Popov Advances to Orleans Masters Final, Eyes Third Title ORLÉANS, France – Toma Junior Popov of France is one step closer to adding another Orleans Masters title to his resume, securing his place in Sunday’s final with a commanding victory over China’s Hu Zhe An on Saturday evening. The Super 300 tournament has seen strong … Read more
Christo Popov has plans for the second tournament of the year in India (Super 750). After spending 1 hour 11 minutes on the court during his first round against the Taiwanese Wang Tzu Wei (13-21, 21-18, 21-19), he again exceeded the hour mark to defeat, for the first time in his career after an inaugural … Read more
In an interview with RMC Sport, Christo Popov, the first French winner of the badminton Finals, talks about his new ambitions. Christo Popov wrote a beautiful page in French badminton ten days ago by becoming the first French badminton player to win the BWF Finals, which brought together the eight best players of the season. … Read more
French badminton has been in the spotlight since Christo Popov’s triumph at the World Tour Finals in China, after beating world number 1, Shi Yu Qi, in the final. He is one of those whose pride must have been immense at the time of Popov’s success in China, last weekend for the World Tour Finals. … Read more
Winner of the World Tour Finals… This is the “logical” continuation of a story that began 18 years ago, in Fos-sur-Mer, for Christo Popov and his first license recorded within the local club, at only five springs. Badminton was an obvious choice with a family driven by this all-consuming passion for shuttlecocks, first in Bulgaria … Read more
Let us tell each other from now on. A little guy from Fos-sur-mer is capable of imposing his law on the best badminton players in the world. Christo Popov’s recital in these World Tour Finals took a new turn with this success in the semi-final against the Japanese Kodai Naraoka (21-19, 21-8). Without doubt already … Read more
The Frenchman Christo Popov became this Saturday the first French tennis player to qualify for the final of the World Tour Finals (the equivalent of the Masters in tennis), thanks to his victory in two sets over the Japanese Naraoka. After tennis in Turin and table tennis in Hong Kong, badminton is organizing its tournament … Read more
A huge smile adorned Toma Popov’s face this Saturday as he joined his son on his bench for the traditional hug after a victory. In 50 minutes, Christo Popov had just achieved the greatest feat in French badminton by entering the final of the World Tour Finals. To see this performance, it is a level … Read more
An unthinkable scenario at the start of the competition for the Fosséen, and yet… Whatever happens this Friday in the last day of the group (against world No.4 Jonatan Christie), Christo Popov is now guaranteed to qualify for the semi-finals of the World Tour Finals. Even better, he is certain to finish first in pool … Read more
2023 world champion, 2024 Olympic vice-champion, quick winner of the Indonesian Cristie, this Wednesday, during the first day of these World Tour Finals (21-10, 21-14). The track record and experience necessarily favored world No.2 Kunlavut Vitidsarn before challenging Christo Popov. But in these WTFs, the hierarchy doesn’t make much sense between the eight best players … Read more