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China Masters 2026: The Data Behind Srikanth's 11-15 Comeback and Satwik-Chirag's Endurance TestPenang, close to midnight. I reopen the scorelines of three quarter-finals fr...
The Blind Spot of Hawk-Eye: Referee's Eye, Data, and the Never-Ending Trials of Badminton's 2026 SeasonThe Blind Spot of Hawk-Eye: Referee's Eye, Data, and the Never-Ending Trials ...
Alwi Farhan Sparring with Kento Momota in Tokyo: What Is Actually Worth Measuring Before Asian Games 2026Tokyo, the final days of a training block. In a closed gymnasium on the weste...
When the Badminton Court Becomes a Running Track: The Physical Price and the Comebacks That Never CompleteCarolina Marin collapsed at the right corner of the court, her knee buckling,...
Badminton Regular Season: The New Power Map and Signals That Never Made HeadlinesFor three consecutive weeks I sat with my data tables, rewinding every rally ...
The Third Game Is Not Luck: Rally Data Exposes the Fitness Blind Spot of Vietnamese BadmintonMinute 68 of the Vietnam Open quarterfinal, third game tied at 19-19. Nguyen...
Badminton's Injury-Data Gap: When the Third Game Is Never Recorded in NumbersOn 4 August 2026, at the Porte de La Chapelle arena in Paris, Carolina Marin...
When Badminton Data Goes Silent: The Line Between Analysis and GuessworkIn Shanghai, where I have lived and worked as a number-reader for more than t...
Step-Count Metrics in Shenzhen: Satwik-Chirag's Breakthrough and the Long Shadow at the End of Srikanth's RoadI stopped the clock at the thirty-sixth shot, the score sitting at 17-17 in t...
China Masters: Satwik-Chirag win in three games for India's first title at the Super 750 eventAt 16-17 in the deciding game, the arena was down to a single sound. It was t...
Tanvi Patri Wins 2026 Badminton Asia U17: The 13-Game Scoreline and What It Does Not Let Us ConcludeChengdu, third game of the U17 girls' singles final. Tanvi Patri wins it 15-1...
Aidil Sholeh Wins Vietnam Open 2026: A Super 100 Title and Malaysia's 27-Month WaitThe second game closed at 21-14. The first was 21-16. Aidil Sholeh Ali Sadiki...
The Data Void of Professional Badminton: When the Analysis Sheet Comes Back as N/AThree in the morning in Kuala Lumpur, and the analysis file came back with...
Five Final Points and a Lesson from Three Defeats: Satwik-Chirag Write New History at China MastersOn the scoreboard, 16-17 in the deciding game was a crack. For Satwiksairaj...
The Empty Dossier at a Super 1000 Event: Why Badminton Referees Do Not Rule Without EvidenceAt three in the morning in Busan, I opened the dossier that the organisers of...
Southeast Asian Women's Badminton and the Data Gap No One Will FillThere was an afternoon in Jakarta, after the women's singles semifinal of a B...
Thuy Linh Exits Vietnam Open Early: Two Leads and the Cost of Closing PointsNguyen Thuy Linh led 16-14 in the first game, then lost it 17-21. In the seco...
Satwik-Chirag avenge quarterfinal loss at China Masters as Srikanth shows his ageA 36-shot rally at 17-17 in the deciding game was not an ordinary point. It w...
Arda Turan and the Real Madrid Trio: The Confession Hidden in a QuipIn the 85th minute, on the touchline at Shakhtar Donetsk's stadium, Arda Tura...
Vietnam vs Philippines (19:30): Four Names Crossed Out, a Back Line Forced to Rewrite ItselfAt 19:30, an hour before kick-off, the stadium announcer tests the microphone...