Who said what in and around the badminton world over the past week?

“It (accident) was sudden. Everything I imagined for myself ended that day. I was bedridden for months. But my father always motivated me. Slowly, I started walking again.”

Paralympic champion Kumar Nitesh, on the accident that changed his life

“It means a lot, it’s my first title in the senior circuit. So I’m really happy. There are a lot of positives to take away. I played some excellent badminton here, and I’m looking forward to the Canada Open next week.”

YONEX US Open 2025 winner Ayush Shetty

Beiwen Zhang

“I didn’t win this tournament for more than 10 years. The win was surprising, because before the tournament I was doing physio and rehab and it was hard because I didn’t train a lot. Maybe just twice a week. I didn’t expect much, I wanted to see how it goes.”

Beiwen Zhang, who reclaimed the US Open title she won in 2014

“I’m very happy with my performance. I was a bit nervous before entering the court, and I made many mistakes. This is my first Super 300 final, so I’m happy about that. I need to work on my unforced errors. This was my goal, a Super 300 final. Next month I’m playing the Asian Juniors, so looking forward to that, and hoping for a medal there.”

US Open runner-up Tanvi Sharma

Nuntakarn and Benyapa Aimsaard

“This is our first win this year, so we are super excited and hopefully we can carry this over to the next tournament. We need to work on our defence, and if we do that we can transition to a more attacking game.”

Nuntakarn Aimsaard, after she and sister Benyapa won the US Open women’s doubles

“When I practiced with him (Viktor Axelsen), initially I always thought he is a great player because of his attack. But watching him I realised he also has a great defence and that was when I started working hard on my defence. Because you need excellent defence, just attack doesn’t help.”

Ayush Shetty, on training with Viktor Axelsen 

Rasmus Espersen and Amalie Kudsk

“The Asian players are super quick and have a fast racket, so we had to play a bigger court and slower. This is unbelievable, (we’re) so happy. First 300 final, so it’s crazy that we won. We have showed a high level, and maybe we can show it again next week.”

Rasmus Espersen, after he and Amalie Kudsk won the US Open mixed doubles

“Canada is a new tournament and new stadium. I’m playing on home soil and hopefully I’ll give a good performance.”

US Open runner-up Brian Yang looks forward to his home event

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