Badminton Results from the World Junior Championships and the French Open

 The World Junior Championships are being played in Malaysia

NZ Names in Bold

Boys Singles – first round

Luke Charlesworth def Allen Chee (Can) 21-15 21-18

Pawarit Supasri (Tha) def Praveen Tayalan 21-10 21-12

Flemming Quach (Den) def Brock Matheson 21-15 21-11

Boys Doubles – first round

Jian Hao Goh/Zhen Lin Pan (Mal) def Danny Oud/Praveen Tayalan 21-15 21-15

Luke Charlesworth/Brock Matheson def Allen Chee/Joseph Donaldson (Can) 14-21 21-13 21-14

Mixed Doubles – first round

Nipitphan Phuangphuapet/Artima Serithammark (Tha) def Asher Richardson/Susahhan Leydon-Davis 21-10 21-18

Second round

Chih Hsun Yan/Yun Ting Wu (Tpe) def Praveen Tayalan/Michelle Chan 21-8 21-14

French Open (US$250,000 prize money) being played in Paris

Mens Doubles – first round

Henry Tam/Oliver Leydon-Davis def Laurent Constantin/Sebastein Vincent (Fra) 18-21 21-18 21-7

Womens Doubles – first round

Laura Choinet/Weny Rahmawati (Tha) def Danielle Barry/Donna Haliday 19-21 21-18 21-16

Mixed Doubles – first round

Joachim Fischer-Nielsen/Christina Pedersen (Den) def Henry Tam/Donna Haliday 21-8 21-11