Maldives International Explained
The Maldives International is an open international badminton tournament in Maldives organized by the Badminton Association of Maldives and sanctioned by the Badminton Asia Confederation and Badminton World Federation. This tournament has been an International Challenge level before it went into hiatus in 2014.[1] This tournament held at the Malé sports complex, and offered world ranking points with total prize money US$15,000.[2] [3] [4]
In 2010, India won two titles from the men's and women's singles event. Anand Pawar won the men's singles title after defeated Dinuka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka with the score 21–14, 21–18, while his compatriot Trupti Murgunde won the women's singles title after Ann Venice Alcala Malvinne of Philippines retired with a hamstring injury at the score 21–10, 11–3.[5] The men's doubles title goes to Pakistani Kashif Ali Sulehri and Rizwan Azam,[4] and the Japanese pair Chinami Okui and Yukie Sumida won the women's doubles title. Kennevic Asuncion and Karyn Velez won the mixed doubles title outlasted Sri Lanka's Udara Nayanajith and Renu Chandrika Hettiarachchige, 24–22, 17–21, 21–13.[6]
In 2011, Pablo Abián of Spain with his fast movement on the court, excellent physics, and speed of strokes won the men's singles title.[7] The 15 years old, P. V. Sindhu produced a stunning performance to win the women's singles title. She beat Carolina Marín in the third round and Agnese Allegrini in the semi-final.[8] The men's, women's, and mixed doubles title goes to Singapore (Ashton Chen Yong Zhao and Derek Wong Zi Liang), Japan (Miki Komori and Nao Miyoshi) and Canada (Toby Ng and Grace Gao) respectively.[9]
In 2012, K. Srikanth emerged as the title winner by ending the men's singles final set in three games with a margin of 13–21, 21–11 and 21–16 of Zulfadli Zulkiffli.[10] Japan won three titles from the women's singles, men's doubles and women's doubles event.[11] Raj Popat of Wales and Devi Tika Permatasari of Indonesia emerged as the winner of the mixed doubles title after defeating Sri Lanka’s Hasitha Chanaka and Kavindi Ishandika Sirimannage.[12]
In 2013, Indonesia managed to put 6 representatives in the final round, and won two titles in the men's singles and women's doubles event after created All Indonesian finals. Hanna Ramadini lost to Michelle Li of Canada in the women's singles final and Arya Maulana Aldiartama/Alfian Eko Prasetya defeated by the Taiwanese pair Tien Tzu-chieh and Wang Chi-lin.[13] Indian pair K. Nandagopal and Maneesha Kukkapalli clinched the mixed doubles title after registering a straight-game victory over Kim Dae-sung and Oh Bo-kyung of South Korea.[14]
Previous winners
Maldives International Challenge
Maldives International Series
Maldives Future Series
Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
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2019[27] | Kantawat Leelavechabutr | Malvika Bansod | Vaibhaav Prakash Raj | Kuo Yu-wen Lin Wan-ching | Lu Chia-pin Lin Wan-ching |
2020[28] | Cancelled |
2021[29] | Cancelled | |
Performances by nation
Maldives International Challenge
Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
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1 | | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
2 | | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
3 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
4 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
5 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
7 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
8 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
12 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Total | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 | |
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Maldives International Series
Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
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1 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
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Maldives Future Series
Pos | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
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1 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
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External links
Notes and References
- News: Maldives to revive Maldives International after three years in doldrum . Badminton Asia Confederation. 11 June 2017.
- Web site: Maldivian International Challenge 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120808160436/http://www.bwfbadminton.org/tournamentcalendar_event.aspx?id=10399 . dead . . 8 August 2012 . 11 June 2017.
- Web site: Maldives International Badminton Challenge 2013 . Badminton in India. 11 June 2017.
- News: Olympics for Pakistani badminton players . Dawn. 11 June 2017.
- News: Trupti, Pawar shine in Maldives . https://web.archive.org/web/20181215231131/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIBG%2F2010%2F06%2F07&ViewMode=HTML&PageLabel=19&EntityId=Ar01906&AppName=1&FontSize=l1 . dead . December 15, 2018 . The Times of India. 11 June 2017.
- News: Asuncion-Velez bags mixed doubles gold . Philippine Daily Inquirer. 11 June 2017.
- News: Vítězem Maldives Badminton Challenge je sympaťák Pablo Abian . Badec.cz. 11 June 2017. cs.
- News: 15 Years Old PV Sindhu Triumphs at Maldives Open . Sportskeeda. 11 June 2017.
- News: Maldives International: naši uhráli dvě kola . Badminton web. 11 June 2017. cs.
- News: India's Srikanth K. steals limelight at Maldives International Challenge 2012 . News Pakistan. 11 June 2017.
- News: ja:バドミントン高橋が女子単で優勝/モルディブ国際 . https://www.shikoku-np.co.jp/sports/general/20120604000201 . Shikoku News. 11 June 2017. Japanese.
- News: Raj Popat and Devi Tika Permatasari grab Mixed Doubles title at Maldives International . Senore. 11 June 2017.
- News: Indonesia raih dua gelar dari Maldives . SINDOnews.com . 11 June 2017 . Indonesian.
- News: Nandagopal-Maneesha lift mixed doubles title at Maldives International Badminton . The Times of India. 11 June 2017.
- https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=0FB6479D-B618-4178-9A6E-DA9F32CF8DB5 Maldives International Challenge 2010 winners
- https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=C0731AD9-5BDA-446E-84CC-334DD003D10E Maldives International Badminton Challenge 2011 winners
- https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=D7913F9C-6450-4225-925A-7C77AE0809C4 Maldives International Badminton Challenge 2012 winners
- https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=87CC1F4C-4A34-4356-B7B9-E83B1CA0A349 Li-Ning Maldives International Badminton Challenge 2013 winners
- https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=892C5821-A469-4DA6-89E6-E6E8B8051931 Maldives International Challenge 2019 winners
- https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament?id=4CEA004B-A69E-41FC-AC15-5A1BA93BF102 Maldives International Challenge 2020 (Cancelled)
- https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/04F5FC1D-B50F-4DF8-BA4A-136AAB1B4D4B Maldives Badminton International Challenge 2021 (Cancelled)
- https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=cf809444-8aac-45b3-9a5a-74d38122ddbe LI NING Maldives International Challenge 2022 winners
- https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=1aca91a3-aca6-49b1-97d2-ca05c7eb7be6 LI-NING Maldives International Challenge 2023 winners
- https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/4BC37CC1-E660-4EB9-83FE-32D029E7F401 Maldives International Challenge 2024 (Cancelled)
- https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament?id=F29DF22D-C564-4265-B22E-491C6EDDB1FE Maldives International Series 2021(Cancelled)
- https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/847b4f12-e19a-475a-b4e4-47ff47047d6b Maldives International Series 2023 winners
- https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=5435E949-3E82-431D-BECF-06B567852091 Maldives International Future Series 2019 winners
- https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament?id=4880A6B7-930B-43F7-B9DD-9DBEDE05E4BA Maldives International Future Series 2020 (Cancelled)
- https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament?id=8FA4C545-782A-4ECC-9E5D-2D971FFE019A Maldives International Future Series 2021(Cancelled)