early life and background Ng was born in Johor Bahru to Angela Tan and badminton coach, Wilson Ng Soon Tuan. He is the eldest of three siblings. He started to take interest in badminton at the age of four after watching a local badminton match. Career 2017 In July, Ng competed at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships where he was part of Malaysia's mixed team that won bronze. He then went on to win another bronze medal in the boys' doubles event with Chia Wei Jie. He was also one of the players that won a silver at the 2017 World Junior Championships mixed team event in October. 2018 In July, Ng won a second consecutive bronze medal in the mixed team event at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships. He th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loh Kean Yew
Loh Kean Yew LKY (born 26 June 1997) is a Singaporean badminton player. He is the former men's singles world champion, winning the title at the 2021 BWF World Championships – Men's singles, 2021 BWF World Championships, becoming the first Singaporean to achieve this feat. Loh's success as a child in Penang state team saw him receive a scholarship from the Singapore Sports School. He made his international debut for Singapore at the Badminton at the 2015 SEA Games, 2015 SEA Games, becoming a Singaporean citizen that same year. He went on to represent Singapore in several international competitions, including the Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Early life and education Loh Kean Yew was born on 26 June 1997 in Penang, Malaysia, as the youngest son of four brothers, to his parents Loh Pin Keat and Grace Gan. His mother described him as "very cheeky" when he was young and able to talk his way out of trouble. Loh's elder brother, Loh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Shifeng
Li Shifeng (; born 9 January 2000) is a Chinese badminton player. He is a gold medallist in the men's singles at the 2022 Asian Games and won 1 All England title. He was part of the winning Chinese team at the 2021, 2023 Sudirman Cup, 2025 Sudirman Cup; 2022 Asian Games, and also at the 2024 Thomas Cup. Li reached a career high as world number 3 in the BWF World rankings on 31 October 2023. Li is the 2018 Olympic Youth boy's singles gold medallist competing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was part of the Chinese junior team that won the gold medals at the 2017, 2018 World Junior Championships, and 2018 Asian Junior Championships. Early Life Li began playing badminton at the age of 6 with support from his father. Li then practiced in the Jiangxi team when he was in the elementary school. When Li was 12, he visited Fuzhou's Bayi team, eventually joining and training with them. He subsequently finished as a runner up at a national competition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prannoy H
Prannoy is an Indian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Prannoy Kumar (born 1992), Indian badminton player *Prannoy Roy Prannoy Lal Roy (; born 15 October 1949) is an Indian economist, chartered accountant, psephologist, journalist and author. He is the former executive co-chairperson of NDTV and one of its co-founders, along with his wife Radhika Roy. Early ... (born 1949), Indian journalist and media personality {{given name Indian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shi Yuqi
Shi Yuqi (; Mandarin pronunciation: ; born 28 February 1996) is a Chinese badminton player.Shi won his first Superseries title in the 2016 French Open. At the 2017 All England Open, he defeated 6-time champion Lin Dan to reach the final, and repeated the same feat again at the 2018 All England Open, where he outclassed Lin Dan in the tournament final. He is the current All England Open champion, having won the 2025 edition of the tournament. Shi won the silver medal at the 2018 World Championships, losing to Japan's Kento Momota in the final. He has also led his country to victory multiple times in team events, in the 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2025 edition of the Sudirman Cup, at the 2018 and 2024 edition of the Thomas Cup and at the 2018 and 2022 Asian Games men's team event. Shi has won the silver medal in the men's singles event at the Asian Games losing to his compatriot Li Shi Feng in the final. Early life Shi was born on 28 February 1996, in Nantong City, Jiangsu Provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
