On Wednesday, play will begin at the XXIV Pan Am Individual Championships 2021 held in Guatemala. The U.S. will be represented by multiple athletes in all five categories. In women’s singles, World No. 14 Beiwen Zhang, who is the number…
USA Badminton has unanimously selected Olympian Linda French to serve in the position of Chief Executive Officer. “The entire board of directors for USAB cannot be anymore blessed to name Linda French as our CEO,” said USAB Board of Directors…
USA Badminton is excited to announce and welcome two new members, Tatia Mays-Russell and Philip Varghese, to its Board of Directors. During their four-year terms, both will serve as Independent Directors. Ms. Mays-Russell and Mr. Varghese both have extensive experience in finance and were…
USA Badminton’s Nominating and Governance Committee received three (3) nominations for the At-Large Board of Director position. The Committee evaluated the nominations and selected one nominee from the Pacific Region and one nominee from the Southern Region to stand for…
With the Olympics drawing near, the qualification period is set to end on June 13, 2021. The rankings list on June 15 will be used to determine the individuals who have qualified for the Olympics. For the U.S., women’s singles…
In the Polish Open 2021, Howard Shu and Timothy Lam faced tough first-round losses. Shu, first up, faced Poland’s Michal Rogalski early in the day. Rogalski, a seasoned European player, had the upper hand over Shu, and won, 21-9 and…
Going into the quarterfinals at the Orleans Masters 2021, Iris Wang faced India’s World No. 20 Saina Nehwal. Early in the first game, Nehwal was able to utilize crosscourt lifts to drive Wang back before placing shots in front of…
In the Polish Open 2021, two men’s singles and one men’s doubles pair will be representing the U.S. In the first round of men’s singles, Howard Shu will face Poland’s Michal Rogalski and Timothy Lam will face Sweden’s Felix Burestedt.…
As play continued on Thursday at the Orleans Masters 2021, Iris Wang faced France’s Yaelle Hoyaux in women’s singles. Wang’s momentum from Wednesday’s match carried over into the second round as she once again built a steady lead early in…
In the first round of the Orleans Masters 2021, Iris Wang faced Malaysia’s Lee Ying Ying. Wang started the first game strong with relentless clears, forcing Lee to hit multiple shots wide and long. Leading 10-3, Wang hit an unexpected…