Tag: Kurumi Yonao

P.V. Sindhu (R) poses with Carolina Marin during the awarding ceremony for the India Open. (photo: AFP)

P.V. Sindhu beats Carolina Marin to lift India Open title

Vincent Liew · April 2, 2017

New Delhi: Rio Olympic silver medalist P.V. Sindhu of India defeated Olympic champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the India Open Super Series final…

A lot of respect to Ayaka Takahashi/Misaki Matsutomo and Naoko Fukuman/Kurumi Yonao's "Samurai spirit" when both pairs put up real fight in the BAC final, contrary to "Li Yongbo" style that brought shame to badminton with walkovers and match throwings.

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Japan to send nine badminton players to Rio Olympics

Stanley Liew · May 9, 2016

Tokyo: After Japanese World No. 1 women’s doubles pair Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo defeated Naoko Fukuman and Kurumi Yonao 21-13, 21-15 in an…

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Men's singles

As of September 8, 2026

Rank	Player / pair	Country
1	Jonatan Christie	INA
2	Christo Popov	FRA
3	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	THA
4	Chou Tien-chen	TPE
5	Anders Antonsen	DEN
6	Shi Yuqi	CHN
7	Kodai Naraoka	JPN
8	Alex Lanier	FRA
9	Victor Lai	CAN
10	Alwi Farhan	INA
11	Li Shifeng	CHN
12	Lakshya Sen	IND
13	Lin Chun-yi	TPE
14	Loh Kean Yew	SGP
15	Toma Junior Popov	FRA
16	Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul	THA
17	Koki Watanabe	JPN
18	Yushi Tanaka	JPN
19	Lee Cheuk Yiu	HKG
20	Ayush Shetty	IND

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