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Yamaguchi and Nishimoto in stunning home success at Japan Open
Akane Yamaguchi credited her home crowd for propelling her to a second top-level victory inside a week at the DAIHATSU YONEX Japan Open. The YONEX All England champion backed up her World Championship win in Tokyo with a hard-earned Super 750 success in Osaka seven days later. Yamaguchi beat Olympic ...
BWF Tour Calendar Revealed For 2022-23 Confirming YONEX All England Dates
The BWF have revealed their tournament circuit calendar for 2023-24, with dates for the next two editions of the YONEX All England Open now confirmed. Both will take place in the tournament’s traditional March window, with the 2023 event held from Tuesday March 14-Sunday March 19, once again at Birmingham’s ...
Yamaguchi eyes further home crowd success at Japan Open
Newly-crowned women's singles world champion Akane Yamaguchi will return to the court at the Daihatsu YONEX Japan Open 2022 this week. The 25-year-old will face India's Saina Nehwal in the first round as the competition gets underway at the Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka on 30 August and runs to ...
ABOUT THE CHAMPIONSHIPS
The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is the world’s oldest and most prestigious badminton tournament.
Played annually, it developed after the success of the world’s first open tournament held in Guildford in 1898. The tournament was successfully organised in April 4, 1899, however only three categories (Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles) were originally staged. Both Men’s and Women’s Singles were added the following year.
The first two tournaments were named “Badminton Association Tournament” and it was eventually considered (especially after the first Thomas Cup series in 1949) the unofficial World Badminton Championships until 1977 when the International Badminton Federation launched its official championships. The Championships have only ever been halted twice: during World War I from 1915 to 1919 and World War II from 1940 to 1946.
