Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia and Michelle Li of Canada have won the men’s and women’s singles title of the Canada Open Badminton tournament respectively. In the finals, Wei defeated Ng Ka Long Angus of Hong Kong 17-21 13-21 and Li defeated Kaori Imabeppu of Japan 21-17 25-23.

The mixed doubles event was won by Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen (China). They defeated Kaixiang Huang and Sijie Wang (China) 17-21 21-12 21-18. Canada Open Badminton tournament was held between 23 June 2015 and 28 June 2015.

Tidbits

• The beginnings of badminton can be traced to the mid-1800s in British India, where it was created by British military officers stationed there
• The sport is related to ball badminton, which originated in Tamil Nadu, and is similar to Hanetsuki which originated in Japan.
• Jwala Gutta is a left-handed international badminton player from Hyderabad, India.
• She is the country’s top-leveldoubles specialist and has won the National Badminton Championships fourteen times till 2013.