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World badminton faces questions over 25-second clock after French Open red card controversy
25.10.26, 07:15 Updated 26.10.26, 08:05 2 Minute Read
French mixed doubles pair Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue will speak to badminton referees in an attempt to change the sport’s new 25-second time-clock rule for doubles after a red-card penalty cost them a point in their French Open semi-final defeat by China’s Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dong Ping.
The world number four pair were penalised at 19-19 in the deciding game on Saturday after Delrue, who was serving, waited for the noise from the home crowd to subside following a long rally.
The penalty handed the world number one Chinese pair a 20-19 lead and match point, which they converted to win 19-21 21-16 21-19 and reach the final.
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Rod has written for every UK national newspaper in a sports journalism career spanning more than 20 years. He has covered badminton for Reuters and the Daily Telegraph at a time when the Lin Dan v Lee Chong Wei rivalry was in full flow. He is also founder of The Hockey Paper and Squash Mad.