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The tournament started in Chicago in 1937. Currently, all participants must be U.S. citizens or have resided in the United States in the preceding 12 months. [1] There is also a separate U.S. Open Badminton Championships which is open to foreign competitors. The history of the two tournaments is rather complicated.
Badminton is not a popular sport in the United States for several reasons. One of the main reasons is that badminton in the U.S. is seen as a backyard sport. Due to this, the sport has not grown much. Another reason is the lack of Olympic success by American athletes.
For the same reasons, badminton players can generate power from a short racquet swing: for some strokes such as net kills, an elite player's swing may be less than 5 centimetres (2 inches). For strokes that require more power, a longer swing will typically be used, but the badminton racquet swing will rarely be as long as a typical tennis swing.
Chicago was a candidate city for the 2016 Summer Olympics but lost to Rio de Janeiro. [1] Chicago also hosted the 1959 Pan American Games, as well as the 2006 Gay Games. Chicago hosted the inaugural 1968 Special Olympics Summer World Games as well as its second games in 1970. Chicago also was the host of the 2017 Warrior Games.
The 2021 BWF World Tour (officially known as 2021 HSBC BWF World Tour for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the BWF World Tour of badminton, a circuit of 27 tournaments which led up to the World Tour Finals tournament. [1]
The 2019 Japan Open (officially known as the Daihatsu Yonex Japan Open 2019 for sponsorship reasons) was a BWF World Tour 750 event which took place at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 to 28 July 2019. It had a total purse of $750,000.
[2] Opened in 1965, Ford City is the largest shopping mall in Chicago outside of downtown. Anchored by JCPenney , the mall contains more than 135 stores and restaurants including Applebee’s , Bath & Body Works , The Children’s Place , Foot Locker , Zales Jewelers , Marshalls , Old Navy , Victoria’s Secret / PINK , and Ross Dress for Less .
The 2024 German Open (officially known as the Yonex German Open 2024 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament that took place at the Westenergie Sporthalle, Mülheim, Germany, from 27 February to 3 March 2024 and has a total prize of US$210,000.