Maldives International

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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]

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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 managed to win 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

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles
2010 [15] Flag of India.svg Anand Pawar Flag of India.svg Trupti Murgunde Flag of Pakistan.svg Kashif Ali Sulehri
Flag of Pakistan.svg Rizwan Azam 		Flag of Japan.svg Chinami Okui
Flag of Japan.svg Yukie Sumida 		Flag of the Philippines.svg Kennevic Asuncion
Flag of the United States.svg Karyn Velez
2011 [16] Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Abián Flag of India.svg P. V. Sindhu Flag of Singapore.svg Ashton Chen Yong Zhao
Flag of Singapore.svg Derek Wong 		Flag of Japan.svg Miki Komori
Flag of Japan.svg Nao Miyoshi 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toby Ng
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Grace Gao
2012 [17] Flag of India.svg Srikanth Kidambi Flag of Japan.svg Sayaka Takahashi Flag of Japan.svg Kazuya Itani
Flag of Japan.svg Tomoya Takashina 		Flag of Japan.svg Naoko Fukuman
Flag of Japan.svg Kurumi Yonao 		Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Raj Popat
Flag of Indonesia.svg Devi Tika Permatasari
2013 [18] Flag of Indonesia.svg Fikri Ihsandi Hadmadi Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michelle Li Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tien Tzu-chieh
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wang Chi-lin 		Flag of Indonesia.svg Maretha Dea Giovani
Flag of Indonesia.svg Melvira Oklamona 		Flag of India.svg Nandagopal Kidambi
Flag of India.svg Maneesha Kukkapalli
2014–
2018		No competition
2019 [19] Flag of India.svg Kaushal Dharmamer Flag of the United States.svg Iris Wang Flag of Japan.svg Keiichiro Matsui
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshinori Takeuchi 		Flag of Japan.svg Sayaka Hobara
Flag of Japan.svg Natsuki Sone 		Flag of Thailand.svg Chaloempon Charoenkitamorn
Flag of Thailand.svg Chasinee Korepap
2020 [20] Cancelled [note 1]
2021 [21] Cancelled [note 2]
2022 [22] Flag of Spain.svg Luís Enrique Peñalver Flag of India.svg Aakarshi Kashyap Flag of India.svg Rohan Kapoor
Flag of India.svg B. Sumeeth Reddy 		Flag of Japan.svg Chisato Hoshi
Flag of Japan.svg Miyu Takahashi 		Flag of India.svg Rohan Kapoor
Flag of India.svg N. Sikki Reddy
2023 [23] Flag of India.svg Ravi Flag of India.svg Ashmita Chaliha Flag of Thailand.svg Pharanyu Kaosamaang
Flag of Thailand.svg Worrapol Thongsa-nga 		Flag of Thailand.svg Laksika Kanlaha
Flag of Thailand.svg Phataimas Muenwong 		Flag of Malaysia.svg Hoo Pang Ron
Flag of Malaysia.svg Teoh Mei Xing
  1. ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 22 to 27 September, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Maldives.
  2. ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 15 to 21 March, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Maldives.

Maldives International Series

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles
2021 [24] Cancelled [note 1]
2022No competition
2023 [25] Flag of Indonesia.svg Krishna Adi Nugraha Flag of Japan.svg Sorano Yoshikawa Flag of Malaysia.svg Choi Jian Sheng
Flag of Malaysia.svg Bryan Goonting 		Flag of Malaysia.svg Ho Lo Ee
Flag of Malaysia.svg Amanda Yap 		Flag of India.svg Sathish Kumar Karunakaran
Flag of India.svg Aadya Variyath
  1. ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 11 to 17 October, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Maldives.

Maldives Future Series

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles
2019 [26] Flag of Thailand.svg Kantawat Leelavechabutr Flag of India.svg Malvika Bansod Flag of India.svg Vaibhaav
Flag of India.svg Prakash Raj 		Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Kuo Yu-wen
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Wan-ching 		Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lu Chia-pin
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Wan-ching
2020 [27] Cancelled [note 1]
2021 [28] Cancelled [note 2]
  1. ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 15 to 20 September, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Maldives.
  2. ↑ This tournament, originally to be played from 4 to 10 October, was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Maldives.

Performances by nation

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  15. ↑ Maldives International Challenge 2010 winners
  16. ↑ Maldives International Badminton Challenge 2011 winners
  17. ↑ Maldives International Badminton Challenge 2012 winners
  18. ↑ Li-Ning Maldives International Badminton Challenge 2013 winners
  19. ↑ Maldives International Challenge 2019 winners
  20. ↑ Maldives International Challenge 2020 (Cancelled)
  21. ↑ Maldives Badminton International Challenge 2021 (Cancelled)
  22. ↑ LI NING Maldives International Challenge 2022 winners
  23. ↑ LI-NING Maldives International Challenge 2023 winners
  24. ↑ Maldives International Series 2021(Cancelled)
  25. ↑ Maldives International Series 2023 winners
  26. ↑ Maldives International Future Series 2019 winners
  27. ↑ Maldives International Future Series 2020 (Cancelled)
  28. ↑ Maldives International Future Series 2021(Cancelled)
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