5 units of nationwide champions have been topped after an action-packed weekend on the 2025 English Nationwide Badminton Championships.
Harry Huang retained his title within the open singles occasion.
The highest seed beat Nadeem Dalvi 21-16 21-9 within the closing to assert a powerful victory, having brushed previous Sid Palakkal within the semi-finals.
The ultimate of the ladies’s singles was a thriller that was determined deep into the third and closing sport.
Earlier immediately our Girls’s Singles Nationwide Champion was topped!! 👑
What an enormous match between Freya Redfearn and Leona Lee – ending with Freya stealing it 23-21 within the third set 😮
Congratulations!!
📷Alan Spink#Nationals #Badminton pic.twitter.com/NUSUcwmjXO
— Badminton England (@BadmintonEnglnd) February 2, 2025
Prime seed Freya Patel-Redfearn gained the primary sport of the ultimate 21-16 however was then pegged again as Leona Lee took the second 21-19.
The pair slugged it out in an epic tussle that was ultimately gained by Patel-Redfearn, who held her nerve to win the decider 23-21.
New victors had been topped within the open doubles within the form of Zach Russ and Barney Chua Yue Chern.
Zach and Barney are our new Open Doubles Nationwide Champions 🏆🤝
After being a match level down within the first spherical – they make all of it the way in which and win gold!!
Congratulations to them and everybody who competed this weekend. 🥰
📷Alan Spink#Nationals #Badminton pic.twitter.com/5lheqqsmU4
— Badminton England (@BadmintonEnglnd) February 2, 2025
Russ and Chua Yue Chern solely dropped a sport within the first spherical, the place they narrowly defeated Ollie Baczala and Ting Yu Goh.
They had been in any other case faultless, taking out highly-fancied Rory Easton and Alex Inexperienced 21-18 21-17 within the semi-finals earlier than beating the skilled pair of Greg Mairs and Ethan van Leeuwen within the closing.
Within the ladies’s doubles, high seeds Abbygael Harris and Lizzie Tolman withstood a fierce comeback to carry for victory.
Harris and Tolman loved a serene run to the ultimate however had been made to work for high spot by Estelle van Leeuwen and Lisa Curtin, working out 21-17 21-23 21-16 winners.
And within the blended doubles, an eagerly-awaited tussle between Greg and Jenny Mairs and Ethan and Estelle van Leeuwen went the way in which of the previous, who prevailed 21-18 21-13.
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