World No.1 Daiki Kajiwara defended the WH2 men’s singles title for another year at the Spanish Para Badminton International 2025 I.
The Paralympic champion extended his record by comfortably beating compatriot Takumi Matsumoto 21-7 21-8. In the semifinal, he hardly broke a sweat in the 21-3 21-3 win over Rick Cornell Hellmann of Germany.
Kajiwara’s winning streak started in 2022, meaning this is his fourth consecutive triumph at the Toledo event. Impressively, he has not dropped a single game across the four editions.
The two-time world champion also claimed victory at Spanish Para Badminton International 2025 II in Vitoria last week.
Other players to win in both weeks are:
Men’s singles
- Chu Man Kai (SH6)
Women’s singles
- Mariam Eniola Bolaji (SL3)
- Sarina Satomi (WH1)
- Illaria Olgati (WH2)
- Helle Sofie Sagoy (SL4)
- Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan (SH6)
Men’s doubles
- Nitesh Kumar/Tarun Tarun (SL3-SL4)
Women’s doubles
- Tugce Celik/Palak Kohli (SL3-SU5)
Mixed doubles
- Kumar/Manisha Ramadass (SL3-SU5)
- Krisha Nagar/Sumathy Sivan (SH6)
Like Kajiwara, Bolaji, Sagoy, Chu, Sumathy Sivan and Cheah Liek Hou (SU5 men’s singles) are also defending champions.
Meanwhile, Oleksandr Chyrkov won his first Level 1 title in stunning fashion, defeating the world’s top three SL3 men’s singles players – Kumar, Daniel Bethell and Manoj Sarkar – en route to victory. The triumphs over Bethell and Sarkar were also his first against the duo. The Ukrainian was given a standing ovation after coming through the final against Bethell 21-17 13-21 21-17 in a whopping 138 minutes.
India emerged the biggest winners, bringing home seven gold medals from the second week in Spain. The Indians dominated the SL4 men’s singles podium, with Naveen Sivakumar, Sukan Kadam and Tarun securing the top three spots.
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