US Badminton National Championships Start Friday

Some of the best US Badminton athletes will be heading to West Palm Beach, Florida for the National Championships starting on Friday. Titles will be awarded in men’s and women’s singles as well as men’s, women’s, and mixed doubles.

Of note in the field…
Men’s doubles – the US Olympic team of Phillip Chew and Sattawat Pongnairat is seeded #1
Women’s singles – defending champion Beiwen Zhang, reached the quarterfinals on the Singapore Open in April and is seeded #1
Women’s doubles – Jing Yu Hong/Zhang are defending their national championship and seeded #1
Mixed doubles – Chew and Jamie Subandhi, the US Olympic team, are seeded #1. Defending champion Yu Hong is paired with Abhishek Ahlawat this year and unseeded.

 

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