TheMaldives International is an open internationalbadminton tournament inMaldives organized by the Badminton Association of Maldives and sanctioned by theBadminton Asia Confederation andBadminton World Federation. This tournament has been anInternational Challenge level before it went into hiatus in 2014.[1] This tournament held at the Malé sports complex, and offeredworld 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 defeatedDinuka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka with the score 21–14, 21–18, while his compatriotTrupti Murgunde won the women's singles title afterAnn 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 andRizwan Azam,[4] and the Japanese pairChinami Okui andYukie Sumida won the women's doubles title.Kennevic Asuncion andKaryn 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 beatCarolina Marín in the third round andAgnese Allegrini in the semi-final.[8] The men's, women's, and mixed doubles title goes to Singapore (Ashton Chen Yong Zhao andDerek Wong Zi Liang), Japan (Miki Komori andNao Miyoshi) and Canada (Toby Ng andGrace 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 ofZulfadli Zulkiffli.[10] Japan won three titles from the women's singles, men's doubles and women's doubles event.[11]Raj Popat of Wales andDevi 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 toMichelle Li of Canada in the women's singles final andArya Maulana Aldiartama/Alfian Eko Prasetya defeated by the Taiwanese pairTien Tzu-chieh andWang Chi-lin.[13] Indian pairK. Nandagopal andManeesha Kukkapalli clinched the mixed doubles title after registering a straight-game victory over Kim Dae-sung and Oh Bo-kyung of South Korea.[14]
Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
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2021[25] | Cancelled[note 1] | ||||
2022 | No competition | ||||
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2024 | No competition |
Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
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2019[27] | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
2020[28] | Cancelled[note 1] | ||||
2021[29] | Cancelled[note 2] | ||||
2022– 2024 | No competition |
Maldives International Challenge[edit]
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Maldives Future Series[edit]
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