From October 24 to 29, the YONEX French Open 2023 took place at the Glaz Arena in Rennes, France.
Let's take a look back at this super750 tournament, where we meet up with some of the players who have taken part in the Orléans Masters Badminton!
Quarter-finals : Men’s singles : The Indonesian Kean Yew LOH asserts his superiority by qualifying for the semi-finals against the Chinese Yu Qi SHI in 2 sets: 21-17/21-19.
Match between Japan's Kodai NARAOKA and Indonesia's Jonatan CHRISTIE. The Indonesian Jonatan CHRISTIE qualified for the semi-finals with a score of 21-8/25-13.
Malaysia's Tzse Yong NG forfeits to Thailand's Kunlavut VITIDSARN.
He will meet China's Shi Feng LI, who eliminated Anthony Sinisuka GINTING: 21-15/21-13.
Women’s singles : We find the Chinese Bing Jiao HU who won in 2 sets against Pornpawee CHOCHUWONG on the score of : 24-22/21-16.
Compatriot's duel, the Chinese Yu Fei CHEN wins in 3 sets: 18-21/21-17/21-7 against Yue HAN.
Tzu Yong TAI defeated Supanida KATETHONG 21-16/10-21/21-17.
No semi-finals for Spanish OMB 2023 winner Carolina MARIN, who lost in 2 sets to Aya OHORI: 21-18/21-18.
Men’s doubles : The Danish pair ASTRUP / RASMUSSEN won 21-18/21-15 against the number 1 seeded pair ALFIAN / ARDIANTO.
The Chinese LIU / OU win against the AHSAN / SETIAWAN pair: 21-12/21-16.
The HE / REN pair won the match against Korea's KANG / SEO in 3 sets: 16-21/21-7/21-19.
Finalists at the Orléans Masters presented by VICTOR 2023, the Indonesian FIKRI / MAULANA qualified for the semi-finals following a victory over the Danish KJAER / SOGAARD in 2 sets 21-11/21-17.
Women’s doubles : China's LIU / TAN, finalists at the Orléans Masters Badminton by VICTOR 2023, qualified for the semi-finals following their victories over Japan's MATSUYAMA / SHIDA: 9-21/21-16/21-19.
The Indonesians RAHAYU / RAMADHANTI dominated and won against the pair FUKUSHIMA / HIROTA in 2 sets 21-16/21-19.
The Japanese pair MATSUMOTO / NAGAHARA qualified for the semi-finals in 2 sets against the French home pair LAMBERT / TRAN at the OMB 2023 presented by VICTOR: 21-15/21-18.
On to the semi-finals for the KITITHARAKUL / PRAJONGJAI pair, who won in 2 sets against the JEONG / KIM pair: 21-16/21-19.
Mixed doubles : The Korean pair KIM / JEONG beat the Chinese pair ZHENG / HUANG in 2 tight sets: 23-21/23-21.
JIANG and WEI win in 2 sets against KUSUMAWATI and KUSHARJANTO: 24-22/21-10.
Hong Kong duo TANG / TSE qualify for the semi-finals following a victory over LEE / NG: 21-16/21-11.
The Japanese pair WATANABE / HIGASHINO secured a place in the semi-finals against Singapore's HEE / TAN in 2 sets: 24-22/21-17.
Semi-finals : Men’s singles : Jonatan CHRISTIE continued his domination and qualified for the final with a 2-set victory over Kean Yew LOH: 21-18/21-13.
China's Shi Feng LI wins in 2 sets against Tze Yong NG: 21-17/21-12.
Women’s singles : In this duel between compatriots, the Chinese Yu Fei CHEN won in 3 sets against Bing Jjao HE: 22-20/19-21/21-9.
Number 4 seed Tzu Ying TAI qualified for the final, beating Aya OHORI in 3 sets: 20-22/21-10/22-20.
Men’s doubles : It was the end of the road for China's two representatives, as LIU and OU lost in 2 sets to Denmark's ASTRUP and RASMUSSEN, who now qualify for the final! (21-17/21-19).
The pair FIKRI / MAULANA, finalists at the Orléans Masters 2023 by VICTOR, qualify for a new final in France. They defeated the pair HE / REN: 21-16/19-21/22-20.
Women’s doubles : Also finalists in Orléans, China's LIU / TAN qualify for the final in Rennes. Victory in 3 sets over Indonesia's RAHAYU / RAMADHANTI on the scode of 21-15/17-21/21-14.
They were joined by Thailand's KITITHARAKUL / PRAJONGJAI, who beat Japan's MATSUMOTO / NAGAHARA: 22-20/13-21/24-22.
Mixed doubles : The Chinese JIANG / WEI win 21-17/21-18 against KIM / JEONG and advance to the finals.
TANG and TSE in the final! Victory in 2 sets over WATANABE and HIGASHINO: 21-19/21-18.
Finals : Men’s singles : Jonatan CHRISTIE won the final against China's Shi Feng LI in 3 sets, 16-21/21-15/21-14. This is another major title added to his list of achievements.
Women’s singles : In the women's category, Yu Fei CHEN won 21-17/22-20 against Tzu Ying TAI.
Men’s doubles : The title went to the Danes, as ASTRUP and RASMUSSEN beat Indonesian FIKRI and MALAUNA 21-14/10-21/21-18 in the final. The Indonesians FIKRI and MALAUNA, finalists in Orléans, lost again in the final.
Women’s doubles: In the women's doubles final, the Chinese pair LIU / TAN beat the Thai pair KITITHARAKUL / PRAJONGJAI 26-24/21-19. Finalists at the Orléans Masters Badminton represented by VICTOR 2023, the Chinese are enjoying France.
Mixed doubles : China's JIANG /WEI won 21-17/15-21/21-12 against the TANG / TSE pair.
We'll be back soon to relive and follow the players who came to Orléans Masters Badminton during the Hylo Open 2023 (super300) in Saarbrucken, Germany.
